Simon Russell is an EMMY Award winning freelance composer from the UK, composing music in a diverse range of styles for both Film and TV productions.
2014 EMMY Awards
Marc Bryan-Brown Photography.
® 2014 Marc Bryan-Brown.
Simon was awarded an EMMY in 2014 for his original soundtrack to “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer”, a documentary film by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin.
December 2020
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak 4 part series 7th December BBC Four
November 2020
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag wins Grierson for Best Current Affairs Documentary
China Undercover broadcast on Frontline PBS 17th November
October 2020
How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears – 3 part series repeated on BBC 4 from 8th October
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA – 3 part series with Waldemar Januszczak repeated on BBC 4 from 15th October
Undercover; Inside China’s Digital Gulag wins Prix Italia best doc
September 2020
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag nominated for a Grierson
composing music for a film about Sierra Leone
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag wins International Emmy for Current Affairs
August 2020
final part of Once Upon A Time in Iraq broadcasts 10th August 9pm BBC2
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag wins a BAFTA for best current affairs documentary
composing music for a new series made by the Once Upon A Time in Iraq team
July 2020
part 1 of Once Upon A Time in Iraq broadcasts on BBC 2 July 13th 9pm
Once Upon A Time In Iraq screens on PBS Frontline from July 14th
June 2020
Undercover: Inside China’s digital gulag nominated for 2 Baftas
contributed sound & music for a Tate film about Yinka Shonibare
April 2020
China Undercover – report from Xinjiang region on the surveillance of Uyghur community – tx April 7th on Frontline PBS
Renaissance Unchained – repeat of the Waldemar Januszczak series – BBC 4 21st April
The Curry House Kid wins a Bronze Medal at the New York Film & TV Awards
The Curry House Kid and Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag both nominated at the Rockie Awards 2020
March 2020
The Art Mysteries – four part series presented by Waldemar Januszczak begins March 17th BBC4
Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag nominated for RTS award
Handmade in Bolton – 3 part series repeated from 30th March BBC4
February 2020
Final mixes for James Bluemel’s 5 part BBC series Once Upon A Time In Iraq – due to be broadcast in April
composing for a documentary about the political unrest in Hong Kong
The Battle For Hong Kong is broadcast on PBS Frontline in the USA on Tuesday 11th February at 10pm and on Sunday 16th February on Channel 4 in the UK
January 2020
repeat of Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA series on BBC Four 8th January
How To Steal Pigs And Influence People airs on Channel 4 14th January 10pm