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
November 2024
Spacey Unmasked shortlisted for a Grierson Award: Best Popular Culture documentary
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland wins best documentary series at RTS NI Awards 2024
Al Fayed; Predator at Harrods shortlisted for Best Current Affairs programme at the Broadcast Awards
October 2024
Bombing Brighton; The Plot to Kill Thatcher on BBC2 8th October 9pm
Composing for a film on Trump’s election campaign
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak begins on Sky Arts 15th October
Trump: A Second Chance? broadcasts on BBC1 28th October 8pm
September 2024
Al Fayed; Predator at Harrods is being shown on BBC 2 9pm 19th September – also on iPlayer
August 2024
composing for a new film about the Brighton Bomb
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland wins best doc at the Edinburgh TV Festival
July 2024
composing for a BBC doc directed by Erica Gornall to be broadcast September 19th
composing for a BBC doc to be broadcast sometime in October
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland nominated for Sky Arts Award
May 2024
Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland has been nominated for best factual series at the BAFTA’s
The Accidental President premieres at Sheffield Doc Fest 14th-16th June
April 2024
delighted to have been awarded a BAFTA for my Once Upon in Northern Ireland score
Spacey Unmasked due to be broadcast on Channel 4 6th & 7th May
March 2024
Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland; receives 4 BAFTA nominations for Factual Series, Director, Editing Team and Music
and wins an RTS for best documentary series
The Accidental President premieres in Prague at the One World Festival 25th March
February 2024
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland wins best documentary series at the 2024 Broadcast Awards
Mariupol; The People’s Story shortlisted for a Broadcast Award
January 2024
Art’s Wildest Movement; Mannerism with Waldemar Januszczak (3 part series) begins on Sky Arts January 30th
The Accidental President – the story of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her story to become president of Belarus – showing at Artdocfest March 2nd