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.
March 2023
repeat of Waldemar Januszczak’s series Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA BBCFour 6th March
composing for Waldemar’s new series on Mannerism
Mariupol; The People’s Story nominated for a BAFTA – also in selected US cinemas from March 15th
February 2023
The Impressionist; Painting & Revolution repeated on BBC Four Monday 6th Feb
writing music for film about the Rabaa massacre
composing for Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland series
The Wives – film about the victims of Warren Jeffs due to be shown on Starz soon
Ukraine’s War Diaries – marking the first anniversary of the invasion BBC 1 9pm 21st February