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 2018
composing for a new 5 part series on Iraq
November 2018
composing for 3 part BBC series Europe From The Summit documenting the last 10 years of Europe
October 2018
The Debt Saviours broadcast on BBC2 Friday October 5th 9pm
Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness, Travel – repeated on BBC4 from 2nd October
Iran Unveiled: Taking On The Ayatollahs – a film focussing on 4 women and their struggles with the authorities over their right not to wear the hijab. ITV 29th October 10.45pm
September 2018
How The Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears – repeated on BBC4 from 12 September
composing for Akram Khan documentary
August 2018
Holbein; Eye of The Tudors with Waldemar Januszczak BBC4 29th August 10pm
composing for a dance piece by Akram Khan together with music for corresponding doc about Brick Lane
July 2018
composing for a BBC 2 documentary about poverty in England
composing for an ITV documentary
June 2018
commissioned to compose for a new 3 part BBC 2 series about Europe over the last 10 years produced by Norma Percy – “Europe From The Summit”
composing for a new Frontline doc about the U.S. immigration policy
May 2018
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in USA – 3 part series with Waldemar Januszczak begins May 23rd BBC 4
March 2018
Mary Magdalene; Art’s Scarlet Woman broadcast March 19th BBC 4
preview screening of Made In The USA – Wild West to Abstract Expressionism March 21st
The Lost Genius of British Art; William Dobson screens March 26th BBC 4
February 2018
composing for 2 part Frontline documentary “Bitter Rivals”