Simon Russell (composer)

British TV and film composer

Simon Russell is a British composer for TV and film.^[1] He has worked on many documentaries and films including James Bluemel's Exodus; Our Journey to Europe, Once Upon a Time in Iraq and Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland Havana Marking's Afghan Star, Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's, Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer and Lottie Bearshout animation. He composed 52 episodes of the South Korean kids animation series Canimals.

Awards

• 2023: RTS Craft & Design Award winner Original Score - non-scripted for Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland^{[citation needed]}
• 2024: Emmy Award winner in Outstanding Music & Sound category for the Pussy Riot score^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Feature films

• Weak At Denise (Guerilla Films; directed by Julian Nott, 2002)
• Vampire Diary (Bard/Sterling; directed by Mark James, 2007)
• Afghan Star (Roast Beef; directed by Havana Marking -2009)
• Vote Afghanistan (Roast Beef/More 4, 2010)
• 66 Months (Moving Target; directed by James Bluemel, 2011)
• Silencing The Song (HBO/Roast Beef, 2011)
• The Do Gooders (Roast Beef, 2013)
• A Whole Lott More (Flying V/Roast Beef, 2013)
• Smash And Grab (Roast Beef/BBC Storyville, 2012)
• Pussy Riot (Roast Beef/BBC Storyville/HBO, 2013)
• We Are Many (2014)

Animations

• Canimals, 52 Episodes (Aardman/Voozclub/BRB)
• Lottie Bearshout – (Wildseed/Disney)

Dramas

• Don't Leave Me This Way (BBC 1)
• Stand By Your Man (BBC 1)
• Desperados (BBC 1) – 10 part series
• Between The Sheets (Yorkshire) – 6 part series
• Avenging Angels (Granada)

Documentaries

• Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (Keo Films/BBC 2)
• Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Keo Films/BBC 2)
• The Trapped 13; How we survived the Cave (Netflix)
• Mariupol; the people's story (TopHat/BBC 1)
• Pandemic 2020 (Keo Films/BBC 2)
• Once Upon A Time in Iraq (Keo Films/BBC 2)
• Trouble at TopShop (Voltage/BBC 2)
• Who is Ghislaine Maxwell (Roast Beef/Channel 4)
• Secrets of the Salisbury Poisonings (Discovery+)
• Outbreak: The Virus that shook the World (HardCash/ITV)
• Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulag (HardCash/ITV)
• The Curry House Kid (Swan Films/Channel 4)
• The Battle for Hong Kong (PBS Frontline/HardCash/Channel 4)
• How to Steal Pigs and Influence People (DragonFly/Channel 4)
• Europe: 10 Years of Turmoil (Brook Lapping/BBC 2)
• Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in USA (ZCZ/BBC 4)
• The Renaissance Unchained (ZCZ/BBC 4)
• The Alps Murders (Rize/Channel 4)
• "Rubens: An Extra Large Story" (ZCZ/BBC 2)
• "Angry White & Proud" (Mentorn/Channel 4)
• "Holbein: Eye of the Tudors" (ZCZ/BBC 2)
• "The Billionaire Base: Dismantling Camp Bastion" (Roast Beef/Channel 4)
• "How the Wild West was won with Ray Mears" (Tin Can Island/BBC 4)
• Mothers, Murderers & Mistresses; Empresses Of Ancient Rome (Hot Sauce/BBC 4) – 3 part series
• The Impressionists (ZCZ/BBC 2) – 4 part series
• The Pet Detectives (Roast Beef/Channel 4)
• Cheetah Kingdom (Anglia/ITV) – 12 part series
• 9 Months Later (Sky Living) – 6 part series
• "Animal Cops; Houston 2014" (Tin Can Island/Animal Planet)
• The Dark Ages; An Age Of Light (ZCZ/BBC 4) – 4 part series
• The Miracle Baby of Haiti (Roast Beef/Channel 4)
• Invite Mr. Wright (Roast Beef/Discovery) – 6 part series 1 & 2
• Win A Baby (Roast Beef/Channel 4)
• The Millionaire & the Murder Mansion (Films of Record/Channel 4)
• Ugly Beauty (ZCZ/BBC 2)
• My Boyfriend The MI5 Hoaxer (Ronachan/Channel 4)
• Islands Of Britain (ITV) – 3 part series
• The Sculpture Diaries (ZCZ/Channel 4) – 3 part series
• Baroque!: From St Peter's to St Paul's (ZCZ/BBC 4) – 3 part series
• Out Of Bounds (Roast Beef/Travel Channel) – 6 part series
• The 9/11 Faker (Films of Record/Channel 4)
• K9 Cops (Animal Planet/Granada) – 15 part series
• Animal Cops; Houston (Granada/Discovery) – 12 part series
• Atlas: Japan Revealed (ZCZ/Discovery)
• The Planners Are Coming (RDF/BBC 1) – 8 part series
• Sudden Death (Sitting In Pictures/National Geographic)
• Sickert vs Sargent (ZCZ/More 4)
• America; The Wright Way (Roast Beef/Travel Channel)
• The Happy Dictator (ZCZ/More4)
• Kazakhstan Swings (ZCZ/More 4)
• The Black Widow (Firecracker/Channel 4)
• The New Al-Qaeda (BBC 1)
• Toulouse-Lautrec; the full story (ZCZ/Channel 4)
• The Michelangelo Code (ZCZ/Channel 4)
• Manuela Saenz (Move A Mountain)
• Paradise Found (ZCZ/Channel 4)
• Hitler's Britain (Lion TV)
• The Real 4400 (Unique/Sky)
• Picking Up The Pieces (Quality Time/Channel 4) – 3 part series
• What Would Jesus Drive (Fulcrum/Channel 4)
• Grand Designs; The Stirling Prize 2004 (Talkback/Channel 4)
• Who Killed My Baby (Films Of Record/Channel 4)
• Every Picture Tells A Story (ZCZ/Five)
• Mark Thomas; Debt Collector (Just About/Channel 4)
• Building Of The Year (ZCZ/Channel 4) – 2000–2004
• Super Cities (ZCZ/Channel 4) – 3 part series
• The Body Jars (Becker/Discovery)
• Picasso; Magic, Sex & Death (ZCZ/Channel 4) – 3 part series
• VIP Weekends (Sitting In Pics/Firewire Films/Discovery) – 6 part series
• Chronique d'une ville occupee (Move A Mountain)

TV theme songs

• Clive Anderson Now (BBC 1)
• The People's Awards (BBC 1)
• Food Factory (ITV)
• Brian's Boyfriends (ITV)
• Style Challenge (BBC 1)
• Wrecks To Riches (ITV)
• World Cup Wondergoals (Five)

References

1. "Air Edel | Composers | Simon Russell". www.air-edel.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Simon Russell at IMDb