Simon Russell (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

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  • 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

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Feature films

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  • 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

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Dramas

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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