Simon Russell (composer)

Simon Russell is a British composer for TV and film. 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
 * 2024: Emmy Award winner in Outstanding Music & Sound category for the Pussy Riot score

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)