Samuel Sim
Samuel is widely considered to be one of the most exceptional musical talents of his generation. His beautifully evocative music and award-winning film and television scores are fast making him one of the most sought-after composers working in the industry today.
Early in his career, Samuel quickly stood out from the crowd with his award-winning score for the BBC’s Dunkirk. A whirlwind success followed which soon saw him composing for the Hollywood feature film Awake for the Weinstein Company.
Samuel’s most recent projects include the 10-part Netflix drama The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance (co-scored with Daniel Pemberton), The Spanish Princess for New Pictures, two seasons of The Bay for ITV, Anne for World Productions and the documentary film Maiden for New Black Films. Further credits include The Victim for STV, four ITV feature films based on Georges Simoneson’s Maigret novels starring Rowan Atkinson, Left Bank Pictures’ eight-part drama The Halcyon, BBC’s dark and gritty drama Paula directed by Alex Holmes, ITV’s Homefires, C4’s drama The Mill (for which Sam’s score received an Ivor Novello nomination) and the Charlie Brooker/Daniel Maier comedy creation Touch Of Cloth. He also composed a wonderfully evocative score for the riveting Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story.
In 2008, Sam wrote the score for the BAFTA and Emmy Award winning House of Saddam, employing a unique blend of styles and instrumentation. Rare middle-eastern voices and instruments and dark, intense electronica were masterfully mixed with a full classical string orchestra. Described by one critic as: “superbly pitched somewhere between Stravinsky and The Chemical Brothers…”
Samuel showed his strong command of classical disciplines with his beautiful orchestral score for the lavish BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, earning him a RTS Award nomination for best musical score. In stark contrast, the dark haunting music for Tiger Aspects submarine thriller, The Deep, starring Minnie Driver and James Nesbitt, was also nominated for an RTS Award.
Other career highlights include the ITV drama series The Reckoning, David Attenborough’s Climate Chaos series and additional music for the feature films Bobby, starring Antony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Laurence Fishburne & Shia LaBeouf; Doogal, for the Weinstein Company; The Damned United starring Michael Sheen & Timothy Spall and ABC’s primetime drama, Combat Hospital.
Samuel scored Of Two Minds, starring Kristin Davis & Tammy Blanchard, and the critically acclaimed We Are Poets, which released in the summer of 2013. Also that year he wrote the music for Left Bank’s flagship series Mad Dogs for Sky 1, the BBC series By Any Means, and the hugely successful ITV drama series, Ice Cream Girls.
“An extremely inventive and talented composer” (Michael Kamen: Film Composer)
Further information available at www.samuelsim.com
Film
| MAIDEN | New Black Films / Sony Pictures Classics Director: Alex Holmes Producer: Victoria Gregory | |
| MAIGRET: NIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS | Ealing Studios / ITV Director: Sarah Harding Producer: Jeremy Gwilt, Suzanne McAuley Starring: Rowan Atkinson | |
| MAIGRET IN MONTMARTRE | Ealing Studios / ITV Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan Producer: Jeremy Gwilt, Suzanne McAuley Starring: Rowan Atkinson | |
| MAIGRET’S DEAD MAN | Ealing Studios Director: Jon East Producer: Jeremy Gwilt Starring Rowan Atkinson | |
| MAIGRET SETS A TRAP | Ealing Studios Director: Ashley Pearce Producer: Jeremy Gwilt Starring Rowan Atkinson | |
| STOP AT NOTHING: THE LANCE ARMSTRONG STORY | Passion Pictures Director: Alex Holmes | |
| IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN | Director: Harry Freeland | |
| SALMA | Director: Kim Longinotto | |
| WE ARE POETS | Director: Alex Ramseyer-Bache Producer: Daniel Lucchesi | |
| LAD: A YORKSHIRE STORY | Rouge Runner Films Director: Dan Hartly Producers: Richard Shean Starring: Bretten Lord | |
| AWAKE | Weinstein Co. / Greene Street Films Director: Joby Harold Producers: Kelly Carmichael, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Tim Williams Starring: Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, Lena Olin, Terrence Howard | |
| OF TWO MINDS | Silver Screen Pictures / Konigsberg Company Director: Jim O'Hanlon Producers: Kyle Clarke, Eileen Fields, Lina Wong Starring: Kristin Davis, Tammy Blanchard | |
| W.M.D. | Patchwork Films Director: David Holroyd Producer: Christine Hartland Starring: Emily Denniston, Jo-Anne Knowles Robert Cambrinus and Glenn Conroy | |
| THE DAMNED UNITED (Additional Music) | Left Bank Pictures Director: Tom Hooper Producers: Andy Harries, Grainne Marmion Starring: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall | |
| FLAK | Patchwork Films Director: Finn McGough Starring: Ralph Laurila, Nicole Lecky & Daniel Ormerod | |
| BOBBY (Additional Music) | Weinstein Co. Director: Emilio Estevez Producers: Daniel Grodnik, Michelle Krum, Matt Landon Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, Elijah Wood, Laurence Fishburne, Lindsay Lohan, Martin Sheen, William H Macy, Christian Slater. | 2 Golden Globe Nominations: Best Music / Best Picture |
| DOOGAL (Additional Music) | Pathe Films, Weinstein Co. Directors: Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham Producers: Jake Eberts, Butch Hartman, Matt Landon, Cameron McCracken, Eric Robinson, Jill Sinclair Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Chevy Chase, Judi Dench |
Television
| THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (co-scored with Daniel Pemberton) | Netflix Director: Louis Leterrier Producer: Ritamarie Peruggi Starring: Taron Egerton, Natalie Dormer, Helena Bonham Carter | |
| THE SPANISH PRINCESS (co-scored with Chris Egan) | All3 Media / New Pictures Directors: Birgitte Stærmose, Stephen Woolfenden Producers: Emma Frost, Matthew Graham Starring: Charlotte Pope, Richard Pepper | |
| THE BAY (Series 1 & 2) | Tall Story Pictures / ITV Studios Director: Lee Haven Jones, Robert Quinn Producers: Philip Leach, Margaret Conway Starring: Morven Christie, Jonas Armstrong | |
| THE VICTIM | STV Productions Director: Niall MacCormick Producer: Mark Murdoch, Rob Williams Starring: Kelly Macdonald, James Harkness | |
| THE CURE | Story Films Director: Bruce Goodison Executive Producer: Kate Cook Starring: Simon Armstrong, Sian Brooke Starring: Charlotte Pope, Richard Pepper | |
| ANNE | World Productions Director: Bruce Goodison Executive Producer: Simon Heath Starring: Rob Jarvis, Clare Calbraith, Polly Kemp | |
| THE INTERROGATION OF TONY MARTIN | Storm Films / Channel 4 Director: Dave Nath Producer: Kate Cook Starring: Steve Pemberton, Daniel Mays | |
| INNOCENT | TXTV Director: Richard Clark Exec Producers: Chris Lang, Jeremy Gwilt Starring: Lee Ingleby, Hermione Norris, Angel Coulby | |
| UNSPEAKABLE | Story Films / Channel 4 Director: David Nath Producer: Kate Cool Starring: Indira Varma, Luke Treadway | |
| DIANA: HER STORY | Kaboom Film and Television Director: Kevin Sim Producer: Charles Furneaux | |
| PAULA | BBC Northern Ireland Director: Alex Holmes Producer: Peter Norris Starring: Tom Hughes, Denise Gough | |
| BORN TO KILL | World Productions Director: Bruce Goodison Producer: Lucy Robinson Starring: Jack Rowan | |
| THE HALCYON | ITV / Left Bank Pictures Director: Rob Evans, Justin Hardy, Philip John, Stephen Woolfenden Producers: Chris Croucher | |
| MURDERED BY MY FATHER | BBC Director: Bruce Goodison Producers: Toby Welsh | |
| HOME FIRES (series 1 and 2) | ITV Studios Directors: Bruce Goodison, Robert Quinn Producers: Sue de Beauvoir, Jeremy Gwilt | *RTS Awards Nomination 2015: Best Original Score* *RTS Awards Nomination 2015: Best Original Title* |
| COALITION | Cuba Pictures Director: Ales Holmes Producers: Sarah Curtis, Dixie Linder | |
| CHASING SHADOWS | ITV Studios Director: Chris Menaul Producer: Rob Bullock | |
| THE MILL (series 2) | Darlow Smithson Director: Sue Tully, Bill Anderson Producer: Johnathan Young | *Ivor Novello Award Nomination 2015: Best Television Soundtrack* |
| TOUCH OF CLOTH | Director: Jim O'Hanlon Producer: Mat Chaplin | |
| FATHER"S DAY | Director: Cilla Ware Producer: Charlie Druce Starring: Ray Winstone, Charles Dance | |
| BY ANY MEANS | Red Planet Pictures / BBC Director: Charles Palmer Producer: Tim Key Starring: Keith Allen, Warren Brown | |
| ICE CREAM GIRLS | Left Bank Pictures / ITV Director: Dan Zeff Producer: Lucy Dyke, James Flynn, Ronan Flynn Starring: Jodhi May, Lorraine Burrows | |
| MAD DOGS (Series II) | Left Bank Pics / Sky Directors: James Hawes Producers: Andrew benson Starring: Phillip Glenister, Marc Warren, John Sim, Max Beesley | |
| COMBAT HOSPITAL | (Co-Written with Edmund Butt) Sienna Films, Artists Studio, Lookout Point Directors: Chris Menaul, Ian B Macdonald, Stephen Reynolds, Helen Shaver, Paul Unwin Producer: Michael J Maschio Starring: Luke Mably, Elias Koteas | |
| THE RECKONING | TXTV Director: Jim O’Hanlon Producer: Jeremy Gwilt | |
| THE DEEP | Tiger Aspect / BBC Director: Jim O'Hanlon Producer: Will Gould Starring: Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt, Goran Visjnic | |
| EMMA | BBC Director: Jim O'Hanlon Producer: George Ormond Starring: Ramola Garai, Michael Gambon, Johnny Lee Miller, Tamsin Greig | Nominated for Best Score: RTS Awards 2010 |
| HOUSE OF SADDAM | BBC / HBO Directors: Alex Holmes, Jim O’Hanlon Producers: Alex Holmes, Hilary Salmon, Jane Tranter, Steve Lightfoot Starring: Yigal Naor, Said Taghmaoui and Shohreh Aghdashloo | |
| LET IT SNOW | SKY1 Directors: Sam Miller Producers: Tim Bricknal Starring: Paterson Joseph, Angela Griffin | |
| ANCIENT ROME | The Rise And Fall Of An Empire: Constantine BBC 2 Director: Nick Murphy Producers: Matthew Barrett, Mark Hedgecoe Starring: Sean Pertwee, Michael Sheen, David Threlfall | |
| THE GOLDEN HOUR | ITV 1 / FOX Sony Pictures / Talkback Thames Directors: Julian Holmes, Tim Leandro Producers: Dean Hargrove, Johnathan Young Starring: Richard Armitage, Navin Chowdhry, Zoe Telford | |
| SPACE RACE | BBC 1 / National Geographic Directors: Mark Everest, Christopher Spencer. Producer: Jill Fullerton-Smith | |
| THE MAN WHO BROKE BRITAIN | BBC 1 / Wall to Wall Television Director: Gabriel Range Producer: Simon Finch | Wincott Award: Winner of Best Drama |
| DUNKIRK | BBC 2 / History Channel Director: Alex Holmes Producers: Mike Dormer, Peter Lovering, Laura Mackie Narrator: Timothy Dalton | FIPA D’OR Winner: Best Original Music BAFTA Winner: Hue Weldon Award |
| ENCOUNTERS | October Films 8 Short Films for Channel 4 | |
| BETTER THAN SEX | Boot Films 10 Short Films for Channel 4 |
Documentaries
| ROOKIES | ITV / Plum Pictures | |
| BILLIONAIRE’S PARADISE: INSIDE NECKER ISLAND | BBC Director: Kari Lia | |
| THE MAFIA WITH TREVOR MCDONALD | ITV | |
| SNOWBLIND | Renegade Pictures Director: Vikram Jayanti | |
| DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S CLIMATE CHAOS | BBC 1 / Discovery Channel Directors: Nicholas Brown, Stephen Cooter Producers: Sacha Baveystock, Jeremy Bristow Presenter: David Attenborough | |
| BREAKING UP WITH THE JONESES | Betty TV / Channel 4 Director: Ursula Macfarlane | Broadcast Award Nomination: Best Documentary 4 BAFTA Award Nominations including Best Documentary 2007 Greirson Award Nomination: Best Documentary |
| IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN | Century Films Director: Harry Freeland | |
| GHOSTS OF THE SEVENTH CAVALRY | October Films / BBC / Sundance Director: Tom Roberts | |
| 639 WAYS TO KILL CASTRO | Channel 4 / Sundance / Silver River Director: Dollan Cannell Producers: Kari Lia, Peter Moore | |
| 7 HOURS ON BOXING DAY | BBC1 / PBS / Diverse Television Director: Gregor Lyon | Multi BAFTA AWARD Winner |
| THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT | Channel 4 / October Films Director: Nick Hornby Producers: Nick Hornby, Angus MacQueen Presenter: Marcel Theroux | |
| THE LOST BOYS | Channel 4 / October Films Director: Clive Gordon |
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