Segun Akinola - Cool Music

Segun Akinola is a composer for film and television who has strengthened many projects with his musical acumen. He is most known for his music in the latest series of ‘Doctor Who’, starring the first female Doctor, Jodie Whittaker. Segun’s work is a key immersive tool for showrunner Chris Chibnall and series directors to establish the many adventures the Doctor and her friends travel on. These include the impressive 80s influenced electronic score for ‘The Tsuranga Conundrum’ to the heart-wrenching ‘Demons of the Punjab’ which utilised specialist Indian musicians and orchestra, all recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

Some of his most recent scores include ‘9/11 Inside the President’s War Room’, ITV drama ‘Stephen’ and ‘The Lost Sons’ directed by Ursula Macfarlane. Segun scored Sundance 2019 favourite ‘The Last Tree‘, which was also recorded at Abbey Road Studios. This is Segun’s second feature film collaboration with director Shola Amoo after ‘A Moving Image‘, and it earned him a Discovery of the Year award nomination at the World Soundtrack Awards.

A BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, Segun’s other work includes scoring BBC Two’s landmark four-part series ‘Black and British: A Forgotten History’, written and presented by Historian David Olusoga OBE. Regularly collaborating on BBC projects, he completed the scores for the major three-part series ‘The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed’ and two-part series ‘Expedition Volcano’, both for BBC Two and PBS. Segun also recently scored the short comedy ‘Swan’ for Erebus Pictures.

His score for Shola Amoo’s short ‘Dear Mr Shakespeare’ received an Honourable Mention at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards. In addition, he’s written music for a project from Academy Award-winning American producers Shine Global: the 3D documentary ‘1 Way Up’. His work has screened at acclaimed festivals like Sundance, the London Film Festival, LA Film Festival, BlackStar Film Festival and many others.

Credits

Film and Television

9/11 INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S WAR ROOM	Apple TV+ Director: Adam Wishart Producer: Simon Finch, Serena Kennedy Starring: Jeff Daniels, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney
STEPHEN	ITV 1 Director: Alrick Riley Producer: Madonna Baptiste
DR WHO (series 11 & 12 & 13)	BBC Studios Wales Directors: Jamie Childs, Mark Tonderai, Sallie Aprahamian, Producer: Alex Mercer Starring: Jodie Whittaker
THE LOST SONS	CNN Films Director: Ursula Macfarlane Producer: Gagan Rehill Starring: Kevin Ray Baty, Paul Fronczak, CeCe Moore
FAREWELL SHE GOES (Short Film)	Backscatter Productions Director: Sophie King Producer: Savannah Power, Isabella Speaight
MUSE	Muse Films Director: Azhur Saleem Producer: Tora Young Starring: Taj Atwal, Paul Ready
THE LAST TREE	Prodigal Film & TV Director: Shalo Amoo Producer: Myf Hopkins, Lee Thomas Starring: Nicholas Pinnock, Denise Black
SWAN (Short film)	Erebus Pictures Directors: Sophie King Producer: Stephanie Aspin, Savannah Power Starring: Mark Addy, Sally Breton
WONDERS OF THE MOON	BBC Studios Director: James Van Der Pool Producer: James Van Der Pool Starring: Maxine Peake
EXPEDITION VOLCANO	BBC Studios / PBS Directors: Simon Winchcombe, Ben Wilson
THE HUMAN BODY: SECRETS OF YOUR LIFE REVEALED	BBC Studios / PBS Directors: Martin Johnson, Matthew Dyas, Jenny Palmer
BLACK AND BRITISH: A FORGOTTEN HISTORY	BBC Studios Directors: James Van Der Pool, Naomi Austin Producer: Naomi Austin Starring: David Olusoga
A MOVING IMAGE	A Moving Image Productions Director: Shola Amoo Producers: Rienkje Attoh
1 WAY UP: THE STORY OF PECKHAM BMX (additional music)	Jet set films / Shine Global Inc. Director: Amy Matheison Producers: Amy Matheison, Albie Hecht