Simon Franglen is a multi-award-winning composer and producer of film, classical, and contemporary music. For his critically acclaimed score for Avatar: The Way of Water, he was recently awarded the World Soundtrack Awards’ ‘Discovery of the Year’, the Hollywood Music in Media Award, the ASCAP Award winner for the top score and was nominated for the Ivor Novello Awards. He has spent the majority of the last three years composing the three-hour score to the box office topping Avatar: The Way of Water, traveling to New Zealand to collaborate with James Cameron. Franglen’s credits include three of the four top-grossing films of all time and six of the top-selling albums. His accolades include a Golden Globe nomination for his work on ‘Avatar’ and a Grammy as a producer for ‘My Heart Will Go On’ for ‘Record of the Year’. He has collaborated with singers and musicians from across the world, including the South Pacific Islands, Mongolia, Maori, Tunisian Malouf, Rajasthan, and Eritrea. Franglen is also known for his cutting-edge work in immersive audio, and is a consultant to several multi-national companies on the intersection of music and immersive audio. He has major art and commercial installations running around the world.
Franglen was a top-line producer and session musician in Los Angeles for several years, with dozens of multi-platinum albums and singles. Franglen’s music credits range from The Weeknd, Celine Dion, and Toni Braxton to producing UK grime acts. Well-known for his long-time collaboration with his friend, James Horner, he was the lead arranger and producer on films including ‘The Amazing Spider-man’, ‘Titanic’, and ‘Avatar’. Other credits in films as an arranger and musician include multiple projects with Alan Silvestri, Thomas Newman, Howard Shore, and his first mentor, John Barry. He created the gritty electronica for David Fincher’s ‘Se7en’ and David Cronenberg’s ‘Crash’, and produced the vocals for ‘Moulin Rouge’.
Alongside film scores, upcoming work includes a multi-year immersive and installation project in the USA, and a new orchestral and choral work to be premiered in late 2024.
Credits
| AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER | 20th Century Studios/ Disney Director: James Cameron Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landou Starring: Kate Winslet, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver | * Winner IFMCA 2023: Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film & Composition of the Year* *Winner ASCAP Awards 2023: Top Box Office Film* * Winner HMMA 2022: Best Original Score – Fantasy Film* *Ivor Novello Awards 2023 nomination: Best Original Film Score* |
| THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN | MGM Director: Antoine Fuqua Producers: Belle Avery, Ping Cao, Xiaolong Zheng Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke | |
| NOTRE-DAME ON FIRE | Pathé Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Producers: Ardavan Safee, Jérôme Seydoux Starring: Samuel Labarthe, Jean-Paul Bordes | |
| TOGETHER (Short) | Director: Terence Malick Producers: Vincent Landay, Sam Margoulis | |
| THE CURSE OF TURANDOT | Dongyang Hua’er Film & TV Co. Director: Xiaolong Zheng Producers: Belle Avery, Ping Cao, Xiaolong Zheng Starring: Dylan Sprouse, Wen Jiang, Collin Chou | *Winner IFMCA 2022: Best Original Score for a Drama Film* |
| ICE | AT&T Director: Antoine Fuqua Producer: Craig Forest Starring: Cam Gigandet, Audrey Marie Anderson, Ray Winstone | |
| PEPPERMINT | STX Films Director: Pierre Morel Producers: Gary Luchesi, Eric Reid, Tom Rosenberg, Richard Wright Starring: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz | |
| VOYAGE OF TIME (Additional Music) | Sophisticated Films Director: Terence Malick Producers: Dede Gardner, Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Grant Hill Narrator: Brad Pitt | |
| AVATAR (Electronic Music Arranger/ Songwriter) | 20th Century Studios/ Disney Director: James Cameron Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landou Starring: Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver | |
| THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Score Producer/ Lead Arranger) | Columbia Pictures (Score Producer/ Lead Arranger) Director: Marc Webb Producers: Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Laura Ziskin Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans | |
| SKYFALL (Additional arrangements) | MGM (Additional arrangements) Director: Sam Mendes Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem | |
| MOULIN ROUGE! (Vocal Producer/ Producer) | Twentieth Centruy Fox Director: Baz Lurhmann Producers: Fred Baron, Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann Starring: Nicola Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo | |
| THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR | Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Producers: Eugénie Grandval, Claire Lundberg Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayan Jr., Kristine Froseth | |
| SOUTHPAW (Score Producer/ Arranger) | Escape Artists Director: Antoine Fuqua Producers: Todd Black, Jacon Blumenthal, Antoine Fuqua, Alan Riche Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker | |
| SPECTRE (Arranger) | MGM Director: Sam Mendes Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson Starring: Daniel Craig, Christopher Waltz, Léa Seydoux | |
| TITANIC (Featured Musician/ Producer) | Tewntieth Centruy Fox Director: James Cameron Producers: James Cameron, John Landau Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet | |
| SE7EN (Electronic Music Programmer) | Tewntieth Centruy Fox Director: David Fincher Producers: Phyllis Carlyle, Arnold Kopelson Starring: Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Pitt |
| The Weeknd, Celine Dion, Toni Braxton, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Luciano Pavarotti, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Brandy, Boyzone |
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‘Avatar Live in Concert’ at the Royal Albert Hall will feature Q&A with Simon Franglen, James Cameron and Pierre O’Reilly
‘Avatar Live in Concert’ takes place at the Royal Albert Hall, London on Sunday 27th October and there will be a special pre-performance Q&A with