Simon Russell

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

Filmography

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)