# 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

## 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)