Samuel Sim - Composer Profile

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.

He went on to write 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 last year.

Other career highlights include, the ITV drama series: The Reckoning, David Attenborough’s Climate Chaos series and additional music for feature films: Bobby (Starring Antony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Laurence Fishburne & Shia LaBeouf), Doogal, for the Weinstein Company, The Damned United (Michael Sheen & Timothy Spall) and ABC’s primetime drama, Combat Hospital.

Most recently, this year Samuel has already completed work on three feature films including: Of Two Mindsstarring Kristin Davis & Tammy Blanchard, and the critically acclaimed We Are Poets slated for release this summer. He has also written the music for Left Bank’s flagship series Mad Dogs for Sky 1.

“An extremely inventive and talented composer” (Michael Kamen: Film Composer)

Further information available at www.samuelsim.com

FEATURE FILM

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 DRAMA

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

SNOWBLIND	Renegade Pictures Director: Vikram Jayanti
WE ARE POETS	Director: Alex Ramseyer-Bache Producer: Daniel Lucchesi
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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