Samuel Sim
{{Short description|British composer, record producer, musician and songwriter}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
Samuel Sim is a British composer, record producer, musician and songwriter. His work spans concert music, recordings, arrangements and film and television scores. He writes in full orchestral as well as electronic and contemporary idioms, and is often known for his use of choir and vocal elements in his music.
Recent releases include the Ivor Novello Award nominated score for the Bafta Award winning series The Mill,{{cite web
| url = http://theivors.com/archive/2010-to-present/archive2010-to-presentthe-ivors-2015///
| title = The Ivors 2015
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}} the multi-award-winning soundtrack for Home Fires,{{cite web
| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4015216/awards//
| title = Home Fires – Awards – IMDB
| website = IMDb
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}} released 6 May 2016 by Sony Classical Records.{{cite web
| url = http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8121112--samuel-sim-home-fires//
| title = Prestoclassical.co.uk
| publisher = Prestoclassical.co.uk
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}} and the music to The Halcyon released by Decca Records in January 2017.{{cite web
| url = http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/12/14/soundtrack-for-itvs-the-halcyon-to-be-released//
| title = Film Music Reporter
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}}
Biography
=Film and television scores=
==2021==
==2020==
==2019==
- Anne (TV Mini-series)
- The Cure (Movie)
- The Bay
- The Victim
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (with Daniel Pemberton)
==2018==
- Maiden
- The Interrogation of Tony Martin (TV Movie)
- Innocent
2017
- Maigret in Montmartre
- Unspeakable
- Diana
- On a Knife Edge
- Paula
- Born to Kill
- Maigret: Night at the Crossroads
- The Halcyon
2016
2015
- Home Fires – Season I
- Coalition
- Chasing Shadows
==2014==
- The Mill – Season II
- Stop at Nothing
2013
- By Any Means
- Women Behind Bars
- A Touch of Cloth – Season II
- Ice Cream Girls
- Lad: A Yorkshire Story
- Salma
- Inside Death Row
==2012==
- In the Shadow of the Sun
- We Are Poets
- Fathers Day
- Of Two Minds
- Mad Dogs
2011
2010
- The Deep
- Flak
- 10 Minute Tales
==2009==
- Emma
- The Damned United
- W.M.D.
- Snowblind
- Kröd Mändoon
- Iran and the West
- Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry
==2008==
==2007==
- Awake
- Only Human
==2006==
==2005==
| url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475318//
| title = Samuel Sim on IMDb
| website = IMDb
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}}{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2018}}
Soundtrack releases
- Emma A recording of Sim's soundtrack for the 2009 BBC television drama of Jane Austen's Emma was released on 1 December 2009{{cite web
| url = https://www.soundtrack.net/album/emma//
| title = Soundtrack.net
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}}
- Mad Dogs – Original Television Soundtrack – Red Stamp Records – 2012
- The Mill – Original Television Soundtrack for Channel 4's drama series was released Feb 2015 on Red Stamp Records{{cite web
| url = https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-mill-music-from-the-television-series/937128334
| title = iTunes.apple.com
| website = iTunes
| date = 31 October 2014
| access-date = 6 February 2018}}
- Coalition Original Soundtrack – Red Stamp Records – 2015
- Home Fires Soundtrack featuring the single Siren released 6 May 2016 by Sony Classical Records.{{cite web
| url = http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/110210/Home+Fires//
| title = Soundtrack collector
| publisher = Soundtrack collector
| date = 16 May 2016
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}}
- The Halcyon – Original Television Soundtrack featuring the hit single Hourglass written and produced by Samuel Sim, feat. Tracy Kashi on Vocals was released by Decca Records in January 2017{{cite web
| url = http://coolmusicltd.com/samuel-sims-halcyon-soundtrack-now-available//
| title = Samuel Sim's 'The Halcyon' soundtrack
| publisher = Cool Music
| date = 16 January 2017
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}}
- On a Knife Edge – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack released January 2018{{cite web
| url = https://www.filmmusicsite.com/en/soundtracks.cgi?id=63457//
| title = Film Music Site – On a Knife Edge
| publisher = Film Music site
| date = 16 May 2016
| accessdate = 6 February 2018}}
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Film ! Result ! Ref. |
|---|
| 2005
| Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming | Best Music Original Musical Score | Dunkirk | {{won}} |rowspan="4"| |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| Best Music, Original Score | Emma | {{nom}} |
| Royal Television Society
| Best Music, Original Titles | The Deep | {{nom}} |
| 2014
| Best Music, Original Titles | {{won}} |
| 2015
| Best Original Score | {{nominated}} | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32825765// | title = Ivor Novello awards | publisher = bbc.co.uk | date = 21 May 2015 | accessdate = 6 February 2018}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Best Music, Original Titles | {{won}} |rowspan="2"|{{cite web | url = https://rts.org.uk/award/craft-design-awards-2015// | title = Craft & Design Awards | publisher = res.org.uk | date = 30 November 2015 | accessdate = 6 February 2018}} |
| Royal Television Society
| Best Music, Original Score | {{won}} |
| 2018
| Best Music, Original Score | {{nominated}} | url = http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/nominations-announced-for-the-british-academy-cymru-awards-in-2018 | title = Nominations Announced | publisher = bafta.org.uk | date = 6 September 2018 | accessdate = 6 September 2018}} |
| 2019
| Best Music, Original Titles | The Bay | {{won}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.samuelsim.com Official Site]
- {{IMDb name |1475318}}
- [http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=13171 Emma CD soundtrack information]
- [http://theivors.com The Ivors Academy | Champions of Music Creators]
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Category:English film score composers
Category:English male film score composers
Category:Postminimalist composers
Category:Experimental composers