Samuel Sim

British composer, record producer, musician and songwriter

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,^[1] the multi-award-winning soundtrack for Home Fires,^[2] released 6 May 2016 by Sony Classical Records.^[3] and the music to The Halcyon released by Decca Records in January 2017.^[4]

Biography

Film and television scores

2021

Domina
Innocent II (TV series)
The Feast
The Bay: Season III

2020

Maiden
The Bay: Season II
The Spanish Princess (TV series)
Murder in the Carpark (TV series)

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

Maigret's Dead Man
Home Fires – Season II
Murdered by My Father
Maigret Sets a Trap

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

Combat Hospital
The Reckoning

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

House of Saddam

2007

Awake
Only Human

2006

"Bobby"
"Doogal"

2005

"Dunkirk"

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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^[6]
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^[7]
Coalition Original Soundtrack – Red Stamp Records – 2015
Home Fires Soundtrack featuring the single Siren released 6 May 2016 by Sony Classical Records.^[8]
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^[9]
On a Knife Edge – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack released January 2018^[10]
The Bay – Original Television Soundtrack released March 2022
Domina – Original Television Soundtrack – Dubois Records – 2021

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2005	Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming	Best Music Original Musical Score	Dunkirk	Won
2010	Royal Television Society	Best Music, Original Score	Emma	Nominated
2010	Royal Television Society	Best Music, Original Titles	The Deep	Nominated
2014	Royal Television Society	Best Music, Original Titles	By Any Means	Won
2015	Ivor Novello Awards	Best Original Score	The Mill	Nominated	^[11]
2016	Royal Television Society	Best Music, Original Titles	Home Fires	Won	^[12]
2016	Royal Television Society	Best Music, Original Score	Home Fires	Won	^[12]
2018	Bafta Award	Best Music, Original Score	Born to Kill	Nominated	^[13]
2019	Royal Television Society	Best Music, Original Titles	The Bay	Won

References

^ "The Ivors 2015". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Home Fires – Awards – IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Prestoclassical.co.uk". Prestoclassical.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Samuel Sim on IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Soundtrack.net". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "iTunes.apple.com". iTunes. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Soundtrack collector". Soundtrack collector. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Samuel Sim's 'The Halcyon' soundtrack". Cool Music. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Film Music Site – On a Knife Edge". Film Music site. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Ivor Novello awards". bbc.co.uk. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Craft & Design Awards". res.org.uk. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ "Nominations Announced". bafta.org.uk. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.