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'',<ref name="The Ivors 2015 - The Ivors">{{cite web | url = http://theivors.com/archive/2010-to-present/archive2010-to-presentthe-ivors-2015/// | title = The Ivors 2015 | accessdate = 6 February 2018}}</ref> the multi-award-winning soundtrack for ''Home Fires'',<ref name="Home Fires - Awards - IMDB">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4015216/awards// | title = Home Fires – Awards – IMDB | website = IMDb | accessdate = 6 February 2018}}</ref> released 6 May 2016 by Sony Classical Records.<ref name="Samuel Sim: Home Fires">{{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}}</ref> and the music to ''The Halcyon'' released by Decca Records in January 2017.<ref name="Film Music Reporter">{{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}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Film and television scores=== '''2022'''

* Anne

====2021==== * ''Domina'' * ''Innocent II'' * ''The Feast'' * ''The Bay: Season III''

====2020==== * ''Maiden'' * ''The Bay: Season II'' * ''The Spanish Princess'' * ''Murder in the Carpark''

====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<ref name="Soundtrack.net">{{cite web | url = https://www.soundtrack.net/album/emma// | title = Soundtrack.net | accessdate = 6 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Mad Dogs'' – Original Television Soundtrack – Red Stamp Records – 2012 * ''The Mill'' – Original Television Soundtrack for Channel 4's drama series was released February 2015 on Red Stamp Records<ref name="The Mill (Music From the Television Series">{{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}}</ref> * ''Coalition'' Original Soundtrack – Red Stamp Records – 2015 * ''Home Fires'' Soundtrack featuring the single "Siren" released 6 May 2016 by Sony Classical Records.<ref name="Home Fires- Soundtrack details - Soundtrack collector">{{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}}</ref> * ''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<ref name="Samuel Sim's 'The Halcyon' soundtrack">{{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}}</ref> * ''On a Knife Edge'' – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack released January 2018<ref name="Film Music Site - On a Knife Edge">{{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}}</ref> * ''The Bay'' – Original Television Soundtrack released March 2022 * ''Domina'' – Original Television Soundtrack – Dubois Records – 2021

==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 | Royal Television Society | Best Music, Original Score | ''Emma'' | {{nom}} |- | Royal Television Society | Best Music, Original Titles | ''The Deep'' | {{nom}} |- |2014 | Royal Television Society | Best Music, Original Titles | ''By Any Means'' | {{won}} |- | 2015 | Ivor Novello Awards | Best Original Score |''The Mill'' | {{nominated}} |<ref name="Black Sabbath celebrate at Ivor Novello awards">{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32825765 | title = Ivor Novello awards | publisher = bbc.co.uk | date = 21 May 2015 | access-date = 6 February 2018}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| 2016 | Royal Television Society | Best Music, Original Titles | ''Home Fires'' | {{won}} |rowspan="2"|<ref name="Craft & Design Awards">{{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}}</ref> |- |Royal Television Society | Best Music, Original Score | ''Home Fires'' | {{won}} |- | 2018 |Bafta Award | Best Music, Original Score | ''Born to Kill'' | {{nominated}} |<ref name="Nominations Announced">{{cite web | 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}}</ref> |- | 2019 | Royal Television Society | 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]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sim, Samuel}} Category:English film score composers Category:English male film score composers Category:Living people Category:Postminimalist composers Category:Experimental composers Category:20th-century British male musicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people)