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Simon Boswell

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Simon Boswell
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'If you're a movie fan you'll certainly know his music: Simon Boswell is one of the UK's finest living soundtrack composers.' TIME OUT Magazine.

Simon has scored films by some of independent cinema's incredible mavericks such as Danny Boyle's 'Shallow Grave', Alejandro Jodorowsky's 'Santa Sangre', Dario Argento's 'Phenomena', Michael Hoffman's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Alex de la Iglesias's 'Perdita Durango' and Richard Stanley's 'Hardware' and 'Dust Devil'.

Along the way Simon has garnered many international awards and nominations, including 2 BAFTAs and a Classical Brit Award.

After spending several young years in bands such as Advertising and Live Wire, Simon became a highly successful record producer and remixer. In 1982, his production of Italian superstar, Renato Zero, became one of the biggest selling Italian albums of all time, shifting a staggering 6 million copies. Later on his work with 23 Skidoo on 'Coup' evolved into the Chemical Brothers' 'Block Rockin Beats'. He has also produced, amongst many others, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Marianne Faithful, Andrea Bocelli and Orbital.

As a composer he is well known for combining electronic elements with orchestral instruments and his music has ranged vastly in style and tone since the mid 1980s. His work for horror and fantasy cinema is key, especially the Italian giallo films, and flicks like Clive Barker's detective horror 'Lord of Illusions'. Then there's the hybrid, cyberpunk riffings of 'Hackers' (Ian Softley) and 'Hardware', where he unusually combined acoustic, slide guitar with resonant, doomy synths to create a hugely popular, apocalyptic score for which he was nominated for BAFTA's prestigious Anthony Asquith Award.

Simon has also composed countless orchestral scores both melodic and experimental, including 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Photographing Fairies', 'War Zone', 'Tin Man' and 'Jason and the Argonauts'. Highlights of Simon's recent work includes 'Johnnt Frank Garrett's Last Word' directed by Simon Rumley and 'Asher' directed by Michael Caton-Jones.

Simon continues to tour extensively worldwide with his band, The And, performing his music live with an immersive, video backdrop.
BornOctober 15, 1956
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

Known for

Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox in Shallow Grave (1994)
Shallow Grave
7.3
  • Composer
  • 1994
Hardware (1990)
Hardware
5.9
  • Composer
  • 1990
Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, and Stanley Tucci in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
6.4
  • Composer
  • 1999
Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller in Hackers (1995)
Hackers
6.2
  • Composer
  • 1995

Credits

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Composer

  • Untitled Lamberto Bava/Geretta Geretta Project
    • Pre-production
  • Diamond Dogs
    • In Production
  • Gore
    • Completed
  • Tripping the Dark Fantastic (2022)
    Tripping the Dark Fantastic
  • La Exorcista (2022)
    La Exorcista
  • Midnight Peepshow (2022)
    Midnight Peepshow
  • El Amarre (2021)
    El Amarre
  • The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021)
    The Found Footage Phenomenon
  • Come Play with Me (2021)
    Come Play with Me
  • Human Animals (2020)
    Human Animals
  • Judi Dench, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, and Dan Stevens in Blithe Spirit (2020)
    Blithe Spirit
  • Paul Woodson in Dear Child (2020)
    Dear Child
  • Nasty (2018)
    Nasty
  • Ron Perlman in Asher (2018)
    Asher
  • The Collection Part 2
  • Strings (2016)
    Strings
  • Vin Hawke, David Dobson, and Emma O'Brien in The Orbit (2016)
    The Orbit
  • Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word (2016)
    Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word

Music Department

  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Anna Brewster, Talulah Riley, and Tunji Kasim in Nearly Famous (2007)
    Nearly Famous
  • In My Father's Den (2004)
    In My Father's Den
  • Madeleine Stowe, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Bijou Phillips, and Mischa Barton in Octane (2003)
    Octane
  • Helena Bonham Carter and Gina McKee in Women Talking Dirty (1999)
    Women Talking Dirty
  • The Debtors (1999)
    The Debtors
  • Saffron Burrows and Peter Mullan in Miss Julie (1999)
    Miss Julie
  • Grey Owl (1999)
    Grey Owl
  • Captain Jack (1999)
    Captain Jack
  • Christopher Eccleston, Kate Hardie, Rhys Ifans, and Saskia Reeves in Heart (1999)
    Heart
  • Elisabeth Shue and Jessica Lange in Cousin Bette (1998)
    Cousin Bette
  • American Perfekt (1997)
    American Perfekt
  • Nathan Yapp in Second Best (1994)
    Second Best
  • Due vite, un destino (1993)
    Due vite, un destino
  • Brivido giallo (1987)
    Brivido giallo

Actor

  • Escape from London
  • Born Romantic (2000)
    Born Romantic

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Altar
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Altar
Flytrap - Official Trailer
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Flytrap - Official Trailer

Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • October 15, 1956
    • London, England, UK
    • September 16, 2017 - present
  • Other works
    Solo album "The Mind Parasites".
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    • 1 Interview

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    Uses no specific orchestra to record his music. Hires an orchestral contractor, usually Griffiths, Isobel.

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