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Simon Porter(IV)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Simon Porter is a British film and television composer, drawing on a diverse range of influences accrued during more than 25 years as a classically-trained drummer and percussionist. His latest projects include Russell Owen's 2019 horror Patients of a Saint, the RTS award-winning BBC nature documentary Drowning in Plastic, and Alien: Containment - one of six short films set in the official Alien universe as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of Ridley Scott's 1979 classic.

He has written the music for indie feature documentary The Unknown Masterpiece, the dark comedy-thriller feature Get Luke Lowe, and the romantic comedy feature Much Ado - a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's popular play. He also scores commercials, with clients including Booking.com, Betway, and L'Oreal.

His music can be heard in numerous television programmes in the UK and the US, including The Apprentice, Panorama, and WWE Smackdown, as well as in film trailers such as Dumbo, Logan Lucky, and Live by Night. He also writes concert music, most recently being commissioned by the Bridgeman Singers to write a choral anthem set to George Herbert's 17th-century text, Vertue.

Porter gained his Batchelor of Music from City, University of London in 2007, specialising in instrumental and electroacoustic composition, as well as ethnomusicology. While continuing the former professionally, he pursues his study of the latter between projects, travelling frequently to learn about and participate in the musics of other cultures, including those of Cuba, Belize, India and, most recently, Colombia.

Porter is a member of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and a prinicipal voting member of the Performing Rights Society. He was one of the 1,000 Pandemonium Drummers who performed in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. He was selected for the 2021 BAFTA Crew programme.
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Jimmy Pardo in Race to Escape (2015)
Race to Escape
7.9
TV Series
  • Music Department(additional music)
Alien: Containment (2019)
Alien: Containment
6.1
Short
  • Composer
  • 2019
Get Luke Lowe (2020)
Get Luke Lowe
5.2
  • Composer
  • 2020
Emma Beth Jones, Johnny Lucas, and Jody Larcombe in Much Ado (2022)
Much Ado
8.2
  • Composer
  • 2022

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Composer

  • When the West Is Done with You
    • Composer
    • Short
  • 7 to 10
    • Composer
    • Short
  • Ladies Coffee
    • Composer
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Shear
    • Composer
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Kim Denman in The Last Lesson (2023)
    The Last Lesson
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2023
  • The Unknown Masterpiece (2023)
    The Unknown Masterpiece
    • Composer
    • 2023
  • My Life: Taking My Shot
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • The Test (2022)
    The Test
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Goodbye Freya
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Emma Beth Jones, Johnny Lucas, and Jody Larcombe in Much Ado (2022)
    Much Ado
    • Composer
    • 2022
  • Fieldtrip (2022)
    Fieldtrip
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Nine to Five
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Don't Tell Dad (2021)
    Don't Tell Dad
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Get Luke Lowe (2020)
    Get Luke Lowe
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Just Delivered (2020)
    Just Delivered
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Inmate Zero (2020)
    Inmate Zero
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Alien: Containment (2019)
    Alien: Containment
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Urban Stories Vol.1 (2018)
    Urban Stories Vol.1
    • Composer
    • TV Short
    • 2018
  • Clothes & Blow (2018)
    Clothes & Blow
    • Composer (music)
    • Short
    • 2018

Music Department

  • Adrian Chiles in My Mediterranean with Adrian Chiles (2016)
    My Mediterranean with Adrian Chiles
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Josh Gates in Expedition Unknown (2015)
    Expedition Unknown
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Jimmy Pardo in Race to Escape (2015)
    Race to Escape
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Chopped Canada (2014)
    Chopped Canada
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • 50 Golden Years of Sport on BBC Two
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • E:60 (2007)
    E:60
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Giles Coren in Million Dollar Critic (2014)
    Million Dollar Critic
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Squidbillies (2005)
    Squidbillies
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Countdown to UFC (2011)
    Countdown to UFC
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • The Hunt with John Walsh (2014)
    The Hunt with John Walsh
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall (2013)
    Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Countdown to Murder (2013)
    Countdown to Murder
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Pistorius Trial: The Key Questions (2013)
    Pistorius Trial: The Key Questions
    • composer: additional music
    • TV Special
    • 2013

Actor

  • Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton, and Imogen Poots in The Look of Love (2013)
    The Look of Love
    • Interview Crew (uncredited)
    • 2013
  • Las Cosas Como Son (2012)
    Las Cosas Como Son
    • Partygoer
    • 2012
  • London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder (2012)
    London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
    • Pandemonium Drummer (uncredited)
    • TV Special
    • 2012

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