Samuel Sim
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Samuel Sim is a film and television composer
. He first gained recognition with his award winning score for the BBC drama series "Dunkirk
". Since then he has written the music for a wide variety of film and television productions, most recently scoring the film "Awake
" for The Weinstein Company
and the BBC
/HBO drama series "House of Saddam
".
and concert harp, he also played the guitar
in a number of bands while he was growing up. He was sixteen when he was first introduced to the late film composer Michael Kamen
, who encouraged him to start writing music to pictures. Samuel went on to collaborate with Kamen, who mentored many of his early scores.
A recording of Sim's soundtrack for the 2009 BBC television drama
of Jane Austen's
Emma
was released on compact disc on 8 December 2009.
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
. He first gained recognition with his award winning score for the BBC drama series "Dunkirk
Dunkirk (TV series)
Dunkirk is a 2004 BBC television docudrama about the Battle of Dunkirk and the Dunkirk evacuation in World War II.-Awards:*BAFTA Awards 2005**Won: Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual: Robert Warr & Alex Holmes...
". Since then he has written the music for a wide variety of film and television productions, most recently scoring the film "Awake
Awake (film)
Awake is a 2007 American crime/supernatural/conspiracy thriller written and directed by Joby Harold. It stars Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard and Lena Olin. The film was released in the United States and Canada on November 30, 2007....
" for The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company is an American film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 after the brothers left the then-Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979...
and the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
/HBO drama series "House of Saddam
House of Saddam
House of Saddam is a 2008 drama that charts the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. A co-production between BBC Television and HBO Films, the series was first broadcast on BBC Two in four parts between 30 July and 20 August 2008. The mini-series has been very well received across the Arab...
".
Biography
Sim took to writing music from a young age. While classically trained on the violinViolin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
and concert harp, he also played the guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
in a number of bands while he was growing up. He was sixteen when he was first introduced to the late film composer Michael Kamen
Michael Kamen
Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer , orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician.-Background:...
, who encouraged him to start writing music to pictures. Samuel went on to collaborate with Kamen, who mentored many of his early scores.
A recording of Sim's soundtrack for the 2009 BBC television drama
BBC television drama
BBC television dramas have been produced and broadcast since even before the public service company had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom...
of Jane Austen's
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...
Emma
Emma (2009 TV serial)
Emma is a four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma, first published in 1815. The episodes were written by Sandy Welch, acclaimed writer of previous BBC costume-dramas Jane Eyre and North and South, and directed by Jim O'Hanlon...
was released on compact disc on 8 December 2009.