Creative Music Editor and Composer with over a decade of experience across high-end award-winning scripted drama, feature documentaries, and global scale events. Expert in managing complex creative operations within music and sound departments, bridging the gap between artistic vision and technical broadcast delivery. Proven track record in sound-editing, spatial audio design, and narrative-driven composition for media and brands. A lateral thinker with an eye (and ear) for detail, who can effectively communicate about music and sound with laypeople and experts alike, realising creative visions together.
Music styles: Classical (with 11+ years experience scoring for and recording symphony orchestra), hip-hop, electronica, techno, pop, rock, jazz, latin, spectral, experimental, and hybrids of all forms.
Previous work includes:
“Code of Silence” BAFTA-nominated Best Drama Serial & Best Titles (working with composers Dan Jones & Evelyn Glennie).
Stephen Merchant’s “The Outlaws” - Ivor Novello Award-nominated score (working with composers Dan Jones & Stew Jackson).
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President” - Oscar nominated and double Grierson Awards nominated feature documentary.
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, in collaboration with Duran Duran, Dan Jones, RTKal, The Destroyers and others.
“The Miniaturist” (starring Anya Taylor-Joy) - Ivor Novello Award-winning score.
“Lady Macbeth” (starring Florence Pugh) - Double BAFTA nom. inc. Best British Film; BIFA winner: Best Screenplay; World Soundtrack Awards nominee.
MA in Music (Distinction) from the University of Bristol
Skills
Experience Level
Language
Work Experience
Education
Qualifications
Industry Experience
Creative Music Editor for this crime drama starring Rose Ayling-Ellis, working with composers Dan Jones and Dame Evelyn Glennie. The series received double BAFTA nominations for Best Drama Serial and Best Title Sequence.
Music Editor for this feature documentary following Ugandan pop-star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, working with the original score by Dan Jones as well as music by the Bobi Wine himself. The film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 96th Academy Awards (Oscars) and received two Grierson Award nominations.
Music Editor for this comedy-thriller starring Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken, working with composers Dan Jones and Stew Jackson. The musical score earned an Ivor Novello nomination for Best Television Soundtrack.
Music Editor for the live stadium show and global broadcast, responsible for integrating media assets from Duran Duran, Tony Iommi, The Destroyers, RTKal and the CBSO, working with Head of Sound and composer, Dan Jones.
An immersive, multi-sensory artwork telling the story of Judith Scott, an American Fibre Sculptor whose profound deafness and Down’s syndrome led to her being separated from her twin sister and placed in an institution aged seven, before being “released” some 35 years later by her sister.
Conceived and directed by Sacha Wares, audiences were transported to Judith’s idyllic 1950s home through VR visuals, motion seats, fragrances and heat lamps, alongside an atmospheric musical score by Dan Jones and Evelyn Glennie, helping to tell the story of the hours leading up to her institutionalisation.
Co-composer for this international commercial campaign by AMV BBDO for Sheba Petcare (Mars Inc.). The brief was to create a soul-inflected track in the style of Barry White, which was then used in campaigns across the USA and New Zealand.
Music Editor for this WWII historical drama starring Lesley Manville and Sean Bean, working with composer Dan Jones. The project was nominated for a Music + Sound Award for Best Original Composition in Title Music.
Dialogue, Music, and Sound Editor for artist Luke Jerram’s immersive forest fire installation, featuring music and sound design by Dan Jones in multichannel surround.
Music Editor for this period drama starring Anya Taylor-Joy, working with composer Dan Jones. The series won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Television Soundtrack and received a Music + Sound Award nomination for Best TV Score.
Assistant Sound Editor and Cellist for this feature film starring Florence Pugh, working with composer Dan Jones. The film received two BAFTA nominations and won five British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), including Best Actress.
Music Editor and Orchestrator for this alternate-history drama starring Sam Riley, working with composer Dan Jones. The project was nominated for an Ivor Novello for Best Television Soundtrack and an RTS Award for Best Title Music.
Music Editor and Orchestrator for this drama starring Vanessa Redgrave, working with composer Dan Jones. The production won the International Emmy for Best TV Movie/Miniseries.
Hire Simon Birch today
To get started post up your job and then invite Simon Birch to your job.