Simon Boswell
Time Out Magazine “If you’re a movie fan you’ll certainly know his music: Simon Boswell is one of the UK’s finest living soundtrack composers.”
Simon's work has graced films by some of independent cinema’s incredible mavericks such as Alejandro Jodorowsky (Santa Sangre), Dario Argento (Phenomena), Michael Hoffman (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave) and Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil).
After spending several young years in bands (Advertising, 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, selling 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 including Elton John, Dolly Parton, Marriane Faithful 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 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.
But that only tells one side of the story. Simon has also composed countless orchestral scores both melodic and experimental: A Midsummer Nights Dream, Photographing Fairies, War Zone, Tin Man, Jason And The Argonauts.
Along the way he has garnered many international awards and nominations including 2 BAFTAS and 1 Classical Brit Award. In the last 12 months he has scored three films and toured extensively worldwide with his band, 'the AND', performing his music live with an immersive, video backdrop. 'THE VELVET UNDERGROUND meets the PINK FLOYD, conducted by BERNARD HERMANN on acid...' Simon Boswell, October 2016
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