SIMON SLATER
Simon has composed over 150 original scores for TV, film, theatre and radio. From the Royal Shakespeare Company to BBC drama, from Channel 5 to commercial West End Productions.
Recent television includes two, two-hour specials of DALZIEL AND PASCOE (Houdini's Ghost and Demons on our Shoulders) both directed by Patrick Lau and produced by Annie Tricklebank. Also the TV film IMPACT EARTH for Channel 5 and DARLOW AND SMITHSON directed by Keith Boak. Other TV includes INQUISITION starring Derek Jacobi and HUNTING VENUS directed by Martin Clunes.
For Radio, Simon's work can be presently heard on BBC Radio 4 THE REPORT a hard-hitting documentary series. Other radio includes 8 DAYS IN JULY about the bombings in London, and the award winning THE BLOOD LIBEL, both directed by Hugh Levinson for the BBC.
Theatre work includes many productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, most recently ROMEO AND JULIET directed by Neil Bartlett. Simon has a strong working relationship with the director Ed Hall, having just done the music for a new play TWO MEN OF FLORENCE by Richard N. Goodwin at the Huntington Boston Mass. Also amongst his credits are HENRY V, JULIUS CAESAR, TAMING OF THE SHREW (all at the RSC) and MACBETH with Sean Bean Albery West End and in the West End, Coyote on a Fence and Honour, staring Diana Rigg.
Recordings include SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE LAST ACT, SHERLOCK - THE DEATH AND LIFE and THE RAPE OF LUCRECE.
Originally at Goldsmiths College London University, Simon is a multi instrumentalist, playing soprano, alto and tenor sax, clarinet, piano and keyboards, piano, accordion, guitar, ukulele, mandolin and double bass.
Simon is a Member of the British Academy of Composers.
FILM/TELEVISION/VIDEO
Impact Earth
Directed by Keith Boak
Channel 5/Darlow Smithson Productions
Dalziel And Pasco - Demons On Our Shoulders (Series 12)
Directed by Patrick Lau
BBC 1
Dalziel And Pasco - Houdini's Host (series 11)
Directed by Patrick Lau
BBC 1
Inquisition
Directed by Betsanne Morris-Evans
Channel 5/Drama House
Hunting Venus
Directed by Martin Clunes
Yorkshire TV/Buffalo Pictures
Honest Thieves
Directed by James Wood
Mountain Productions
Happy Birthday Paul
Directed by A J Quinn
Bicycle Initiative
Teaching Reforms
Directed by Chris Short
Hawkshead
Marsh
Directed by Chris Short
Hawkshead
School Promo
Directed by Keith Woodhams
Education Media Services
Yorkshire Building Society 97
Directed by John Plews
Ovation Films
RADIO
Honour
David Grindly
BBC Radio 4
The Blood Libel
Hugh Levinson
BBC Radio 4
Europe Of The Mind
Adele Armstrong
BBC Radio 4
The Look Of Life
Adele Armstrong
BBC Radio 3
8 Days In July
Hugh Levinson
BBC Radio 4
THEATRE
Two Men Of Florence
Directed by Ed Hall
Huntington,Boston MA
Romeo And Juliet
Directed by Neil Bartlett
Royal Shakespeare Company
Beauty And The Beast
Directed by James Barry
Winchester Theatre Royal
Macbeth
Directed by Ed Hall
Albany Theatre/ATG
Julius Caesar
Directed by Ed Hall
Royal Shakespeare Company
Henry V
Directed by Ed Hall
Royal Shakespeare Company
Single Spies
Directed by David Grindley
Bath Theatre Royal
Lady Windermere's Fan
Directed by David Grindley
English Theatre, Frankfurt
Jane Eyre
Directed by Sue Pomeroy
Good Theatre Company