---
name: "Samuel Sim"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samuel-sim"
fi1m_id: "samuel-sim"
imdb_id: "nm1475318"
tmdb_id: 1194020
wikidata_id: "Q7412629"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T20:52:08.031130+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Samuel Sim

## Identity

Samuel Sim

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samuel-sim
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samuel-sim
- **IMDb ID:** nm1475318
- **TMDB ID:** 1194020
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7412629
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Sim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1194020

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Sim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1194020

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance*](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md) (76)

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## Biography

Samuel Sim is a British composer of film and television scores. Early in his career he composed the award-winning score for the BBC drama *Dunkirk*, which led to further work including the Hollywood feature *Awake* (2007).

He is known for his contributions to *House of Saddam* (2008), the BBC adaptation *Emma* (2009), *The Spanish Princess* (2019), and co-scoring the Netflix series *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (2019) with Daniel Pemberton. His television credits also include the *Maigret* films (2016), *The Victim* (2019) and the upcoming series *A Tale of Two Cities* (2026).

Sim has received RTS Award nominations for his scores on *The Mill* and *The Deep*, and an Ivor Novello Award nomination for *The Mill*.

*Sources: coolmusicltd.com, imdb.com, moviemusicuk.us.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (2019), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Tale of Two Cities* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Trial* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Killing Kind* (2023), series, Music
- *The Last Rider* (2023), Music Arranger, Music
- *Maryland* (2023), series, Music
- *Anne* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Feast* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Long Call* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Day Zero* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (2019), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md)
- *The Spanish Princess* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Victim* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Maiden* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Interrogation of Tony Martin* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Innocent* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *Diana: In Her Own Words* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Born to Kill* (2017), series, Music
- *The Halcyon* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *Murdered by My Father* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Maigret* (2016), series, Music
- *Coalition* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Chasing Shadows* (2014), series, Music
- *Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story* (2014), Music
- *Pandas: The Journey Home* (2014), Sound
- *By Any Means* (2013), series, Music
- *The Mill* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Ice Cream Girls* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Of Two Minds* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Lad: A Yorkshire Story* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Deep* (2010), series, Original Music Composer
- *Emma* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *Snowblind* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *House of Saddam* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *Awake* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Blair Years* (2007), series, Sound
- *638 Ways to Kill Castro* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *Space Race* (2005), Sound
- *The Man Who Broke Britain* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *In Search of Tony Blair* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Dunkirk* (2004), series, Music

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