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name: "Simon Boswell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-boswell"
fi1m_id: "simon-boswell"
imdb_id: "nm0005972"
tmdb_id: 7741
wikidata_id: "Q638791"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 October 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:32:41.736612+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."
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# Simon Boswell

## Identity

Simon Boswell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-boswell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-boswell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005972
- **TMDB ID:** 7741
- **Wikidata ID:** Q638791
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Boswell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005972/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7741

Composer. Born 15 October 1956 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 October 1956, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2020s 40 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Boswell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005972/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7741

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Blithe Spirit*](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Simon Boswell is a British film composer, conductor, producer and musician. Born in London on 15 October 1956, he studied English literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He began his career as a record producer and guitarist before moving into film scoring in the mid-1980s, initially working on Italian horror films with director Dario Argento.

His credits include the scores for *Phenomena* (1985), *Santa Sangre* (1989), *Hardware* (1990), *Shallow Grave* (1994), *Hackers* (1995), *Lord of Illusions* (1995) and *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999). He has received two BAFTA nominations and a Classical Brit Award. Boswell is noted for blending electronic and orchestral elements across a wide range of genres.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, simonboswell.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Fi1m 40, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)

## Complete filmography (96)

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

- *Mother's Pride* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Flights of Reverie* (2025), Music
- *When Bava Met Boswell* (2025), Producer, Music
- *The Dark Fantastic* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Nightmare Delirium* (2024), Music
- *Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *El Amarre* (2021), Music
- *The Found Footage Phenomenon* (2021), Music
- *Come Play With Me* (2021), Music
- *Human Animals* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *Dear Child* (2020), Music
- *Asher* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Of Flies and Maggots* (2017), Actor
- *Stories from the Bathtub* (2016), Music
- *Bound to Vengeance* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Altar* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *A Soundtrack for Splatter: An Interview with Composer Simon Boswell* (2014), Actor
- *Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Otherworld* (2013), Original Music Composer, Associate Producer
- *The ABCs of Death* (2013), Producer, Original Music Composer
- *The Theatre Bizarre* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *No Flesh Shall Be Spared* (2009), Actor
- *My Zinc Bed* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Bathory: Countess of Blood* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Slapper* (2008), Music
- *Alien Love Triangle* (2008), Music
- *Manhunt* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Tin Man* (2007), series, Original Music Composer
- *Incubus* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Free Jimmy* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The River King* (2005), Music
- *Next Door* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Churchill: The Hollywood Years* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *In My Father's Den* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Octane* (2003), Music
- *Summer in the Golden Valley* (2003), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Sleeping Dictionary* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The White Darkness* (2002), Music
- *Doctor Sleep* (2002), Music
- *Widows* (2002), series, Original Music Composer
- *Blink Jodorowsky* (2002), Director
- *Women Talking Dirty* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Secret Glory* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Born Romantic* (2000), Music
- *There's Only One Jimmy Grimble* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Desserts* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Jason and the Argonauts* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *Circus* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Tube Tales* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Debtors* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The War Zone* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *This Year's Love* (1999), Music
- *Cousin Bette* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Dad Savage* (1998), Music
- *Killer Net* (1998), series, Original Music Composer
- *Apollo 11: L'uomo sulla luna* (1998), Music
- *Dance with the Devil* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Lakes* (1997), series, Original Music Composer
- *American Perfekt* (1997), Music
- *Hackers* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Lord of Illusions* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Jack & Sarah* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Android Affair* (1995), Music
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *Second Best* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *99-1* (1994), series, Original Music Composer
- *That Sunday* (1994), Music
- *Butter* (1994), Music
- *Pretty Princess* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Love Matters* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Azzurro profondo* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Dust Devil* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Young Soul Rebels* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Hardware* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The Mask of Satan* (1990), Music
- *Eyewitness* (1990), Music
- *Voice of the Moon* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *School of Fear* (1989), Music
- *Santa Sangre* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Mortal Sins* (1989), Music
- *The Man Who Didn't Want to Die* (1989), Music
- *The Prince of Terror* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Dinner with a Vampire* (1988), Music
- *Until Death* (1988), Music
- *The Ogre* (1988), Music
- *The Last American Soldier* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Graveyard Disturbance* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Delirium: Photo of Gioia* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Stage Fright* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Demons 2* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Phenomena* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Girls*, Music
- *Untitled Geretta Geretta Horror*, Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Kanon Award for Best Soundtrack 2006: Kanon Award for Best Soundtrack (won), for *Free Jimmy*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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