---
name: "Simon Franglen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-franglen"
fi1m_id: "simon-franglen"
imdb_id: "nm0290788"
tmdb_id: 1654408
wikidata_id: "Q16195065"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T10:54:42.859051+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."
---

# Simon Franglen

## Identity

Simon Franglen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-franglen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-franglen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0290788
- **TMDB ID:** 1654408
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16195065
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Franglen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16195065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1654408

Composer. Born 1 January 1963 in Westminster, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, Westminster, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Amanda Silver](https://film.one/person/amanda-silver.md), [James Cameron](https://film.one/person/james-cameron.md), [Jon Landau](https://film.one/person/jon-landau.md), [Rick Jaffa](https://film.one/person/rick-jaffa.md), [Sam Worthington](https://film.one/person/sam-worthington.md), [Sigourney Weaver](https://film.one/person/sigourney-weaver.md), [Stephen Lang](https://film.one/person/stephen-lang.md), [Zoe Saldaña](https://film.one/person/zoe-saldana.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 54 (1), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Action 2, Science Fiction 2, Fantasy 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,983m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Franglen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16195065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1654408

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Avatar: The Way of Water*](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md) (68), [*Avatar: Fire and Ash*](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md) (58)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Magnificent Seven*](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-seven-2016.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Simon Franglen is an English composer, record producer, arranger and musician. Born in 1963 in Westminster, London, he began his career in recording studios in the late 1980s, working with producer Trevor Horn before moving to Los Angeles as a session musician and producer.

His film credits include work as arranger and producer on *Titanic* (1997), for which he won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year as producer of "My Heart Will Go On". He served as arranger on the original *Avatar* (2009), receiving Golden Globe and Grammy nominations for the theme song, and composed the scores for *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022) and *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025). He also co-composed *The Magnificent Seven* (2016) with James Horner.

Franglen has additional credits on films including *The Magnificent Seven*, *Peppermint* (2018) and *Notre-Dame on Fire* (2022). He is the brother of musician Nick Franglen and great-nephew of musicologist Hans Keller.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, simonfranglen.com, web.archive.org, scoringsessions.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music, Songs, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *The Magnificent Seven* (2016), Fi1m 54, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-seven-2016.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Buscando Alma* (2024), Music
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Notre-Dame on Fire* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *The Curse of Turandot* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Peppermint* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *Together* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Voyage of Time: Life's Journey* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Magnificent Seven* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-seven-2016.md)
- *One Direction: This Is Us* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Avatar* (2009), Music Arranger, Songs — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)
- *Space Jam* (1996), Music Programmer
- *Friday* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Born to Run* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Going for Two*, Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Simon Franglen](https://film.one/media/person/7554/gallery-9edf397ea387.jpg) Simon Franglen — Amy Martin Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Simon_Franglen_at_Avatar_fire_and_ash_premiere_London_2025.jpg/1280px-Simon_Franglen_at_Avatar_fire_and_ash_premiere_London_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Simon Franglen](https://film.one/media/person/7554/gallery-948ca4330c4c.jpg) Simon Franglen — Image via TMDB

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