Simon Franglen

British born, Simon Franglen is a composer of film and classical music, and a former record producer and musician. Publicly announced projects for 2020 include composing the film score to the ground breaking Brahmastra (2021) and premiering a new opera set on the backdrop of the Second World War in Asia. He is best known for his Golden Globe nominated work on Avatar (2009) and Grammy winning work on Titanic (1997). His credits include include four of the top grossing films of all time and six of the top selling albums (Wikipedia). He recently finishing composing scores to Xiaolong Zheng's action drama Turandot, and Jean-Jacques Annaud's TV thriller series The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018). In 2019 he premiered an epic 90-minute orchestral and choral work "The Birth of Skies and Earth" based on the great creation myths of China. Featuring 176 musicians and singers, sung entirely in Chinese, it premiered in Shanghai before touring throughout China. Other recent work includ