| Biography | He is best known for his arrangements on CDs for Jamiroquai, Björk, BT, Duncan Sheik, Madness, Incognito, Supergrass, The Beautiful South, George Benson, Josh Groban, Charlotte Church and Robin Gibb. Simon has also done orchestrations the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, which won 8 Tony Awards in June 2007, including "Best Orchestrations".
He co-wrote (with Andrew Hale) the soundtrack of L.A. Noire as well as playing solo piano, orchestrating and conducting the recordings. The score won a BAFTA for Original Music. He orchestrated a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Company at Sheffield Theatres at the end of 2011.
He received a Grammy nomination in 2015 for his contribution to the Sam Smith album In the Lonely Hour and also arranged and orchestrated Writing's on the Wall, the theme song for the James Bond film Spectre.
In 2019 Hale was nominated in the Best Orchestrations category for his work on the musical Tootsie at 73rd Tony Awards. |