Born in South Wales, Simon Wallace studied music at University College Oxford before going on to a varied international career as a composer, pianist and musical director. In 1980 he met film and TV composer Simon Brint establishing a writing partnership that continued until Brint’s death in 2011. Over the years they wrote and produced music for some of Britain’s most popular television shows including: ‘Absolutely Fabulous’, ‘Murder Most Horrid’, ‘French and Saunders’, ‘The Ruby Wax Show’, ‘The All New Alexie Sayle Show’, ‘Coupling’, ‘The Ben Elton Show’, ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’, ‘The Lenny Henry Show’ and many others. His concert works include two symphonies commissioned by the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra for Thai state occasions. |
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