Sam Thompson

Sam Thompson is a composer based in London and originally from Preston, Lancashire. In 2023 he scored the series JFK: One Day In America for National Geographic and Disney+, We Are Newcastle United and 007: Road To A Million for Amazon, as well as Juice for the BBC and Break Point (Series 2) for Netflix. He also co-scored the feature film Kathleen with Amelia Warner and wrote additional music for Sex Education (Series 4) and The Greatest Show Never Made. Previously he scored Plebs: Soldiers of Rome for ITV as well as the feature documentary Mayorand he also co-scored the second series of Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy with Amelia Warner. He has contributed additional music to All Or Nothing: Arsenal, Young Woman And The Sea and Mr Malcolm’s List; as well as scoring AXA’s award winning campaign Birders. Sam has also composed music for Sky, Universal, Sony, EMI and BMG along with numerous short films.

As orchestrator and conductor Sam has worked on TV shows, films and video games such as The Buccaneers, Sex Education, Frozen Planet II, Living, Hitpig, I Used to be Famous, Total War: Warhammer, Nightmare Alley, Greatest Days, Reptile, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Our Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, Evelyn, How To Build A Girl, Spirit Untamed and UsSam has also provided additional orchestrations for Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ scores for Wind River, Kings and Mars.

Alongside his work in film and TV, Sam has written and conducted arrangements for artists such as The xx, Betsy, Ellie Goulding, Biffy Clyro, Lady Leshurr, JW Ridley, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Jenny Plant, Freddie Mercer, The Tomicks and The People The Poet, as well as conducting The Heritage Orchestra and Anna Calvi at the Burberry Fashion Show.

In 2022 he released his single Pavane via Deutsche Grammophon and his 2021 EP As Now the Light Retreats is available on all streaming platforms. He is currently working on his debut album.

Based at Air Studios in London, Sam is a composer, arranger/orchestrator and conductor. In 2019 he scored the TV series Home Free and It Pays to Behave for Channel 4, whilst more recently he has been scoring the feature documentary Mayor by award-winning director David Osit. Sam has also composed music for Sky, Sony, EMI and BMG along with numerous short films. He frequently collaborates with artist and composer Peter Gregson, composing additional music for projects such as Boundless (Playstation 4) and Ashely Avis’ feature film Adolescence.

Sam has worked extensively as orchestrator for BAFTA winning composers Ben Foster and Nick Foster on TV shows such as Thunderbirds Are Go!Our GirlHappy Valley, The A-List and The Good Karma Hospital. He has orchestrated and conducted scores for Oli Julian, Patrick Jonsson and Walter Mair including Netflix’s Sex Education, Caitlin Moran’s How to Build a Girl and Orlando Von Einsiedel’s Evelyn. Sam has also provided additional orchestrations for Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ scores for Wind River, Kings and Mars.

Alongside his work in film and TV, Sam has written and conducted arrangements for artists such as The xx, Betsy, Ellie Goulding, Biffy Clyro, Lady Leshurr, JW Ridley, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Biffy Clyro, Jenny Plant, Freddie Mercer, The Tomicks and The People The Poet, as well as conducting The Heritage Orchestra and Anna Calvi at the Burberry Fashion Show.

Sam’s score for short film After We Have Left Our Homes won the Best Music award at the Toronto Sci Fi Feedback Film Festival. The soundtrack is available on all digital platforms.

Audio

Video Vidéo Under The Cedar Tree

Video Vidéo Glyn

Video Vidéo After We Have Left Our Homes

Video Vidéo Seeds of Love