An emerging composer for Television, Documentary, Soundtrack and Multimedia , Simon has written music in a number of different styles, (new age/ambient, esotheric/electronic, chilled/downtempo, dance/techno, classical and acoustic).
Credits include: 'Wall to Wall' Television UK (dinosaur documentary), 'Illuminations' UK (music written and arranged for a documentary on Captain Cook's painter, William Hodges on expeditions to Tahiti and India, featuring contributions by Sir David Attenborough).
Simon has just completed a commission writing music for a documentary on paintings of first encounters between western traders and explorers and the peoples of the far east and India. The paintings comprised an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum, London in September 2004. The documentary was broadcast on CHANNEL 5 TV in Oct. 2004.
Producer, Sebastian Grant of Illuminations Television commented:
"...we were all really impressed with what you did with this one; you responded very well to a difficult brief and continued to respond to our changing demands. Some great and sympathetic compositions there."
Simon has also done commission writing for some local West country production companies, for example Smith and Watson Productions in Totnes, South Devon. He has also had material licensed for broadcast with music for media companies online. His most recent projects include music for 'building a dream' documentary - currently showing on UK DISCOVERY CHANNEL and also WEST COUNTRY TV (product advertising) and SKY SPORT - middle east:
(FORMULA 1, GREAT SPORTING MOMENTS, PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL).
Simon is the main driving force behind the project and has worked with a number of different musicians and artists at different stages. He approaches the songwriting projects with an ongoing development of the songs, so that the material is undergoing a constant metamorphic change and development, adapting pieces, reworking them, taking them in different directions.
Some reviews appear below:
Robert Silverstein at MWE.com commented:
"... Got the Lions CD and I really enjoy it. It's kind of out there. Sort of Art Of Noise meets so...mething (it's late!)... and are there any other titles you've released."
Derek Frederickson at Twisted Tracks commented: "...you've got depth to your arrangements and great production."
"A new album by a new artist, Lions On The Beach is the debut CD from U.K. multi-instrumentalist Simon Wolfe. A fine guitarist and keyboardist, the album paints a broad palette of trance-inducing sounds incorporating influences like John Barry (check out the CD’s cool Harry Nilsson sample), Pink Floyd and The Chemical Brothers. Wolfe adds in some Floydian vocal touches to his mostly instrumental drum and bass groove. Cinematically influenced chill-out trance vibes abound and let’s hope Wolfe has the opportunity to release further editions."
MWE.COM
