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Simon Boswell

Simon Boswell

Composer, also producer · Born October 15, 1956 (70) · London, England, UK

Simon Boswell (born October 15, 1956) is an English film score composer, conductor, producer and musician.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 15, 1956 (70)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Composer, also producer
Titles
59 on MovieCove · 103 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 101% in 30 days

What are Simon Boswell's films like?

Across their 57 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
26%
Morality
21%
Self
16%
Bonds
14%
Power
10%
Society
7%
Ideas
7%
Survival14 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 54 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 15 · Dark 26

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 19 · Heightened 15

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 24 · Intense 22

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 29 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 28 · Relentless 6

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 31 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 15 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 17

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 28 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 11

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
37
Dread
26
Absurd
17
Melancholic
11
Contemplative
11
Other
51

How their films linger

Unsettling27 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 21 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous21
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Simon Boswell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 59 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (23).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Simon Boswell's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

103 credits, 59 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mother's Pride(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Flights of Reverie(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • When Bava Met Boswell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer · Producer · as self

  • The Dark Fantastic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer · as Self

  • Nightmare Delirium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • La Exorcista(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Midnight Peepshow(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • El Amarre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • The Found Footage Phenomenon(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Come Play With Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Human Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Blithe Spirit(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Dear Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Asher(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Of Flies and Maggots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Stories from the Bathtub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Composer

  • Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Bound to Vengeance(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Flytrap(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Altar(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • A Soundtrack for Splatter: An Interview with Composer Simon Boswell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • L'autre monde(2013)

    Associate Producer · Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The ABCs of Death(2012)

    Composer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Theatre Bizarre(2011)

    Composer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • No Flesh Shall Be Spared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • My Zinc Bed(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Bathory: Countess of Blood(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Slapper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Alien Love Triangle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Manhunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Tin Man(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Incubus(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Free Jimmy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • The River King(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Next Door(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • In My Father's Den(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Octane(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Summer in the Golden Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • The Sleeping Dictionary(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The White Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • Close Your Eyes(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Widows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • Blink Jodorowsky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Women Talking Dirty(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Composer

  • Mind Games(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Born Romantic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • There's Only One Jimmy Grimble(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Desserts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • Jason and the Argonauts(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Circus(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Tube Tales(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Debtors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • The War Zone(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • This Year's Love(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Cousin Bette(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Dad Savage(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Killer Net(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Apollo 11: L'uomo sulla luna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • Perdita Durango(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Lakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • American Perfekt(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Photographing Fairies(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Hackers(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Lord of Illusions(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Jack & Sarah(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Android Affair(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Shallow Grave(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Second Best(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • 99-1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

  • Butter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Composer

  • That Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Composer

  • Pretty Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Love Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Azzurro profondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Due vite, un destino(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dust Devil(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Turn of the Screw(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Young Soul Rebels(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Hardware(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Mask of Satan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Eyewitness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Voice of the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • School of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Santa Sangre(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Mortal Sins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • The Man Who Didn't Want to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • The Prince of Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Dinner with a Vampire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Until Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • The Ogre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Commander(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Graveyard Disturbance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Delirium(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • StageFright(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Demons 2(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Phenomena(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

  • Untitled Geretta Geretta Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 96 titles, 94 of them dated from 1985 to 2026.

Biggest box office

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

$16M worldwide

Highest rated

Santa Sangre (1989)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Jason and the Argonauts (2000)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 96: 3 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 96: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing3 of 96: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleMusic92 of 96: 89 only music, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score45th

96 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

1980s14 · crew1990s31 · crew2000s27 · 1 acting · 26 crew2010s10 · 2 acting · 8 crew2020s12 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Simon Boswell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 56; across their 54 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 54

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 54

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 54

Midcredits score across 59 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th18
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 59 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed28

Most divisive · composer

Incubus (2006)

89th percentile spread · 69% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Santa Sangre (1989)

Midcredits 92nd · 79% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 60/100 in their films, across 44 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Simon Boswell's work okay for kids?

Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles33–95 · median 83 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity21 titles24–79 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles33–69 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles24–71 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense14 titles40–92 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Simon Boswell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Simon Boswell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Willing shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles