(Photo by Ki Price)

2021 Showreel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG8qhHTpwjI

2020 marked Simon Roberts’ mainstream debut as Media Music Composer, with a nomination from ITV, for a Royal Television Society Crafts and Design Award for his score for “Return to Belsen,” directed by Simon Broughton, and written and presented by Jonathan Dimbleby.

"Return to Belsen" - broadcast 7th April, 2020, ITV1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7dqPQdL1no&t=386s

An early successful Opera career, which saw him managed by Luciano Pavarotti and living in Italy, Simon was forced to prematurely retire from the opera stage for health reasons, and the enforced convalescence that followed, gave him time to consider new professional directions.

Having worked as an opera agent for a while, he decided to pursue a career as composer, inspired by Gian-Carlo Menotti, for whom he worked as PA between 2003-2005.

Following a year of study under Hans Zimmer, a string of media music credits followed, including film scores for Will Rogers' "Bloodline,' Rachel Kelly’s “The Colour of Torment,” alongside scores for the small-screen documentary "Tyranny and Absolute Power - How Magna Carta Happened," for the Manorial Society of Great Britain, and most recently the award-nominated "Return to Belsen” for ITV/MultiStory.

As his maverick "alter-ego" CLASSICALBANKSY, Simon has so far released 5 singles commercially, and writes and produces for an impressive list of Independent Artists.

All eyes are now on the debut album, "TRANSGENRE." The release date has been put back to early 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and boasts a stellar line-up of guest artists.

"The American Dream?" (2017) features on the following compilation:

Mattrix Mixtape Vol 30 download:

https://www.slacker.com/album/various-artists/mattrix-mixtape-volume-30

Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy website:

https://classicalbanksy.com

Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy iTunes Page:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-american-dream-single/id1205870917

Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/classicalbanksy

Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Vimeo:

www.vimeo.com/classicalbanksy

Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJi_qgZ8FY4NLT4wTrL3Lw?view_as=subscriber

Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/classicalbanksy

Simon Roberts / Classicalbanksy on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Classicalbanksy