Simon Fisher Turner

Simon Turner (born November 21, 1954) is an English musician, songwriter, composer, producer and actor.

After portraying Ned East in the 1971 TV adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays and other roles in films such as The Big Sleep, Dover native Simon Turner quickly rose to fame as a teen star in Britain thanks to his mentor Jonathan King who released his first album in 1973 on UK Records.

In the 1980s, he released several singles on él Records as The King of Luxembourg, many of them having been given airplay by BBC Radio DJ John Peel. In 1990 he released a solo album on Creation Records.

In the 1980s, Turner started to record film soundtracks, most notably for Derek Jarman's Caravaggio, The Last of England and The Garden. He also composed the complete score for William Eggleston in the Real World as well as for David Lynch produced film Nadja. Many of his soundtracks are released on CD, mainly on Mute Records whom he also made three solo albums for.

He continues to work with Mike Hodges and Cynthia Beatt. In 2009 he joined Tilda Swinton on a new film essay shot in Berlin and directed by Cynthia Beatt.

In 2002, he was a visiting professor at Braunschweig School of Art, Germany.

He has used several names as a recording artist, including Simon Fisher Turner, The King of Luxembourg, Deux Filles and Simon Turner. Simon Turner continues to record albums for Mute Records as Simon Fisher-Turner. In 2009, he produced the debut album of Polly Scattergood (Mute Records).

Simon Turner lives with his wife and two children in London.

Actor

Television

• Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971) (mini) TV mini-series
• The Long Chase (13 episodes, 1972)
• The Intruder (1972) TV series
• The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)
• Village Hall (1974) TV series
• Who Killed Lamb? (1974) (TV)
• Kim & Co. (1975) TV series
• Lillie (1978) (mini) TV mini-series
• Neptune's Children (1985) TV series

Films

• The Big Sleep (1978)
• Caravaggio (1986)
• The Party: Nature Morte (1991)
• The Croupier (1998)
• The End of the Affair (1999)
• Hana wo tsumu shôjo to mushi wo korosu shôjo (2000)

Discography

As Simon Turner

• Simon Turner (UK Records) (1973)
• Simon Turner (Creation Records) (1990)
• Sex Appeal (1992)
• The Many Moods of Simon Turner (1993)
• Revox (1993)

As The King of Luxembourg

• Sir/Royal Bastard (1988)
• Sex Appeal (1992)
• Sweets of Japan (Felicite Records) (2003)

As Simon Fisher Turner

• The Bone of Desire (1985)
• Caravaggio Original Soundtrack (1986/1995)
• The Last of England Original Soundtrack (1987)
• Melancholia Soundtrack (1989)
• Edward II Original Soundtrack (1991)
• The Garden Original Soundtrack (1991)
• I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992)
• Blue (1994)
• Live Blue Roma (The Archaeology of Sound) (1995)
• Nadja (1995)
• Shwarma (1996)
• Loaded Original Soundtrack (1996)
• Still, Moving, Light (1999)
• Oh Venus (1999)
• Eyes Open(1999)
• Travelcard (2000)
• Riviera Faithful (2002)
• Swift (2002)
• Lana Lara Lata (2007)
• "Films you should have seen".(2009)

Film music not released on CD (selection)

• A Song of Love
• I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
• The Garden
• William Eggleston in the Real World

External links

• SFT site
• iMDB: SFT
• Discogs: SFT
• Mute: SFT
• Independen on SFT (10/2003)
• Interview
• myspacesimonfisherturner

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