SIMON ARROWSMITH
I've been fascinated with the way sound tells a story since I was a kid. In film and TV, in theatre, and in audio broadcast...
COMPOSER TOOLS
Check out my free Sound Packs for Omnisphere 2.
THE STORIES
The sound libraries on this site are built as stories. Content that fits together. But, of course, it never hurt to mix and match.
ANALOG TEXTURES
A new library of patches for Omnisphere 2 using samples from the Moog One. NOW FREE!
Recent Work
Theatre & Video work
Corporate work
Listen to Shibboleth - a symphonic story
FEATURED STORIES
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£0.00True Crime - Music for Drama and Documentary (FREE EDITION)
The empty highway. The dark alley. The Lakeside. A body. We all love a true crime story. Whether it's a documentary or fictionalised drama. The sto...
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£0.00Essential Atmospherics - Volume One (FREE)
A collection of 16 background atmospherics and beds/drones to accompany your drama or theatrical performance. From sic-fi chase sequences to bare...
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£0.00Essential Atmospherics - Volume Two (FREE)
A collection of background sounds suitable for the horror genre. Thirteen terrifying tracks all available for use in your film, theatre productio...
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£0.00American Complexity (FREE EDITION)
A midlife crisis in middle America. Picture families going off the rails, slowly but surely. Cheating husbands, controlling mothers, delinquent son...
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£0.00Butcher's Crossing (FREE EDITION)
Head through the woods and into the dark heart of (dis)organised crime. Reflecting the period worlds of Boardwalk Empire, The Untouchables and Mill...
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£0.00Endless Sunshine (FREE EDITION)
Evoking imagery from the gloriously quirky films of Michel Gondry and Spike Jones, this soundtrack is electronic and playful. It uses synths mixed ...
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£0.00Hamlet (FREE EDITION)
If you'e going to write music for the stage then you have to cover the 'big guns'. Here's Simon A's take on the story of Hamlet. A cold and hauntin...
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£0.00La Noche Furiosa (FREE EDITION)
Step into a noir world of murder, mystery and danger. Providing a soundtrack that wouldn't be out of place in the films of Hitchcock, Orson Wells o...
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£0.00Redemption (FREE EDITION)
The passion and promise of a vocal and orchestral score. Redemption is a collection of vocal and string led music that is perfect for period drama,...
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£0.00Shattered Lands (FREE EDITION)
It's dystopia time! In a galaxy far, far away type stuff, but you know, with a bit of an edge. It's adventure with grit. So think Hardware, Termina...
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THE BLOG
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Two true crimes
Read nowOriginally written in 2018 There have been two true crime shows that have gripped me recently. To be fair I'm easily gripped. One was the magnificent The Detectives (Murder on the Streets) on BBC2 and the other was Netflix's The...
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A question of style
Read nowYou may have noticed that a number of our collections make reference to famous films and plays in the description section. We thought a lot about this when we were putting the site together. The references don't refer to the music...
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All those words - an overview of the site's terminology.
Read nowI like words, but I also appreciate that they can be a little confusing at times. So I thought I'd just clear up how we describe things here on The Sounds Stories - just so you know what's what. They're all designed to...
