Oct 25 2024 65 mins
EPISODE 120: Segun Akinola is a British-Nigerian composer for film and television who has strengthened many projects with his musical acumen. He is most known for his music in the three series of Doctor Who starring the first female Doctor, Jodie Whittaker. A BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2017, Segun’s other work includes scoring Sundance 2019 favourite and World Soundtrack Award nominee The Last Tree, BAFTA-nominated director Ursula Macfarlane's (Untouchable) feature The Lost Sons, Apple TV+ feature 9/11: Inside The President's War Room, ITV drama Stephen which was executive-produced by Paul Greengrass, multimedia feature A Moving Image, BBC's landmark series Black and British: A Forgotten History and more. His work has screened at acclaimed festivals like Sundance, the BFI London Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, LA Film Festival, BlackStar Film Festival and many others. He has recently scored Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know It's True from Academy Award-winning producers Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann (The Lives of Others), the BBC's Agatha Christie adaptation Murder Is Easy and a documentary series for producer Richard Brown (True Detective). segunakinola.com
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