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SMA Talent has long been one of the UK’s leading international film and tv composer management agencies and 4 years ago expanded the company’s offering to include film directors and screenwriters.

Our extensive network of relationships within the industry is based on a hard-won reputation for representing the most creative talent. The team is experienced and realistic, dedicated and passionate.

Our aim is to deliver the best work, within budget, on schedule and as hassle free as possible. Delivering Excellence is our core belief.

Latest News..

DANISH DRAMA SERIES SEASIDE HOTEL DIRECTED BY FABIAN WULLENWEBER AIRS ON WALTER PRESENTS/ALL4 FROM DEC 4

Denmark’s most popular drama series for more than 20 years, ‘Seaside Hotel’, directed by SMA’s award winning Fabian Wullenweber, airs from December 4 on Walter Presents/All4. He’s best known internationally for his work across all 3 series of ‘The Killing’ which screened in more than 161 countries, winning 2 Emmys and a BAFTA. See Fabian’s […]

COMPOSER, PRODUCER, SONGWRITER GIZMO VARILLAS JOINS THE SMA CREW

Gizmo Varillas is a young artist with millions of plays on Spotify and radio play from LA to Tokyo, his music already reaching people all over the world. He is a songwriter, record producer, composer and is currently working with Jack Savoretti. He was born in Spain, raised in Wales and now lives in South East […]

JACK SAVORETTI AND NIKOLAJ TORP LARSEN FORM NEW FILM COMPOSING TEAM

Savoretti/Torp is the recently formed film and tv scoring partnership between one of Europe’s best-selling singer songwriters and multi-million selling recording artists and performers, Jack Savoretti, and his musical director, Nikolaj Torp Larsen. Their music is contemporary, haunting and thematic working with small ensembles, voices, strings and full orchestras, to fully electronic; occasionally with a […]

DIRECTOR GEORGE ALFRED BAILEY WINS THE GRIERSON BEST ARTS OR MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

Congrats to Alfred whose ‘Jim Marshall: Show Me The Picture’ feature documentary has won the 2020 Grierson Best Arts or Music Documentary Award. SMA’s Ian Arber was also responsible for the score. See Alfred’s profile here

EMMY COMPOSER MARK CHAIT TO SMA CREW

Mark Chait has created successful music scores and theme songs for three of the most popular Chinese TV drama series this century which are now being sold internationally and a fourth series is now in pre-production. His US features, shorts and documentaries include ‘The Heartbeat of Hope’ for which Mark won an Emmy and 3 […]

NEW SMA SIGNING. D.FOE

D.Foe are Rob Clydesdale and Mark Daniels who scored the Sky/Dark Harbor Stories series ‘Intelligence’ starring David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed and additional music for the Idris Elba Netflix series ‘Turn Up Charlie’. They recently finished the feature ‘The Ferryman’ for Lone Wolf Pictures and are currently scoring another feature ‘The Moment Trap’. See their […]

KEITH ENGLISH’S FILM THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME TO BE PART OF AUSTRALIA’S BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL 2020

Keith English’s feature, The More You Ignore Me, will be screened as part of Australia’s November British Film Festival following a successful run in New Zealand. It is currently streaming in the US after winning Best Comedy at the UK’s National Film Awards. Adapted by Jo Brand, from her own novel it tells the poignant […]