10 Facts About Simon Hale

Simon Hale's father is Tony Hale, formerly Head of Music and Programming at Capital Radio.

Simon Hale is best known for his arrangements on CDs for Jamiroquai, Bjork, BT, Duncan Sheik, Madness, Incognito, Supergrass, The Beautiful South, George Benson, Tony Banks, Josh Groban, Charlotte Church and Robin Gibb.

Simon Hale appeared with The Bays at their performance as part of the Fresh Festival in Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall in January 2008.

Simon Hale orchestrated the Lincoln Center Theater production of the new musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, that opened on 4 November 2010 at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway.

Simon Hale orchestrated and wrote choir arrangements for Ray Davies' performance at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Meltdown Festival in June 2011.

Simon Hale orchestrated a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Company at Sheffield Theatres at the end of 2011.

Simon Hale orchestrated Finding Neverland at the American Repertory Theater in Boston in the summer of 2014 and again for the Broadway production on 2015.

Simon Hale received a Grammy nomination in 2015 for his contribution to the Sam Smith album In the Lonely Hour and arranged and orchestrated Writing's on the Wall, the theme song for the James Bond film Spectre.

Simon Hale worked in string arrangements of Japanese-American superstar Hikaru Utada albums Fantome and Hatsukoi.

In 2019 Simon Hale was nominated in the Best Orchestrations category for his work on the musical Tootsie at 73rd Tony Awards.