Function: Score Mixer, Score Producer WSAcademy: WSA Voting Member
Simon Ratcliffe is a score mixer, film co-producer, and MD of the multi-national Sound & Motion Studios which he founded in 2002 with six locations across Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam, LA and Lagos.
(https://soundandmotion.eu)

A background in music production and film re-recording mixing led to him following his passion to specialise in game, streaming and film score mixing and supervision with clients including Arenanet, Disney, Netflix and Amazon Prime.

With a focus on Dolby Atmos, he has hosted workshops on immersive mixing and film score production at events including the AES Immersive Conference, Huddersfield University APL, ACM, Metropolis and UCL London.
Simon, who has been in residencies with score mixing giants Alan Meyerson (Hans Zimmer) and Shawn Murphy (John Williams), has won over two dozen industry accolades with his team, such as Tribeca Film Festival, Emmy Primetime, SAMA, FrightNight, Global Music, Songlines, and SAFTA awards. He has a 14 year background in lecturing and development, and a masters degree in immersive music production from Hertfordshire University.