Film Music Reporter

Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Spanish Princess, Anne, Domina, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the original score for the upcoming BritBox original true crime drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story. The show is written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story and stars Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Mark Stanley, Laurie Davidson and Bessie Carter. The 4-part series directed by Lee Haven Jones (The Feast, Bang) tells the hidden story of the ambitious, brave and steadfast Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain. Jones is also executive producing the Silverprint Pictures production with Kate Bartlett (Shetland, Vera) and Antonia Gordon. Sim has previously collaborated with Jones and Bartlett on the 2021 crime drama The Long Call, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will premiere in the U.S. on February 17, 2025 on BritBox and is expected to debut in the UK later this year on ITV & ITVX.