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Currently, Simon Porter is 73 years, 9 months and 11 days old. Simon Porter will celebrate 74rd birthday on a Friday 9th of August 2024. Below we countdown to Simon Porter upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Simon Porter |
| Occupation | Music Department |
| Age | 73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 9, 1950 () |
| Birthday | August 9 |
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Simon Porter’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Simon Porter was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
Simon Porter is a British composer writing for film and television, drawing on a diverse range of influences accrued during more than 20 years as a drummer and percussionist. His latest projects include Russell Owen's 2019 horror Patients of a Saint, BBC nature documentary Drowning in Plastic, and Alien: Containment - one of six short films set in the official Alien universe as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of Ridley Scott's 1979 classic.
He also scores commercials, with clients including Booking.com, Betway, and L'Oreal.His music can be heard in numerous television programmes in the UK and the US, including The Apprentice, Panorama, and WWE Smackdown, as well as in film trailers such as Dumbo, Logan Lucky, and Live by Night.
He also writes concert music, most recently being commissioned by the Bridgeman Singers to write a choral anthem set to George Herbert's 17th-century text, Vertue.Porter gained his Batchelor of Music from City, University of London in 2007, specialising in instrumental and electroacoustic composition, as well as ethnomusicology.
While continuing the former professionally, he pursues his study of the latter between projects, travelling frequently to learn about and participate in the musics of other cultures, including those of Cuba, Belize, India and, most recently, Colombia.
Porter is a member of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and a voting member of the Performing Rights Society. He was also one of the 1,000 Pandemonium Drummers who performed in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
