Sheridan Tongue
Working with Sheridan was a joyous experience. I asked him to work in a genre he was unfamiliar with, and not only did he achieve the high bar I set he far exceeded it.
Caroline Hawkins - Creative Director, Oxford Scientific Films
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Sheridan Tongue is internationally acclaimed for his incredible soundtracks for Silent Witness, Wonders of the Universe, and in June 2023 was nominated for an EMMY for his work on the film Mavericks. He won an EMMY in 2021 for his work on The Last Artifact film from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Sheridan’s most recent success is composing the soundtrack for the Netflix hit series Amy Bradley is Missing, which reached the No. 1 spot on Netflix in both the USA and UK. His chilling yet emotional score pulls the viewer deep into the heart of this compelling real-life mystery.
Known for his distinctive musical storytelling, Sheridan works across both premium documentary and scripted drama. He recently scored the latest season of Silent Witness for BBC One, also streaming on Amazon Prime. As composer for 15 series of this award-winning show (the longest-running crime drama in British television history), Sheridan’s music continues to play a key role in shaping its legacy.
Sheridan’s expertise in scoring drama has recently extended into the realm of high-end natural history programming. His versatility as a composer was on full display in his recent collaboration with Nainita Desai, where the two created the music for the feature-length documentary Turtle Walker. Directed by Taira Malaney, Turtle Walker chronicles the remarkable life of Satish Bhaskar, a pioneering figure in India’s sea turtle conservation efforts. Turtle Walker was awarded the prestigious Grand Teton Award, along with the title of Best Conservation Film, at the 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards.
Sheridan also composed the soundtrack to the documentary feature Race To The Summit for Netflix and Pitch International creating a very electronic score. It tells the incredible story of Swiss free climbers Dani Arnold and Ueli Steck. He also composed the soundtrack for the BBC Studios Documentary Unit three part series The Great Rhino Robbery which was nominated for Best Series Award at the 2024 Wildscreen Panda awards.
In November 2022 Sheridan was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the Northern Ireland Music Prize in Belfast presented by PRS for Music.
Belfast born, Sheridan is not only one of the UK’s most successful film and TV composers, he is also an artist and songwriter through his pseudonym IN-IS. Tracks from his IN-IS albums have featured in CSI Vegas (CBS) and Another Life (Netflix). He released his second IN-IS album 2068 in 2020, which draws upon his wide range of musical experiences, from orchestral and electronic to his roots in Northern Ireland and Donegal, Ireland. Seven Days, Sheridan’s first IN-IS album was released in 2016.
In 2021, Sheridan composed the dramatic soundtrack for the new 13-part Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty for AMC+ and BBC America, bringing something unexpected to the wildlife genre with a bold new sound world, more often associated with drama than documentary.
His music has been used in Drive to Survive (Netflix), Planet Earth Live (BBC), 9/11 Inside Airforce One (Apple), The Grand Tour (Amazon) and Murder in the Heartland (Investigation Discovery) to name a few.
Sheridan strives to achieve originality throughout his music, avoiding traditional composition techniques in favour of the more unusual, often creating unique sounds with his use of unexpected instruments, such as the iconic oil drum to recreate the sound of the Belfast streets for the BBC landmark documentary series Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History.
A Tonmeister graduate from the University of Surrey, it was there that Sheridan explored his love of sound recording and acoustics alongside orchestration, composition, and conducting. His approach to composing is influenced by the early years of his career spent working as a producer, remixer, orchestrator, and arranger with icons such as Robert Plant, Blur, and Beverly Knight, and Erykah Badu.
Sheridan’s continued success in scoring award-winning film and TV drama and documentaries is a result of the close personal rapport he strives to establish with each director and producer. Sheridan is a true collaborator and multi-talented musician.
Sheridan Tongue's CV
View our composer's list of TV and film credits here.
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The Great Rhino Robbery (2024) | Sky |
| The Turtle Walker (2024) | Emaho Films | |
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Facing North (2023) | Netflix (Pitch International) |
| Mavericks (2022) | PBS | Director: Scott Sterling | Producer: Kelly Gorham | Executive Producer: Aaron Pruitt | |
| The Last Artifact (2020) | PBS International | Directors & Producers: Jaime Jacobsen, Ed Watkins |
| Down (2019) | Director: Garry Crystal | |
| Bertie (2017) | Director: Garry Crystal | |
| The Fox and the Rabbit (2017) | Director: Garry Crystal |
| Silent Witness series 29 (forthcoming, 2026) | BBC | |
| Silent Witness series 28 | BBC | |
| Silent Witness XX (2017) | BBC | Directors: Stewart Svaasand, Thaddeus O’Sullivan, David Richards, David Drury, Dudi Appleton | |
| DCI Banks V (2017) | Leftbank Pictures | Directors: Craig Pickles, Mark Brozel, Robert Quinn | |
| Silent Witness XIX (2016) | BBC | Directors: David Drury, Richard Senior, Mark Everest, Keith Boak, Thaddeus O’Sullivan | Producer: Madonna Baptiste | |
| Silent Witness XVIII (2015) | BBC | Directors: David Richards, Craig Viveiros, Daniel O’Hara, Marek Losey, David Drury | Producer: Sharon Bloom | |
| DCI Banks IV (2016) | Leftbank Pictures | Directors: David Richards, Craig Pickles, Kenneth Glenaan | Producer: Radford Neville | |
| Silent Witness XVII (2015) | BBC | Directors: Daniel O’Hara, David Richards, Dušan Lazarević, Craig Viveos, Nick Renton | Producer: Sharon Bloom | |
| The Sparticle Mystery III (2014) | BBC | Directors: Jon East, Tim Whitby | |
| DCI Banks III (2014) | Leftbank Pictures | Directors: Stephen Woolfenden, Ed Bazalgette, Bill Eagles | Producer: Emma Kingsman-Lloyd | |
| Silent Witness XVI (2013) | BBC | Directors: Anthony Byrne, Douglas MacKinnon, David Richards, Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Richard Clark | Producer: Sharon Bloom | |
| The Sparticle Mystery II (2013) | BBC | Directors: Jon East, Laura Smith, Jonathan Fox Bassett | Producer: Bernard Krichefski | |
| Silent Witness XVI (2013) | BBC | Directors: Anthony Byrne, David Richards, Richard Clark, Thaddeus O'Sullivan Douglas Mackinnon | Producer: Sharon Bloom | |
| DCI Banks II (2012) | Leftbank Pictures | Directors: Tim Fywell, Jim Loach, Mat King | Producer: Emma Kingsman-Lloyd | |
| Silent Witness XV (2012) | BBC | Directors: Mike Barker, Anthony Byrne, Andy Hay, Ed Bennett, Keith Boak | |
| DCI Banks (2011) | Leftbank Pictures | Directors: Paul Whittington, Bill Anderson, Marek Losey | |
| The Sparticles Mystery (2011) | BBC | Directors: Jon East, Tim Whitby | |
| Silent Witness XIV (2011) | BBC | Directors: Dudi Appleton, James Strong, Antony Byrne, Keith Boak, Sue Tully | Producer: Richard Burrell | |
| Silent Witness XIII (2010) | BBC | Directors: Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Sue Tully, Udayan Prasad, Farren Blackburn, Paul Wilmshurst | Producer: Ruth Kenley-Letts | |
| Summerhill (2008) | Tiger Aspect | Director: John East | Producer: Stephen Smallwood | |
| Cinderalla (2008) | Director: Peter Lydon Producer: Rhonda Smith Hattrick Productions Starring: James Nesbit | |
| Silent Witness XII (2008) | BBC | Directors: Diarmuid Lawrence, Alex Pillai, Sue Tully, Dudi Appleton | Producer: George Ormond | |
| Sea Of Souls (2006) | Carnival / BBC | Director: Andy Hay Producer: Tim Bradley Executive Producer: Gareth Neame | |
| Silent Witness XI (2007) | BBC | Directors: Diarmuid Lawrence, Maurice Philips, Brendan Maher, Bruce Goodison Producer: George Ormond Executive Producer: Hilary Salmon | |
| Hotel Babylon (Series 1) (2006) | Carnival Films Director: Alrick Riley Producer: Chris Aird | |
| Dead Clever (2007) | Granada | Director: Dearbla Walsh Producer: Rebecca Hodgson Writer: Sally Wainwright Executive Producer: Sita Williams | |
| Silent Witness X (2006) | BBC | Directors: Michael Offer, Alrick Riley, Martyn Friend, Philippa Langdale, Nick Renton | Producer: Tim Bradley Executive Producers: Jessica Pope, Hilary Salmon | |
| Magnificent 7 (2005) | * Winner - Monte Carlo Festival 2006 Signis Prize * | BBC | Director: Kenneth Glenaan Producer: Deborah Jones Writer: Sandy Welch Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter | |
| Silent Witness IX (2005) | BBC | Directors: Richard Signy, Andy Hay, Bryn Higgins Producer: Tim Bradley Executive Producers: Jessica Pope, Hilary Salmon | |
| Spooks III (2004) | * BAFTA Nomination 2005: Best Original TV Music * Kudos / BBC | Directors: Jonny Campbell, Cilla Ware, Justin Chadwick, Bill Anderson, Alrick Riley Producer: Andrew Woodhead Executive Producers: Jane Featherstone, Simon Crawford Collins | |
| Redcap II (2004) | Stormy Pictures / BBC | Director: Justin Chadwick | Producer: Sarah Wilson Executive Producer: Gareth Neame | |
| Down To Earth I, II & III | Whistling Gypsy / BBC | Directors - Series I: Ashley Pearce, Rob Bangura Directors - Series II: Juliet May, Indra Bhose, Claire Winyard Directors - Series III: Juliet May, Frank Smith, Mike Cocker, Rob Evans Producer: Rosemarie Whitman | |
| Sunburn II (1999) | BBC | Directors: Keith Boak, Dan Zeff, Morag Fullerton Producer: Julie Gardner Executive Producer: John Yorke |
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Amy Bradley Is Missing | Ample Entertainment |
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The Great Rhino Robbery(Sky Max, 2023) | BBC Studios |
| Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty (2021) | BBC America | Director: Caroline Hawkins | Producer: Hayley Smith | |
| Narco Wars (Series 1&2) (2021) | National Geographic | |
| Spotlight on The Troubles (2019) | BBC | Directors: Maurice May Denise O’Connor Tamara Rahman Chris Moore Sarah Mole Lena Ferguson Claire Irwin Ciaran O’Neil Rory Tinman Jennifer O’Leary Mandy McCauley | |
| Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places (2016) | Curiosity Stream | Directors: Ed Watkins | |
| Stephen Hawking's Grand Design (2012) | Discovery Channel International / Darlow Smithson Productions | Directors: Nick Green, Dan Clifton Producers: Ian Riddick, Ben Bowie | |
| Wonders of the Universe (2011) | BBC | Directors: Chris Holt, Michael Lachman, Stephen Cooter Producer: James van der Pool | |
| Atlas 4D (2010) | Discovery Channel International / Darlow Smithson Productions | Producer: Alex Marengo Executive Producer: Susan Winslow | |
| Who Framed Jesus? (2010) | Discovery Channel / Renegade Pictures | Discovery Channel / Renegade Pictures Directors: Mark Lewis, Emma Whitlock | |
| Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010) | Discovery Channel International / Darlow Smithson Productions | |
| Wonders of the Solar System (2010) | * RTS Award Winner: Best Documentary Series 2010 * BBC Directors: Paul Olding, Michael Lachmann, Gideon Bradshaw, Chris Holt Producer: Danielle Peck | |
| Wounded (2009) | BBC | Producer: Sarah Hardy |
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