“Sanj is a musical powerhouse and creative genius who consistently delivers brilliant work. Having worked with him for over a decade, I don't think there is a single genre that he has not covered off, deadline that he has missed, or ridiculous request that he has not at least entertained. Best of all, he is effortlessly professional, always approachable and a total pleasure to deal with.”
- Steve Cleverley, Chief Creative, Mind Candy
“Sanj has been nothing but professional, collaborative and wildly creative. Given little to no upfront instruction/direction, Sanj blew us away….”
- Bob Higgins, Boatrocker Media
“We’ve been working with Sanj Sen for almost 15 years now, and for me he’s still the best orchestrator and producer I know. Always brilliant and creative, always accurate and precise.’’
- Greg Gallian, Producer, Schmooze.FR
“Sanj far surpassed my expectations. He was able to fully adapt to the tone of the film and elevate it with his beautiful score which has his unique, personal flare. Sanj was a joy to direct and very easy to communicate with. He addressed all of the feedback I gave him to my full satisfaction and seamlessly incorporated it into his work. Oh, and he was also very fast in delivering.”
- Ehud Landsburg, Director
“Sanj is one of the most talented and versatile composers I’ve had the pleasure to work with. He’s super collaborative and a director’s dream. He understands story and takes every project to the next level.”
- Rob Cullen, Boulder Media
“I’ve worked with many composers over the years, but Sanj stands out for his innate sense of drama and comedy and the ability to really add something in terms of musical value to the overall piece. He also needed no notes, which is unheard of - I think there was maybe 1 across a whole 52 episodes”
- Sarah Muller, CBBC
“ I had the pleasure of working with Sanj Sen when I was Exec Producer on ‘Danger Mouse’. Sanj is a calm genius. DM was a co-production, so there were often notes coming from different directions, we often asked for the ridiculous, but were NEVER disappointed with Sanj’s work or can-do attitude.”
- Tim Searle CBBC
“Nearly 25 years ago I was handed a tape with Indian Rope Man written on it… 22 seconds in I knew I wanted to sign it - which I think is a record. And ever since then Sanj has been my font of all musical knowledge, advice & wisdom… Producing my LP, summoning up a string section, setting up my studio, replaying chords parts from dodgy 80’s covers. The musical career he has forged for himself fills me with great joy AND Indian Rope Man remains one of my top 5 ever Skint releases.”
- Damian Harris (Midfield General / Skint Records)
Industry awards include a Bafta nomination, Irish animation award, Music and Sound award, Gold and Silver UK Album Sales.
Biography
Growing up on the south coast, Bafta-nominanted Sanj Sen was immersed in a diverse mix of attitudes, culture and music. From an early age he was recording and mixing anything from hip-hop to straight-up rock often merging styles and influences to create a very personal and eclectic approach to making music.
Signed to BMG at the tender age of 17 producing dance records for the U.S., a move to Brighton found him recording and releasing more records throughout the UK and Europe. This led to his first solo album release under the name Indian Ropeman for Skint records. Extensive touring followed, giving Sen the opportunity to hone his skills as a live player as well as a studio based producer and arranger.
During this time Skint Records saw the possibilities of Sen’s talents and made him their in house engineer/producer to work with such acts as The Lo-Fi Allstars, Midfield General and The Space Raiders, whilst remixing and producing for several major labels.
A natural progression into production and composition followed, and Sen's recent work has included games trailers for Ubisoft, several tv placements, and TVCs for numerous Brands including Nike, Rolex, Virgin Holidays, Liverpool Victoria, Armani, Boss, Mars, Evian, Nivea, & Citreon. In 2012-13 Sanj was Mind Candy’s goto producer for the hugely successful Moshi Monsters children’s brand. This lead to a Gold selling album, feature-length film, and several other spin-offs .
Late 2014 saw him commissioned to bring the legendary Dangermouse back to life in a new 52 part series for CBCC. For 2015, commissions for CBBC series such as “A long, long crime ago” and “All over the work place”. Into 2016-17, Dangermouse is back for a further series, whilst Sanj continues working with brands such as Ritz Paris, Ikea and Burger King. During this time Sen also provides additional music to the feature films “Lolo”, “West Coast”, and “L'Odyssée”
Sanj was commissioned in 2018-2020 to work on 2 shows for Universal TV (Norman Picklestripes, Powerbirds) penned the theme for CBBC show Bits & Bob, whilst advertising production included global campaigns for L’or, Kenwood, and Puegeot. Late 2020 saw TV placements such as The Mo Gillian show, Hypothetical, and the Mel Giedroyc’s Unforgivable. Also during this time and to date, Sen continues to produce weekly content for the No.1 Sleep app for kids Moshi Sleep. 2020 Highlights included a collaboration with One Direction’s Harry styles for Calm inc, and a re-work of the legendary Blue Peter theme.
Overall, this wealth of experience has spawned a producer, a songwriter and a musician with a broad understanding of both modern and classic techniques involved in making music for the 21st Century