Vik Sharma

Vik Sharma (born 24 May 1972) is a film and television composer known most widely for his idiosyncratic soundtracks to the series An Idiot Abroad, The Moaning of Life, and Hello Ladies.

Career

In 1997, Sharma joined Asian Underground collective Joi,[1] contributing electric guitar and bass on their 1999 album, One and One is One,[2] released on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records.[3]

Sharma has produced channel idents for the channel Sky One, promoting An Idiot Abroad, The Moaning of Life, The Kumars and Duck Quacks Don't Echo.[4]

In 2013 and 2014, Sharma composed the music for Hello Ladies, an American series and feature film created by Stephen Merchant for the network HBO. The soundtrack references the blue-eyed soul of the 1970s and 80s.[5]

Sharma provided the soundtrack for the 2015 British comedy Hoff the Record starring the actor David Hasselhof as himself.[6]

Sharma has composed incidental and title music for Channel 4 documentary series The Undateables,[7], Mary Queen of Frocks (presented by Mary Portas), The World's... and Me, Bleach,Nip,Tuck: The White Beauty Myth, What's Killing Darcus Howe?, The Family: Teen Stories and a short film starring Christopher Eccleston entitled The Happiness Salesman.[8]

Sharma was a contributor to The Steve Show, Stephen Merchant's Sunday afternoon 6Music radio show.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Joi - One And One Is One". Discogs.
  2. ↑ "Pop: One and one is one: Joi simplify the maths".
  3. ↑ "Vik Sharma". Discogs.
  4. ↑ "The Musical Life & Times of Vik Sharma (Music Composer)". folio.audiobuffer.com.
  5. ↑ "Hello Ladies - Music from the HBO series". SoundCloud.
  6. ↑ Hogan, Michael (18 June 2015). "Hoff the Record, episode one, review: 'pluck and chutzpah in spades'" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. ↑ Monkey (26 January 2015). "Channel 4's The Undateables: five series and a wedding". the Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Event List - Edinburgh International Film Festival". www.edfilmfest.org.uk.
  9. ↑ BBC; BBC. "BBC - 6 Music - Stephen Merchant".


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