Simon
Gibson

Mastering Engineer

Simon
Gibson

Mastering Engineer

Simon has 30 years’ experience at Abbey Road. Equally at home with vintage analogue and cutting-edge digital equipment, he masters both stereo and 5.1 surround projects, and has been involved with many live music projects over the years. Simon works in any musical genre from rock and pop to symphonic orchestral soundtracks and from contemporary jazz to vocal and choral albums. Translating an artist’s wishes into musical reality always takes a wide variety of skills and a fair amount of patience. Like his Abbey Road colleagues, Simon believes passionately in going the extra mile to give the client exactly what they want, using his wealth of knowledge and musical experience to produce great-sounding masters.

Simon has mastered the work of some of the world's best known names in pop, rock and classical music, including 5.1 surround projects for The Beatles (Yellow Submarine), Paul McCartney (Under The Staircase – for Spotify), Take That (Wonderland Tour), Depeche Mode (Live in Berlin), Robbie Williams, Wings (Rockshow), Sigur Ros (Heima) and numerous albums for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.

Simon is also in demand for the soundtrack albums to many Hollywood blockbusters, including All The Money In The World, Wonder Park, The Hobbit (Parts 2 and 3), Into the Woods, Les Miserables, Skyfall, Spectre, The King's Speech and the 5.1 audio versions for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Parts 1 and 2). Since working on Howard Shore's scores to The Hobbit, Simon has mastered the complete back catalogue of Shore's film scores, including Naked Lunch, Maps to the Stars and Spotlight. Recent TV soundtracks have included Our Planet for Netflix, Dr Who (Series 11) and Broadchurch.

More recently, he has mastered the first two albums for Carly Paoli, one of the UK’s brightest young sopranos, and he works frequently with the a cappella group VOCES8.

Simon is one of the world's leading audio restoration and remastering engineers. He was responsible for all of the audio restoration on the Grammy Award-winning The Beatles Album Remasters (2009). Other restoration projects have included Wings' Band on the Run and Ram albums (both Grammy nominated, with Band on the Run winning the Historical category in 2012). In 2017, Simon worked on the 50th Anniversary reissue of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and is involved in all of The Beatles archive projects produced at Abbey Road. In 2020 Simon has again been nominated for a Grammy in the Historical category for Bobbie Gentry: The Girl From Chickasaw County – The Complete Capitol Masters, released in 2018.

Simon won a Gramophone Award in 2007 for the CD remaster of the Lyrita catalogue of music by British composers. He was part of the Abbey Road team who remastered the complete studio recordings of Maria Callas, released in 2014 to great acclaim. For EMI and Warner, he has remastered and restored countless archive tapes from the LP era, both classical and pop.

Discography

Beyond This Place - Kenny Barron
Bitanga i princeza (2024 Edition) - Bijelo Dugme
Cabaret - 2021 London Cast of Cabaret
Discover Who I Am (The Fontana Years London 1966-70) - Blossom Dearie
Final Straw (20th Anniversary Edition) - Snow Patrol
Murder Is Easy  - Agatha Christie
Old Friends - Stephen Sondheim
The Great War: Western Front - Frank Klepacki
The Source - Kenny Barron
Arabesque - The Ayoub Sisters
Doctor Who Season 13: The Specials - Segun Akinola
The Pale Blue Eye  - Howard Shore
Duruflé: Complete Organ Works - Thomas Trotter
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Marvel: Guardians Of The Galaxy  - Richard Jacques
Mary Poppins - 2020 Cast Recording
Proud Songsters: English Solo Song, from King’s College, Cambridge  -
Symphonic Suites - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Beatles: Get Back  - The Beatles
YIRUMA 20th Anniversary Album - Yiruma
 Sing As One   - Eric Whitacre
All Out of Love - Patrick Roberts
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge: Anton Bruckner – Masses -
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge: Bach – St Matthew Passion -
Dr Who: Series 12 - Segun Akinola
Dream Horse (Original Soundtrack)  - Benjamin Woodgates
Funny Boy - Howard Shore
Les Miserables – The Staged Concert (2019)  -
Saucerful of Secrets: Live at the Roundhouse  - Nick Mason
Sold My Soul - Tiffany Twisted
Street Fighting Years - Simple Minds
The Pianoman at Christmas  - Jamie Cullum
A Classic Tour Hong Kong  - Jacky Cheung
Dr Who: Series 11  - Segun Akinola
Grammy-nominated - The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters  - Bobbie Gentry
INXS: Live Baby Live at Wembley Stadium - INXS
Our Planet (Original Soundtrack) - Steven Price
Puy du Fou Espana – El Sueno de Toledo -
Spirits in the Forest - Live In Berlin  - Depeche Mode
The Song Of Names (Original Soundtrack) - Howard Shore
The Spanish Princess Soundtrack - Chris Egan & Sam Sim
Wonder Park (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Steven Price
Equinox - Voces8
Far East Suite (CD) - Pierre Bertrand
Paul McCartney Under the Staircase - Spotify Singles
Steps Live (DVD)  - Steps
The Music of Puy du Fou  -
All the Money in the World - Daniel Pemberton
Broadchurch Series 3 Original Soundtrack - Olafur Arnalds
Half A Sixpence - Original 2016 London Cast
Self Titled - The Ayoub Sisters
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary - The Beatles
Singing My Dreams - Carly Paoli
The Classics - Hans Zimmer
The Halcyon OST - Samuel Sim
The Story in Concert - War Horse
Vaughan Williams & Bernstein - Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Wonderland Tour Live in 5.1 - Take That
Working - London Cast Recording - Stephen Schwartz
Assassin's Creed - Jed Kurzel
Funny Girl - Sheridan Smith & London Cast
House Of All Seasons - House Of All Seasons
Joy (CD) - Pierre Bertrand
Kinky Boots - London Cast
Kynren - Nathan Stornetta
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary [DVD] - London Cast
Mrs Henderson Presents - London Cast
‘Live at La Plata 2008’ - Indio Solari
Final Symphony - London Symphony Orchestra
Into The Woods (OST) - Stephen Sondeim
Journey East - Nemanja Radulovic
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Macbeth
Pas De Deux - James Horner
San Andreas Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Andrew Lockington
Spectre (Soundtrack) - Thomas Newman
Spotlight (OST) - Howard Shore
St Matthews Passion (Remaster Warner Music Japan) - Bach
The Danish Girl (OST) - Alexandre Despot
The Hunt (Original TV Soundtrack) - Steven Price
The Lady In The Van (OST) - George Fenton
(25th Anniversary) - Miss Saigon
Delta Machine  - Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode ‎– Live In Berlin - Depeche Mode
Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Edition - Original 2014 London Cast
Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Wagner 1951-1960 - Karajan
Pas De Deux - James Horner
The Complete Studio Recordings (Box Set) - Maria Callas
The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies - Howard Shore
Les Misérables - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (OST) - Howard Shore
Wings Over America (Paul McCartney Archive Collection) - Paul McCartney & Wings
Wings’ Rockshow Movie  - Wings’
Bond For Orchestra  - Philharmonia Orchestra and Carl Davis
RAM (Paul McCartney Archive Collection) - Paul McCartney & Wings
Skyfall (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Thomas Newman
The Calling - Meav
Yellow Submarine (Restored) - The Beatles
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Alexandre Desplat
The 50 Greatest Pieces Of Classical Music - London Philharmonic Orchestra
The King Speech - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection) - Paul McCartney & Wings
Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music - Various Artists
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Alexandre Desplat
Enchanted voices - Howard Goodall
England, My England - Cambridge Choir of King's College
Icon - Nathan Milstein
No Line On The Horizon (Remastered) - U2
The Beatles – Album Remasters  - The Beatles
The Beatles Box Set - Remastered in Stereo - The Beatles
Too Shy - the Best of Kajagoogoo & Limahl [CD & DVD]
All Together Now - The Beatles
Eternal - Best Of Libera - Libera
Icon - Dennis Brain
Live from Lugano  - martha Argerich
My Puccini  - Angela Gheorghiv
One Giant Leap - What About Me? [DVD] - Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman
Organ Works - Bach
Recovery/Discovery - Harrison Birtwistle, Javier Alvarez ,Jonathan Harvey, Mira Calix
Under A Blood Red Sky (DVD Remastered) - U2
Akon His Story DVD - Akon
Celtic Woman Live DVD - Celtic Woman
Help DVD - The Beatles
Live in London DVD - Keane
Popmart DVD - U2
Puccini Turandot - Maria Callas
Recital at La Scala, Milan  - Angela Gheorghiu
Sigur Ros Heima DVD - Sigur Ros
Singles Collection CD - Vera Lynn
Spice Girls Live at Wembley DVD - Spice Girls
Turandot - Puccini
  Delirious Live DVD - Delirious
  Pet Sounds companion DVD - Beach Boys
 Best of Live  1997 - 2006 - Robbie Williams
 Handel  Alcina   - Richard Hicko
 Karl Jenkins Kiri Sings Karl   - Kiri Te Kanawa
 Kraken Filarmonico   - Kraken  Filarmonico Orquestra de Bogota
 Living in the Material World  - George Harrison
 Reflections The Definitive Collection - The Supremes
Alinca - Handel
Andrew Lloyd Webber Starlight Express - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Arthur OST - Eric Serra
Blue Note Sessions - Nigel Kennedy
Late Orchestration Abbey Road - Kanye West
Polish Spirit  Live  - Nigel Kennedy
War of the Worlds  - Jeff Wayne
 Mind Body Soul Sessions - Joss Stone
All The Best - Tina Turner
Bel Canto Arias - Barry Banks
Best Of Blue - Blue
Chaos And Creation - Paul McCartney
Glastonbury Anthems - Glastonbury
Joe Cocker - Live in Germany  - Joe Cocker
Norah Jones - Live 2004 - Norah Jones
Paul McCartney - Liverpool Oratorio - Paul McCartney
Pet Shop Boys - Live In Birmingham - Pet Shop Boys
Roger Waters The Wall, Live in Berlin - Roger Waters
Skank - Live In Brazil - Skank
Supergrass Is 10 - Supergrass
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde
The Complete Studio Recordings (Box Set) - Maria Callas
Body Song - Jonny Greenwood
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Anthems From Kings - Kings College Cambridge
Borris Godunov  - Valery Gergiev
Divine Madness - Madness
Fever Tour, Live In Manchester - Kylie Minogue
Tosca - Puccini
Requiem, Live Recording in Berlin 2001 - Verdi