Samuel Sim - A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (Original Television Soundtrack) (2025)
BAND/ARTIST: Samuel Sim
- Title: A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (Original Television Soundtrack)
- Year Of Release: 2025
- Label: Silva Screen Records
- Genre: Soundtracks
- Quality: FLAC 16/44100
- Total Time: 00:51:09
- Total Size: 266 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is a powerful true crime drama portraying the tragic life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain. Set in the vibrant 1955 London club scene, the story follows Ruth’s rise as a young, glamorous club manager and her subsequent downfall through a volatile and abusive relationship with racing driver David Blakely. After she murders Blakely, Ruth is imprisoned, tried, and ultimately sentenced to death—highlighting a justice system that judged her for more than her crime.
The drama reveals deeper truths behind Ruth’s actions and the final attempts to save her from execution, which proved unsuccessful. Her case became a landmark moment in British legal history, prompting the introduction of Diminished Responsibility as a legal defense and contributing to the abolition of capital punishment in the UK. The story is adapted from Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging and was brought to screen by Silverprint Pictures.
Original Soundtrack by Samuel Sim
Samuel Sim’s emotional and atmospheric score underpins Ruth’s descent from fleeting hope to despair. A recurring, unresolved rising melody symbolizes her diminishing chances of escape. The music evolves from delicate orchestration to disturbing, fractured textures—reflecting her psychological decline and inescapable fate.
Sim uses innovative sound manipulation techniques, distorting classical instruments to create a sense of disorientation. The score features vocals by Joanna Forbes-L’Estrange and cello by Caroline Dale, performed by The Chamber Orchestra of London at Abbey Road Studios.
The soundtrack is a poignant and haunting musical portrait of Ruth Ellis, capturing themes of injustice, fate, and lost hope.
Tracklist:
1-1 Samuel Sim - The Last Woman [2:15]
1-2 Samuel Sim - Holloway [3:24]
1-3 Samuel Sim - Morning of the Trial [2:32]
1-4 Samuel Sim - Four Defences [2:40]
1-5 Samuel Sim - Champagne Picnic [1:33]
1-6 Samuel Sim - Manslaughter [2:53]
1-7 Samuel Sim - Everything They Fear [2:47]
1-8 Samuel Sim - Lovers & Lies [1:36]
1-9 Samuel Sim - Last Breath [3:11]
1-10 Samuel Sim - The English Machine [1:19]
1-11 Samuel Sim - Lamb to the Slaughter [2:56]
1-12 Samuel Sim - Provocation & Reprieve [1:38]
1-13 Samuel Sim - Buzzing Cell Lights [2:40]
1-14 Samuel Sim - Determined to Die [3:17]
1-15 Samuel Sim - Out of Time [2:16]
1-16 Samuel Sim - Make Him Listen [6:56]
1-17 Samuel Sim - Worse Than All [2:18]
1-18 Samuel Sim - Ruth Ellis [4:58]
The drama reveals deeper truths behind Ruth’s actions and the final attempts to save her from execution, which proved unsuccessful. Her case became a landmark moment in British legal history, prompting the introduction of Diminished Responsibility as a legal defense and contributing to the abolition of capital punishment in the UK. The story is adapted from Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging and was brought to screen by Silverprint Pictures.
Original Soundtrack by Samuel Sim
Samuel Sim’s emotional and atmospheric score underpins Ruth’s descent from fleeting hope to despair. A recurring, unresolved rising melody symbolizes her diminishing chances of escape. The music evolves from delicate orchestration to disturbing, fractured textures—reflecting her psychological decline and inescapable fate.
Sim uses innovative sound manipulation techniques, distorting classical instruments to create a sense of disorientation. The score features vocals by Joanna Forbes-L’Estrange and cello by Caroline Dale, performed by The Chamber Orchestra of London at Abbey Road Studios.
The soundtrack is a poignant and haunting musical portrait of Ruth Ellis, capturing themes of injustice, fate, and lost hope.
Tracklist:
1-1 Samuel Sim - The Last Woman [2:15]
1-2 Samuel Sim - Holloway [3:24]
1-3 Samuel Sim - Morning of the Trial [2:32]
1-4 Samuel Sim - Four Defences [2:40]
1-5 Samuel Sim - Champagne Picnic [1:33]
1-6 Samuel Sim - Manslaughter [2:53]
1-7 Samuel Sim - Everything They Fear [2:47]
1-8 Samuel Sim - Lovers & Lies [1:36]
1-9 Samuel Sim - Last Breath [3:11]
1-10 Samuel Sim - The English Machine [1:19]
1-11 Samuel Sim - Lamb to the Slaughter [2:56]
1-12 Samuel Sim - Provocation & Reprieve [1:38]
1-13 Samuel Sim - Buzzing Cell Lights [2:40]
1-14 Samuel Sim - Determined to Die [3:17]
1-15 Samuel Sim - Out of Time [2:16]
1-16 Samuel Sim - Make Him Listen [6:56]
1-17 Samuel Sim - Worse Than All [2:18]
1-18 Samuel Sim - Ruth Ellis [4:58]
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