Vik Sharma

In 1997, Sharma joined Asian Underground collective Joi,[4] contributing electric guitar and bass on their 1999 album, One and One is One,[5] released on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records.[6]

From 2010, Sharma composed the soundtrack for three series of the television programme, An Idiot Abroad, which featured Karl Pilkington, Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, and a spin-off series, The Moaning of Life. Both shows engendered a cult following.[7] 'Constantly hilarious... part travelogue, part social experiment, part practical joke, 'An Idiot Abroad' is easily the best thing you’ll ever see on a Saturday night for seven weeks'.[8]

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 1980s.[9]

Sharma collaborated with Merchant again, as he wrote an original score for Merchant's Fighting with My Family, described as "a movie that puts your heart in a headlock."[10] The story centres around a real-life family of professional wrestlers,[11] with Florence Pugh starring as WWE professional wrestler Paige and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as himself.[12]

Sharma provided the soundtrack for the International Emmy award-winning comedy Hoff the Record,[13] starring the actor David Hasselhof as himself.[14]

Sharma has previously composed incidental and title music for Channel 4 documentary series The Undateables,[15] 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 starring Christopher Eccleston entitled The Happiness Salesman.[16]

Sharma was a contributor to The Steve Show, Stephen Merchant's Sunday afternoon BBC Radio 6 Music radio show.[17]

• Official Vik Sharma Website.
• Vik Sharma at the Internet Movie Database
• Vik Sharma on SoundCloud