Living With a Visionary - watch on New York Times

I had the honour of writing the music for Stephen P Neary’s animated short Living With a Visionary, now available to stream on the New York Times website! It’s one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking things I’ve ever worked on.

A warning before you click: This film is not suitable for children. It deals with issues of severe ill health and the trials of the medical system, so give it a miss if you’re not in the right place for it ❤️

You can watch it here - this is a gift link so you don’t have to pay for a subscription, but you might need to make a free account.

The film tells the touching story of John, who cares for his wife of 50 years as she grapples with Parkinson’s and a world of hallucinations. Stephen put in countless hours lovingly hand animating this film in his garden shed using pencil and watercolor crayons, and the care and tenderness he put in shines through every frame. I loved creating an equally tender, psychedelic score for this beautiful, sad film, though to be honest I cried pretty much every time I worked on it.

With love to anyone who’s experienced anything similar to this story ❤️ Simon x

12th November 2026