Ben Salisbury

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Ben Salisbury (born 1970) is a British composer, particularly known for his work in film and television. He has also worked as a co-writer, arranger and musician with a number of bands. He studied music at Newcastle University and Bournemouth University. [1]

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Career

Notable television credits include the BAFTA nominated David Attenborough series The Life of Mammals [2] and Life in the Undergrowth , [3] and the BAFTA-winning series Life in Cold Blood . [4] He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his score for the Wildlife on One film Operation Dung Beetle. [5]

Salisbury appears as co-writer, string arranger and musician on the Malachai album Return to the Ugly Side [6] and The Beekeepers album Apiculture. [7] He also co-wrote the album Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega City One with Portishead's Geoff Barrow, [8] and writes and records as one half of the duo Dolman with Scott Hendy. [9] Dolman released their eponymous debut album on Inflection Point Records in June 2014. [10]

In 2012 Salisbury composed the score for the documentary feature film Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream – a behind the scenes look at the singer's life and music. [11]

Together with Geoff Barrow, he scored the feature film Ex Machina , Alex Garland’s directorial debut, released in the UK in January 2015. [12] Salisbury and Barrow won the 2016 Ivor Novello award for Best Original Score for Ex Machina. [13] The two teamed up again to score Garland's Annihilation (2018) and TV series Devs . [14] [15]

Credits

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2014 Ex Machina Alex Garland With Geoff Barrow, First collaboration. Album label at Back Lot Music
2016 Men Against Fire Jakob Verbruggen With Geoff Barrow.
Free Fire Ben Wheatley With Geoff Barrow. Album Label at Lakeshore Records.
2018 Annihilation Alex GarlandWith Geoff Barrow, Second collaboration with director Alex Garland. Album label at Lakeshore Records.
2019 Hanna (TV series) Created by David Farr With Geoff Barrow and Simon Ashdown
Luce Julius Onah With Geoff Barrow. Album Label at Lakeshore Records.
2020 Devs (miniseries) Alex GarlandWith Geoff Barrow
2022 Archive 81 Developed by Rebecca SonnenshineWith Geoff Barrow
Men Alex GarlandWith Geoff Barrow
2024 Constellation Peter HarknessWith Suvi-Eeva Äikäs
Civil War Alex GarlandWith Geoff Barrow

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References

  1. ↑ "Ben Salisbury". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "BAFTA Awards".
  3. ↑ "2006 Television Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual | BAFTA Awards".
  4. ↑ "2009 Television Specialist Factual | BAFTA Awards".
  5. ↑ http://www.emmyonline.org/news/archive/nominations/news_23rd_nominees.pdf Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine .
  6. ↑ "Return to the Ugly Side - Malachai | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  7. ↑ "The state51 Conspiracy - the best music yet to be made".
  8. ↑ "BBC - Music - Review of Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury - Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One".
  9. ↑ "Yoors".
  10. ↑ "Yoors".
  11. ↑ "Ben Salisbury". IMDb .
  12. ↑ "Ben Salisbury & Portishead's Geoff Barrow Scoring Alex Garland's 'Ex Machina' | Film Music Reporter".
  13. ↑ "Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow to release 'Annihilation' score". 15 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow to release 'Annihilation' score". 15 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Annihilation at IMDb
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