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]
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]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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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 Garland | With 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 Garland | With Geoff Barrow |
2022 | Archive 81 | Developed by Rebecca Sonnenshine | With Geoff Barrow |
Men | Alex Garland | With Geoff Barrow | |
2024 | Constellation | Peter Harkness | With Suvi-Eeva Äikäs |
Civil War | Alex Garland | With Geoff Barrow | |