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Nick Foster | |
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| Born | UK |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, record producer, songwriter, arranger |
| Instruments | Piano, synthesizer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | www |
Nick Foster is a British composer, songwriter and music producer based in London. He is best-known for his work as a composer for television, commercials and film.
Classically trained, Foster began his career in music as one half of the production/songwriting duo Dufflebag Boys (a.k.a. Rose and Foster), together with Mike Rose. They produced and wrote songs for Gary Barlow, S Club 7, S Club Juniors, East 17, 911, Lolly, Adam Rickitt, North & South, Precious, Roachford, Scooch, Boyzone, Eagle-Eye Cherry and Kylie Minogue.
Foster's work includes Kayleigh Llewellyn's In My Skin (BBC), which won Best Drama at both the BAFTAS and the RTS Awards, [1] Coky Giedroyc's feature musical based on the songs of Take That, Greatest Days, [2] All or Nothing: Arsenal and ITV's animated family adventure series co-produced with Weta, Thunderbirds Are Go (written with his brother Ben Foster), for which they were nominated for a Bafta in 2016. [3]
He has scored all of Derren Brown’s recent TV specials. His music also features in the Ryan Gosling / Michelle Williams film Blue Valentine , and in Raoul Martinez and Joshua Van Praag's Creating Freedom: Lottery of Birth, nominated for Best Documentary at Raindance Film Festival. In film, Foster has scored Sam Hobkinson’s feature documentary Misha and the Wolves , which premiered at Sundance in 2021. [4] Previously, his work featured in Ryan Gosling's Blue Valentine and Creating Freedom - Lottery of Birth.
He also works as a composer of music for commercials; in this field his work has won numerous awards [5] for original compositions including D&AD, Clio, Craft and MAS. He has worked with directors including Jonathan Glazer, [6] Joachim Back, [7] Wim Wenders and Nick Gordon.
Other TV work includes scores for entertainment shows including The Cube , Bigheads and Penn & Teller: Fool Us .
He has also been involved in various music education initiatives, most recently Bafta Kids' Big School Day, held at Alexandra Palace.
Silva Screen Records has to date released two volumes of Nick & Ben Foster's score for Thunderbirds Are Go, performed by the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra.
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