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]
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
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- ^ "Ben Salisbury". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ^ "BAFTA Awards"
- ^ "2006 Television Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual | BAFTA Awards"
- ^ "2009 Television Specialist Factual | BAFTA Awards"
- ^ http://www.emmyonline.org/news/archive/nominations/news_23rd_nominees.pdf Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Return to the Ugly Side - Malachai | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic
- ^ "The state51 Conspiracy - the best music yet to be made"
- ^ "BBC - Music - Review of Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury - Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One"
- ^ "Yoors"
- ^ "Yoors"
- ^ "Ben Salisbury". IMDb
- ^ "Ben Salisbury & Portishead's Geoff Barrow Scoring Alex Garland's 'Ex Machina' | Film Music Reporter"
- ^ "Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow to release 'Annihilation' score". 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow to release 'Annihilation' score". 15 February 2018.
- ^ Annihilation at IMDb