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Ben Salisbury

Ben Salisbury

British composer (born 1970)

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]

For the actor, see Benjamin Salisbury.

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 Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream directed by Beyoncé - 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

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References

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    "Ben Salisbury". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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    "BAFTA Awards".
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    "2006 Television Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual | BAFTA Awards".
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    "2009 Television Specialist Factual | BAFTA Awards".
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    http://www.emmyonline.org/news/archive/nominations/news_23rd_nominees.pdf Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine.
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    "Return to the Ugly Side - Malachai | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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    "The state51 Conspiracy - the best music yet to be made".
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    "BBC - Music - Review of Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury - Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One".
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    "Yoors".
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    "Yoors".
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    "Ben Salisbury". IMDb.
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    "Ben Salisbury & Portishead's Geoff Barrow Scoring Alex Garland's 'Ex Machina' | Film Music Reporter".
  13. [13]
    "Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow to release 'Annihilation' score". 15 February 2018.
  14. [14]
    "Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow to release 'Annihilation' score". 15 February 2018.
  15. [15]
    Devs (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb, retrieved 15 September 2019
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