Ben Foster - television composer

Ben Foster's contribution to music for film and television has often been behind the scenes, acting as orchestrator and conductor on many productions. The films he has worked on in this capacity have included "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "Alien Autopsy", "Death at a Funeral", "27 Dresses", "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" and "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging". He has also acted as the score composer for many European short films, including "Sea Monsters", "Dolls" and "Meat", and on a number of television commercials. He is perhaps better known for his contributions to British television, particular where he has partnered with Murray Gold. He orchestrated and conducted Gold's music for Doctor Who from Series Two, including the Christmas Specials, and has also taken to the podium to conduct a couple of Doctor Who concerts, the most recent being the Doctor Who Prom Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Ben went on to serve as the main composer for "Torchwood", and the first Torchwood soundtrack album has been reviewed on mfiles. Ben was also the Chairman of the Judging Panel for the 2008 BBC Young Musician Of The Year Awards. The third season of Torchwood was broadcast on BBC1 on consecutive weekdays to great acclaim. The excellent "Torchwood: Children of Earth" soundtrack by Ben Foster is available at these links at www.amazon.com or www.amazon.co.uk.

Films by Ben Foster:

• Sea Monsters
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - additional orchestrator
• The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse - additional orchestrator
• Alien Autopsy - orchestrator and conductor
• Normal for Norfolk
• Eva
• Dolls
• Meat
• Death at a Funeral - orchestrator and conductor
• 27 Dresses - orchestrator
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - orchestrator
• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging - orchestrator
• Glorious 39 - orchestrator for Adrian Johnston's music for this fascinating and well-crafted historical drama
• Robin Hood - conductor for the Russell Crowe version scored by Marc Streitenfeld
• Burke and Hare - additional music for the movie scored by Simon Elliott

TV music by Ben Foster:

• Love On A Saturday Night - TV theme
• The Great British Tes - TV theme
• Question Time - arrangement
• Doctor Who - orchestrator and conductor for Murray Gold from Series Two onwards including the Christmas Specials "The Christmas Invasion" and " Voyage of the Damned" (the one with Kylie Minogue)
• Torchwood - most episodes of this Doctor Who spin-off series, although the theme and some episodes have been scored by Gold, and Gold is taking over for the latest 10-episode series called "Torchwood: Miracle Day" and set mostly in the US
• Torchwood: Children of Earth - some excellent music for this mini-series broadcast on consecutive weekdays
• Girl Number 9
• Scott & Bailey - the woman-centric detective series with Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp