Ben Salisbury

Composer

Ex Machina

Winner of the 2016 Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score.

Ben and Geoff Barrow have scored Alex Garland’s acclaimed phsychological thriller.

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Free Fire

Dir. Ben Wheatley

"Amid the (justified) cheering for Free Fire, hats off to [Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury] for their ace soundtrack". Mark Kermode

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Drokk

Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury

"You have got to get this album"
"Dark, rich and compelling"

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Black Mirror: Men Against Fire

"Salisbury and Barrow have, once again, delivered an imaginative and enthralling score that is deeply unsettling yet addictive." Louder Than War.

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Attenborough’s ‘Life…’ strand

"One of the best scores there has been on any program I have narrated". Sir David Attenborough on Ben’s music for The Life of Mammals, episode 3.

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Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream

Beyonce's self-directed documentary features a score by Ben

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Ex Machina

Ben and Geoff Barrow’s critically acclaimed score for Alex Garland’s directorial debut is now available on Invada records…Read more

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Drokk

Described by The Quietus as “Jaw dropping”, Drokk is Ben and Geoff Barrow’s synth heavy ode to Judge Dredd and Mega City One…Read more

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Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream

Beyonce’s self directed documentary, featuring a score by Ben, has become HBO’s most watched factual program of all time…Read more

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Ivor Novello Award winning and Emmy nominated composer, Ben Salisbury, is best known as one of the countries leading film and TV composers, with recent credits including the feature films ‘Ex Machina’, ‘Free Fire’ (both co-composed with Geoff Barrow) and ‘Beyonce: Life is But a Dream’. He is also a member of the bands ‘Drokk’ (with Geoff Barrow) and ‘Dolman’ (with Scott Hendy).

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March, 2020

Devs streams on FX on Hulu in the USA from March 5th
January, 2020

Hanna season 2

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Press for Ex Machina

“Composers Ben Salisbury and Portishead frontman Geoff Barrow contribute a bristling electronic score that swarms and simmers with the characters" own emotional surges."
Variety

“The soundtrack is phenomenal."
Fortitude Magazine

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