He also arranged and conducted the music for 110 episodes of Ben has conducted many of the major orchestras around the world, including London Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Big Band, performing at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall, NYC. He is a graduate of the National Film and Television School, where he studied with Francis Shaw and Peter Howell (the latter having composed for the BBC series Since November 2005, Foster has worked as arranger and conductor for composer Murray Gold on On 5 November 2007, Silva Screen Records released The Soundtrack from Series 3. He has also conducted at the BBC Proms on five occasions.Ben is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, where he was awarded the Lutosławski prize for composition. Foster studied Composition and Conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2000. Lauded for his distinctive and emotive voice, and strong melodic instincts, he has become known for producing powerful and character-driven soundtracks, ranging from intimate textural sound-worlds to full-scale orchestral scores. His paternal grandparents were from Russian Jewish families that immigrated to Massachusetts (his grandfather became a prominent judge in Boston), while his mother's family is from Maryland. Ben Foster Air, London Four Times BAFTA losing Composer for TV - currently : Our Girl Good Karma Hospital - Thunderbirds are Go - Bounty Hunters previously : Scott+Bailey - Happy Valley - Torchwood Torchwood - Hidden Kingdoms On 17 November 2008, The Soundtrack from Series 4, followed 10 days later by the broadcast of the first He also acted as Musical Director and Arranger for Foster also composed music for the first three series of the BBC drama (and His work on the show has earned him three nominations in the Best Music category at the 2006, 2007 and 2009 BAFTA Cymru Awards. Ben Foster is known for his work on Happy Valley (2014), Thunderbirds Are Go (2015) and Rocketman (2019). British composer/arranger/conductor Ben Foster studied at the National Film and Television School and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His music can be heard on Sally Wainwright’s acclaimed series Previous major credits include three seasons of Russell T Davies’s cult BBC sci-fi show Ben is highly regarded as an orchestral arranger and conductor, frequently working on projects with iconic artists such as Paul McCartney, Elton John, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Peter Gabriel, Michael Bublé, and with producers Giles Martin, Bill Ross and David Foster.He has also worked extensively as an arranger and conductor for Film working with internationally renowned composers such as John Williams, Jóhann Jóhannson, Will Gregory, Mica Levi and Marc Streitenfeld. Ben Foster's contribution to music for film and television has often been behind the scenes, acting as orchestrator and conductor on many productions. His nickname is Goat Boy. His younger brother is actor Jon Foster.
Ben Foster (born 1977) is a BAFTA award-winning British composer, best known for his work on the BBC series Torchwood and as orchestrator for Murray Gold on Doctor Who and for Marc Streitenfeld on Prometheus and The Grey. Ben Foster is a four-times BAFTA-nominated composer with extensive credits in major productions across a variety of genres. 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 … Lauded for his distinctive and emotive voice, and strong melodic instincts, he has become known for producing powerful and character-driven soundtracks, ranging from intimate textural sound-worlds to full-scale orchestral scores.Ben recently worked with David Arnold on Amazon/ BBC One’s hugely acclaimed He has composed over 200 episodes of scripted television. Silva Screen Records released a soundtrack album composed of his work on the first and second series in September 2008 and in July 2009 released the Ben Foster left his role as Doctor Who conductor and orchestrator in 2015 and was replaced by Alastair King, who has recently taken up the full role for Series 10.As a composer, Foster’s early professional work includes theme tunes to Foster’s resume as an orchestrator and conductor for film includes Foster was a judge on the Blue Peter Music Makers project in 2006, a contributor to the Blue Peter Movie Makers project in 2007 and chair of the judging panel for BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008. Ben Foster was born October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gillian Kirwan and Steven Foster, restaurant owners. British composer/arranger/conductor Ben Foster studied at the National Film and Television School and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He had his first credits on albums by rock and teen pop acts such as Toploader, Gary Barlow, S Club, and Nikki Cleary in the early 2000s. He had his first credits on albums by rock and teen pop… Ben Foster - television composer.
He also contributed to the CBBC project Clash.Ben’s early work as an arranger and conductor included work for Hayley Westenra, Aled Jones, Gary Barlow, S Club 7, Boyzone, Toploader and others.Ben has worked extensively with the singer and composer Peter Gabriel since 2009, conducting his last two studio albums with the New Blood Orchestra and touring the ‘New Blood’ project across the world.He works regularly with the London Session Orchestra and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and has also worked with the BBC Philharmonic, RPO, BBC Concert Orchestra and the Czech Film Orchestra.Recent work includes the themes and music for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (2011) and BBC Young Musician (2012). His birth sign is Scorpio. He also co-wrote the music (with Murray Gold) for Scott & Bailey for ITV1.He composed the score and arranged songs for a biopic of Dame Shirley Bassey for BBC2 which aired in September 2011.Foster has been credited within BBC One’s 2014 drama In 2015, Foster and his brother Nick worked on the soundtrack for CITV’s In 2016, Foster and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra had composed a revamped version of the opening theme for the BBC Scotland series “Still Game”. Ben Foster: Birth facts, family and Childhood Ben was born on October 29, 1980, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.