Biography

Benjamin Wallfisch is an Emmy®, Ivor Novello and multiple World Soundtrack Award nominated composer. To date, he has worked on 25 feature films, working closely with directors including Terry Gilliam, Thomas Vinterberg, Lars von Trier, Joe Wright and Rupert Wyatt.

He made his debut as film composer at the age of 24, scoring von Trier’s Dear Wendy. His work on this score earned him a nomination as 'Discovery of the Year' in the 2005 World Soundtrack Awards and 'Best Original Score' in the 2006 Danish Film Academy Awards.

His most recent score, for Rupert Wyatt's The Escapist earned him a nomination as 'Best Original Film Score' in the 2009 Ivor Novello Awards and his second nomination as 'Discovery of the Year' in the 2008 World Soundtrack Awards. The film was featured in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival read review and the score went on to receive acclaim in the international press, with the New York Times noting:

"Drama, and the cadences of prison life are asserted by an urgent, discordant score (by Benjamin Wallfisch) whose naturalistic taps and groans reduce the need for visible brutality."

Over the last four years, Benjamin has worked closely with Academy Award® winning composer Dario Marianelli as his orchestrator and conductor. Scores from this collaboration include those for V for Vendetta, The Soloist, The Brave One, Everybody's Fine, as well as Marianelli's Oscar® and Golden Globe® winning score for Atonement and his Oscar® nominated score for Pride and Prejudice.

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