Benjamin Wallfisch - King of Thieves '2018

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Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominee Benjamin Wallfisch is recognized as one of
the leading film composers of his generation, with a career spanning over a
decade and 60 feature films. He has composed music for such legendary film
makers as Steven Spielberg, Rupert Wyatt, Gore Verbinksi and Lars von Trier, and
has worked on scores that have been recognized with awards and nominations at
the Academy Awards®, BAFTAs® and World Soundtrack Awards.

Benjamin recently completed director James Marsh’s King Of Thieves for
Working Title Films and the much-anticipated Blade Runner 2049 with Hans Zimmer,
which led to a 2018 BAFTA® Award Nomination for Best Original Score. Prior to
that he wrote the score to Andrés Muschietti’s box office phenomenon,
It, which became the highest ever grossing horror in the US and led to a 2018
Ivor Novello nomination for Best Original Film Score. Other recent scores
include Ted Melfi’s multiple award-winning feature Hidden Figures
(nominated as Best Picture in the 2017 Academy Awards®) that he co-composed
with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer, Gore Verbinski’s psychological
thriller A Cure For Wellness for New Regency/Twentieth Century Fox, Bitter
Harvest released by Roadside Attractions, Mully from Academy Award® winning
producer James Moll and David Sandberg’s Annabelle: Creation for New
Line/Warner Bros, his third movie for the studio. Benjamin is currently scoring
Serenity starring Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey.

Benjamin made his scoring debut at the age of 24, composing the music for Thomas
Vinterberg’s Dear Wendy. This score earned him his first nomination as
‘Discovery of the Year’ in the 2005 World Soundtrack Awards and
also a nomination for ‘Best Original Score’ in the 2006 Danish Film
Academy Awards. His subsequent score, for Rupert Wyatt’s suspense
thriller The Escapist earned him a nomination as ‘Best Original Film
Score’ in the 2009 Ivor Novello Awards and his second nomination in the
2008 World Soundtrack Awards.

The score for Summer in February garnered Wallfisch his third nomination at the
2013 World Soundtrack Awards, following its release on Deutsche Gramophone to
international critical acclaim. The score was awarded ‘Best Score –
Special Feature’ in the 2013 Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Benjamin regularly collaborates with Academy Award® winning industry legend
Hans Zimmer, writing additional music for Steve McQueen’s internationally
acclaimed feature 12 Years a Slave (winning Best Picture at the 2014 Academy
Awards®), Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Little Prince. He was
honored to have been invited to score the documentary short Auschwitz, directed
by James Moll, produced by Steven Spielberg and narrated by Meryl Streep.

Benjamin’s other recent film credits include Warner Bros/New
Line’s breakout thriller Lights Out, Pinewood’s Pressure, the
feature animation Air Bound, produced by Avi Arad (Spiderman). the Lionsgate
thriller Hours starring Paul Walker and directed by Eric Heisserer (Arrival),
the Viking saga thriller from Vertigo Films, Hammer of the Gods, the historical
drama Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain starring Martin Sheen, Relativity’s
feature Desert Dancer starring Frieda Pinto (Rise of the Planet of the Apes,
Slumdog Millionaire) and the BBC original movie, The Thirteenth Tale, produced
by David Heyman (Gravity, Harry Potter), directed by James Kent, and starring
Vanessa Redgrave.

With over 20 acclaimed albums of his music released to date, Benjamin has
performed live in over 100 concerts worldwide, leading orchestras such as the
London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber
Orchestra and theSydney Symphony at venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Sydney
Opera House and Royal Festival Hall. He is grateful to have collaborated,
recorded and performed his music with artists including Lang Lang, Herbie
Hancock and Yuja Wang.

Benjamin was recently invited to collaborate with iconic multiple award winning
artist Adele, writing the string arrangements for her tribute to George Michael
at the 59th Grammy Awards. Classically trained, Benjamin studied at the Royal
Academy of Music, obtaining the degree of Master of Music in composition in
2002. In 2014 he was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Tracklist:
01. Benjamin Wallfisch - Readers Theme
02. Benjamin Wallfisch - The Scheme
03. Benjamin Wallfisch - Diamond Education
04. Benjamin Wallfisch - What About My Privacy?
05. Benjamin Wallfisch - Load In
06. Benjamin Wallfisch - Blinking Red Light
07. Benjamin Wallfisch - Night at Hatton Garden
08. Benjamin Wallfisch - Sugar Plum Raid
09. Benjamin Wallfisch - The Morning After the Night Before
10. Benjamin Wallfisch - Train Escape
11. Benjamin Wallfisch - Wheres Basil
12. Benjamin Wallfisch - Tracking the Lads
13. Benjamin Wallfisch - Im the Guv Now
14. Benjamin Wallfisch - Police Sting
15. Benjamin Wallfisch - Reader Arrested
16. Benjamin Wallfisch - King of Thieves

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