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Darren J. Benjamin

  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Living and working in London, Darren began playing the piano in his fathers church at the age of seven. This exposed Darren to a wide range of western harmony, hymns and a platform to express himself musically through improvisation in what were weekly spontaneous church services. His talent as a church pianist open the door to accompany some of the finest Gospel singers in the UK where he would on one occasion go on to perform before for Her Majesty The Queen.

Whilst given the freedom and environment to develop musical experiences and ideas, Darren trained classically and went on to study at Trinity College of Music now known as Trinity Laban. He then became a professional pianist and keyboard player touring with artists such as Soul II Soul, Boney M and Jocelyn Brown. Darren went on to play piano, write and arrange music for West End musicals The Harder They Come and Clark Peters' Five Guys Named Moe.

Having these experiences led Darren into composition where he has developed his passion for story telling. He now scores for all different types of projects including moving picture for drama to documentary - big and small. Darren loves to draw on his broad understanding of musical styles to create everything from epic to contemporary and intimate scores.

Selected for BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew, he has most recently delivered the music for Amazon Prime film What Would You Do? As well as BBC Films and BFI backed The Ancestors (Dir. Zadwa Nyoni. Prod. Barrington Paul Robinson) and delivered all music for Roy Williams' theatre production History in association with Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.
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Hi John
Hi John
Short
  • Composer
    Melanie's Grave
    Melanie's Grave
    • Composer
      Victoria Island
      • Composer
        The Final Barrier (2016)
        The Final Barrier
        6.8
        • Composer
        • 2016

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        Composer

        • Greed
          • Composer
          • Completed
          • Short
          • 2018
        • No Comprendo
          • Composer
          • Completed
          • Short
          • 2021
        • Hi John
          • Composer
          • Completed
          • Short
        • Melanie's Grave
          • Composer
          • Completed
        • Edgar
          • composer
          • Post-production
        • Victoria Island
          • Composer
          • Pre-production
        • The Ancestors
          • Composer
          • Post-production
          • Short
        • Kweenship (2021)
          Kweenship
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2021
        • What Would You Do? (2019)
          What Would You Do?
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2019
        • Blanche Williams and Adele James in Coffee (2019)
          Coffee
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2019
        • Pharaohs Unveiled (2019)
          Pharaohs Unveiled
          • Composer
          • 2019
        • Two Blinks (2018)
          Two Blinks
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2018
        • The Bend (2018)
          The Bend
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2018
        • I Have Written It Here for U ___ (2017)
          I Have Written It Here for U ___
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2017
        • Ardeshir Abdolrahimi, Filippo Locatelli, Izzy Eadie, Darren J. Benjamin, Joe Bishop, Michael Hussey, Rika Kulsavat, Simon Bogdan, Dominika Besinska, and Saeed Babaei in u (2017)
          u
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2017
        • Under Gypsy's Wing (2016)
          Under Gypsy's Wing
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2016
        • Das Riesenrad - Wahrzeichen von Wien
          • Composer
          • 2016
        • The Final Barrier (2016)
          The Final Barrier
          • Composer
          • 2016
        • Supernoir (2015)
          Supernoir
          • Composer
          • Short
          • 2015

        Music Department

        • Jesy McKinney and Callie Gilbert in One of the Good Ones (2019)
          One of the Good Ones
          • composer: additional music
          • 2019

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