Composer of Andy Muschietti'sITandIT Chapter 2, David F. Sandberg'sSHAZAM!, Leigh Whannell'sTHE INVISIBLE MANand co-composer of Denis Villeneuve'sBLADE RUNNER: 2049(with Hans Zimmer), Benjamin Wallfisch has worked on over 75 feature films and received Golden Globe, BAFTA, 2x GRAMMY and EMMY nominations for his work.
He recently completed scoring Simon McQuoid'sMORTAL KOMBATfor New Line/Warner Bros and was recently nominated as 'Film Composer of the Year' in the World Soundtrack Awards for the second consecutive year. To date, the movies he has scored have made over $2.5 billion in worldwide box office receipts, and in 2019 Variety inducted him into their ‘Billion Dollar Composer’ series in recognition of this.
Other recent projects include Academy Award Best Picture nomineeHIDDEN FIGURES,directed by Ted Melfi (in collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer) and David F. Sandberg's box office hitsANNABELLE: CREATIONandLIGHTS OUT. On the invitation of Zimmer, he wrote 'Variation 15', based on Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations, for Christopher Nolan'sDUNKIRK.
In recent years, Benjamin has also scored Gore Verbinski'sA CURE FOR WELLNESS, the Steven Spielberg produced short filmAUSCHWITZ, directed by James Moll,KING OF THIEVES, starring Michael Caine and directed by James Marsh; and Steven Knight'sSERENITY, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. He also recently completed scoringHOSTILE PLANET, a six part series for National Geographic.
With over 25 albums of his music released to date on labels includingDeutsche GrammophonandEpic Records, 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 the Sydney Symphony at venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House and Royal Festival Hall. He has collaborated, recorded and performed his music with artists including Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock and Yuja Wang, and has over 50 concert music commissions to his name.
He has also collaborated three times with Pharrell Williams, including a live performance at the 2015 GRAMMY Awards and recently partnered with Adele, arranging her 2017 GRAMMY performance of George Michael's 'Fast Love'.
A member of the BAFTA® Academy since 2009, Benjamin was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London in 2014. In 2017, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.