Ben Pearson
Graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Ben Pearson is an Ivor Novello nominated composer and music editor who has worked across a broad range of acclaimed film and television productions.
Selected Credits
Ben composed the score to the BBC’s ‘The Famous Five’ and co-composed the score to the recent six-part BBC crime series ‘Rebus’, in addition to the highly acclaimed ITV series ‘The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe’, performing piano on the soundtrack. Ben also performed sold-out shows at The Prince Charles Cinema of his own score for to the classic silent thriller, ‘Nosferatu’.
Ben has been music editor for episodic television productions such as Endor Productions’ ‘Deep State’, ‘Wild Bill’ produced by 42 for ITV Studios, and ‘The English Game’ for Netflix. Ben’s approach to temping music was instrumental in establishing the tone for the recent Netflix series ‘Obsession’ as well as Hugh Laurie’s drama ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans’. Ben also played a key role in the BAFTA- winning score to ‘Roadkill’ where he arranged and edited many of the detailed performances of acclaimed pianist Kit Downes.
Alongside film and television composition work, Ben released his first solo album ‘Spinning’ on Signum Records in October 2023. In 2021 he released his highly regarded EP ‘Poets in the Sky’.
Ben contributed additional music and arrangements for strings for Michael Winterbottom’s film ‘The Wedding Guest’.