Benson Taylor
He is best known for his music in The Big Bang Theory, Orange is the New Black, London Fields, and the eighth highest-grossing Mexican film of all time The Perfect Dictatorship.Taylor has collaborated with, and produced many artists for the label, including MOBO-winning jazz quartet Kairos 4Tet, The Halle Orchestra, Mercury Prize-nominated Maxïmo Park and Kele Okereke, Bloc Party, Good Charlotte's Billy Martin, Pulled Apart by Horses, Robot Koch, Lack of Afro, Benoît Pioulard, Freddie Cowan, Bo Ningen, James Brown, and Menace Beach.In 2018, he scored and produced the music to Mathew Cullen's thriller adaptation of the Martin Amis novel, London Fields, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard, Jason Isaacs, Cara Delevingne, Theo James and Johnny Depp.[29][30] In 2011, Taylor made his London West End theatre debut co-composing the electronic music for Derek Bond's production of the play Many Moons.[39][40] Taylor scored and produced the music to Mathew Cullen's thriller, London Fields in 2015, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Theo James, Cara Delevingne, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.[44][45] In December 2021, Taylor's music was performed live by an orchestra and the Italian Mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, in a returning Christmas tradition celebrating the city and its residents.Taylor has collaborated with artists for A Remarkable Idea including The Halle orchestra, Maxïmo Park and Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, Pulled Apart by Horses, Robot Koch, Lack of Afro, Kairos 4Tet, Bo Ningen, Good Charlotte's Billy Martin, and ambient artists such as Benoît Pioulard[7] Taylor previously ran his label, Insidious Music, which is now defunct after being acquired.He has worked alongside the World Food Programme for several years promoting zero hunger in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Cambodia, and on the African continent.[64][65][66] He is an ambassador for the international aid agency for the catholic church, CAFOD,[67] working to raise global awareness and fight poverty and injustice in communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America.[68][69][70][71][72][73][74] In 2014, Taylor became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London, and in November 2016 was also honoured with an honorary degree from University of Bradford for his services to humanitarian causes.
BradfordWest YorkshireUniversity of California, Los AngelesComposersongwriterremixerrecord producerAmbientclassicalfilm scoreelectronicdark ambienthip hopPost-industrialexperimental musicalternative rockmusic sequencerdrum machineUniversal MusicEMI Music PublishingWarner Music GroupSony/ATVEnglishThe Big Bang TheoryOrange is the New BlackLondon Fieldseighth highest-grossing Mexican filmThe Perfect Dictatorshiphonorary doctoratehumanitarianSanta MonicaCaliforniaLondonKairos 4TetThe HalleMercury PrizeMaxïmo ParkKele OkerekeBloc PartyGood CharlotteBilly MartinPulled Apart by HorsesRobot KochLack of AfroBenoît PioulardFreddie CowanBo NingenJames BrownMenace BeachLos AngelesSan FranciscoMonaco International Film FestivalMathew CullenMartin AmisBilly Bob ThorntonAmber HeardJason IsaacsCara DelevingneTheo JamesJohnny DeppChick FightBella ThorneAlec BaldwinMalin AkermanBones UKgoodwill ambassadorCaritas InternationalispatronMusic and the DeafLeeds ConservatoireComposer in ResidenceUniversity of HuddersfieldUnited KingdomDublabNTS RadioBrontë CountryMark MancinaorchestratorHummie MannmusicalKey 103ManchesterEnglandTwo and a Half Men30 RockSuper BowlNissanMcDonald'sJose CuervocollaborationCeeLo GreenWest EndDerek BondDavid BowieThe SelecterCat StevensThe Average White BandBob MarleyJ.J. CaleMusic WeekTallinn Black Nights Film FestivalTomasz WasilewskiEddie RedmayneLate Night With Seth MeyersJimmy Kimmel LiveJustifiedHow to Get Away with MurderRay DonovanKroll ShowToydrumBat for LashesPatsy ClineWalkin' After MidnightTemplesHow Do You SleepJohn LennonImagineFlorenceDario NardellaPalazzo VecchioBritish Academy of Songwriters, Composers and AuthorsHollywoodWarner Chappell Musictelevisionvideo gamesGrey's Anatomy