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Christian Henson - Composer Profile
Christian is one of the UK's most talented and sought after score composers whose vitality and creative approach is very much at the vanguard of the next generation of score composers taking over this industry.
He has just completed scoring the feature Theatre Of Dreams starring Brian Cox, Natasha McElhone and Toby Stephens, Sinbad for Impossible Pictures and the highly rated and much loved C4 comedy, Fresh Meat. Other major credits of late include the highly critically acclaimed directorial debut from Dexter Fletcher, Wild Bill, the horror comedy Grabbers, Iain Softley's Trap For Cinderella and Johannes Roberts cool sci-fi horror, Storage 24. Christian scored The Devil’s Double starring Dominic Cooper and directed by Lee Tamahori, it tells the story of life inside the court of Saddam Hussein, centering on the relationship between his son Uday and his body double. Released in early 2011 it was entered for competition both at Sundance and the Berlin Film Festivals.
Further recent highlights of Christian’s career include two films with director Christopher Smith; Triangle, featuring the vocals of Dot Allison and the critically acclaimed Black Death, (which earned him a Best Original Score award at Screamfest LA), as well as the French blockbuster La Rafle, starring Jean Reno and Melanie Laurent, and a collaboration with Oscar winner, Dario Marianelli for Working Title’s Hippie Hippie Shake. Christian has also scored the globally recognised Agatha Christie’s – Poirot. He delivered an incredibly enticing score for 4 feature length specials, including Murder On The Orient Express.
Since his debuts with Les Fils Du Vent & Chasing Liberty (which earned him a “Discovery Of The Year” nomination at the World Soundtrack Awards), Christian has used his broad experience both in orchestral and electronic disciplines to write an eclectic mixture of scores, including the children’s blockbuster fantasy, The Secret Of Moonacre (featuring Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan) and Chris Smith’s cult horror hit Severance, (which earned him an Ivor Novello nomination for “Best Original Movie Score” in 2007).
Christian first became immersed in the world of film composition early in his career through his highly acclaimed work within the UK Drum & Bass, Breakbeat and Pop scene; working with the likes of LTJ Bukem, The Freestylers, Scott Walker & Roy Ayers. Through writing for over 50 hit and cult TV series, combined with programming and assisting for a number of film composers including, Anne Dudley, Harry & Rupert Gregson Williams, Dario Marianelli and Patrick Doyle, Christian began forging what is now proving to be one of the most successful film and TV scoring careers in the UK.
Credits
FEATURE FILM
| SOULMATE | Forecast Features
Director: Axelle Carolynn Producers: Claire Otway Starring: Anna Walton |
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| TERROIR | Dirty Poet Films
Director: John Charles Jopson Producers: Carlo Dusi Starring: Keith Carradine |
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| BELIEVE | Bill & Ben Productions
Director: David Scheinmann Producers: Manuela Noble, Justin Peyton, Ben Timlett Starring: Brian Cox, Natasha McElhone, Toby Stephens |
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| STORAGE 24 | Unstoppable Entertainment
Director: Johannes Roberts Producers: Noel Clarke, Manu Kumaran, Starring: Noel Clarke, Antonia Campbell-Hughes |
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| THEATRE OF DREAMS | Bill & Ben Productions
Director: David Scheinmann Producers: Manuela Noble, Justin Peyton, Ben Timlett Starring: Brian Cox, Natasha McElhone, Toby Stephens |
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| WILD BILL | 20ten media
Director: Dexter Fletcher Producers: Tim Cole, Sam tromans Starring: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Jamie Winstone, Andy Serkis, Olivia Williams |
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| TRAP FOR CINDERELLA | Forthcoming Prods
Director: Iain Softley Producers: Robert Jones, Dixie Linder Starring: Kerry Fox, Aneurin Barnard, Tuppence Middleton |
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| GRABBERS | High Treason Prods
Director: Jon Wright Producers: Tracy Brimm, Eduardo Levy, James Martin, Kate Myers, Martina Nyland, Piers Tempest Starring: Richard Coyle, Russell Tovey |
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| UP THERE | UK Film Council
Director: Zam Salim Producer: Annalise Davis |
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| THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE | Corsan Films
Director: Lee Tamahori Producers: Paul Breuls, Michael John Fedun, Emjay Rechsteiner, Catherine Vandeleene Starring: Dominic Cooper |
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| CHALET GIRL | Crossday Productions
Director: Phil Traill Producers: Wolfgand Behr, Pippa Cross, Dietmar Guntsche, Harriet Rees Starring: Felicity Jones, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shileds, Tamsin Egerton, Bill Bailey |
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| LA RAFLE (The Roundup) | Studio Legende
Director: Roselyne Bosch Producers: Ilan Goldman Starring: Jean Reno, Melanie Lauren |
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| BLACK DEATH | Egoli Tossel / Zephyr Films
Director: Chris Smith Producers: Rober Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Jens Meurer, Phil Robertson Starring: Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, David Warner |
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| HUGE | Toff Media / Matador
Director: Ben Miller Producers: Rebecca Farhall, Colin Jones Starring: Noel Clarke, Thandie Newton, Tamsin Egerton, Michelle Ryan |
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| HIPPIE HIPPIE SHAKE | Working Title / Universal
(with Dario Marianelli) Director: Beeban Kidron Producers: Nicky Kentish Barnes, Eric Fellner, Tim bevan Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Hugh Bonneville, Derek Jacobi, Max Minghella, Daniel Mays |
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| TRIANGLE | Icon Ents
Director: Chris Smith Producers: Julie Bains, Chris Brown, Jason Newmark Starring: Melissa George |
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| MALICE IN WONDERLAND | Future Films
(with Joe Henson) Director: Simon Fellows Producers: Albert Martinez Martin, Mark Williams Starring: Danny Dyer, Maggie Grace |
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| TORMENTED | BBC Films
(with Joe & Keaton Henson) Director: Jon Wright Producers: Cavan Ash, Tracy Brimm, Arvin Ethan David, Kate Myers Starring: Alex Pettyfer |
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| THE SECRET OF MOONACRE | Warners
Director: Gabor Csupo Producers: Michael Cowan, Meredith Garlick, Samuel Hadida, Monica Penders, Jason Piette Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Juliet Stevenson, Tim Curry, Natascha McElhone, Ioan Gruffudd |
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| A BUNCH OF AMATEURS | Trademark Films
Director: Andy cadiff Producer: David Parfitt Starring: Burt Reynolds |
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| CONSUMING PASSION | BBC Drama
Director: Dan Zell |
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| MISS CONCEPTION | Blue Angel Films
Director: Eric Styles Producer: Doris Kirch Starring: Heather Graham |
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| PANDEMIC | Director: Jason Connery
Producer: Ray Ellingson, Shari Hamrick, Ricki Maslar Starring: Ray Wise |
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| LITTLE WHITE LIES | Red & Black Films Ltd
Director: Caradog W James Producer: Jon Giwa Amu |
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| SCORPION | Imperia Films
Director: Julien Seri Producer: Cedric Jimenez |
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| IT'S A BOY GIRL THING | Rocket
Director: Nick Hurran Producers: David Furnish, Martin Katz, Steve Hamilton Shaw |
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| CLICK | Sony Pics
(Asst to Rupert Gregson Willliams) Director: Frank Coraci Producers: Steve Coren, Mark O'Keefe, Jack Giarraputto, Neil H Morris, Adam Sandler Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhof |
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| SEVERANCE | Dan Films / Qwerty Films
Director: Chris Smith Producer: Jason Newmark Starring: Toby Stephens, Danny Dyer |
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| NARNIA: The Lion the Witch And the Wardrobe | (Programming & Additional Arrangements)
20th Century Fox Director: Andrew Adamson Producers: Mark Johnson, Philip Steuer Starring: William Mosely, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent |
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| OPAL DREAM (aka Pobby & Dingan) | (Collaboration with Dario Marianelli)
Director: Peter Cattaneo Producers: Lizzie Gower, Nick Morris, Emile Sherman |
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| DIAMETER OF THE BOMB | Rainmaker Films
Director: Andrew Quigley Producer: Claude Bonin, Paul Goldin, Georgina Townesly |
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| ANIMAL | Studio Legend
Director: Roselyne Bosch Producer: Alain Goldman Starring: Andreas Wilson, David Birkin, Ed Stoppard, Juliet Rylance |
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| SONS OF THE WIND (Les Fils Du Vent) | Dan Films
Director: Julien Seri Producer: Yves Marmion |
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| CHASING LIBERTY | Alcon Ents
Director: Andy Cadiff Producers: Broderick Johnson, Andrew A Kosove, David Parfitt Starring: Mandy Moore, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra |
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| A MAN APART | Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
Newman Tooley Films Director: F Gary Gray Producer: Bob Davis, Vin Diesel, Vincent Newman, Joey Nittolo, Tucker Tooley Starring: Vin Diesel, Timothy Olyphant |
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| DIRTY PRETTY THINGS | (Additional Music)
Celador Prods Director: Stephen Frears Producer: Robert Jones, Tracey Seaward, Starring: Audrey Tatou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okenedo, Sergi Lopez |
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| CYBERMUTT | Animal Tales prods / Grosvenor House
Director: George Miller Producer:s Lewis B Chesler, Frank Hubner, David L Perlmutter Starring: Judd Nelson |
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| EXTREME OPS | (Additional Music)
Miramax Director: Christopher Duguay Producers: Moshe Diamant, Jan fantl, Starring: Rupert Graves, Rufus Sewell |
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| THE GATHERING | Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
Samuelson Prods Director: Brian Gilbert Producer: Pippa cross, Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson Starring: Christina Ricci, Ioan Gruffudd, Steven Dillane, Kerry Fox, Simon Rissell Beale |
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| REQUIEM | MKM Films
Director: Jon Kirby Producer: Jon Kirby Starring: Jason Connery |
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| SPY GAME | (Collaboration with Harry Gregson-Williams)
Universal Director: Tony Scott Producers: Mark Abrahem, Douglas Wick Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt |
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| BIGGIE & TUPAC | Lafayette / C4 Films
Director: Nick Broomfield Producer: Michelle D'Acosta Starring: Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G. |
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| SW9 LTD | (Arrangement & Production)
Fruit Salad Films / Irish Screen Director: Richard Parry Producer: Allan Niblo |
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| CHI CHI LARUE; SEX BECOMES HER | Planet Rapido
Director: Mark Aho Producer: Mark Aho |
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| MONKEY BONE | Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
20TH Century Fox Director: Henry Selick Producer: Michael Barnathan. Mark Radcliffe Starring: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro |
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| PUSHING TIN | 20th Century Fox
Director: Mike Newell Producer: Art Linson Starring: John Cusack, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie |
With additional programming and technical assistance credits on films including: What a Girl Wants, Crime Spree, Plots With A View, Thunderpants, Bridget Jones's Diary, Jack And The Beanstalk (The Real Story).
TELEVISION DRAMA
| FRESH MEAT Series I, II & III | Lime Pics / C4
Director: David Kerr, Nick Wood Producers: Rhonda Smith |
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| MARPLE: A Caribbean Mystery | ITV
Director: Charlie Palmer Producers: Peter McAleese Starring: Julia McKenzie, Antony Sher |
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| SINBAD | Impossible Pictures
Director: Andy Wilson, Brian Grant, Colin Teague Producers: Grainne Marmion Starring: Elliot Knight, Tuppence Middleton |
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| KIDNAP AND RANSOM | ITV Drama
Director: Hugo Blick Producers: Hugo Blick, Johann Knobel Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston |
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| THE CLOCKS: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT | ITV/Granada
Director: John Alexander Producers: Grainne Marmion, Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish Starring: Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ruth Wilson |
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| THREE ACT TRAGEDY: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S | ITV/Granada POIROT
Director: John Alexander Producers: Grainne Marmion, Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish Starring: Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ruth Wilson |
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| HALLOWEEN PARTY: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT | ITV/Granada
Director: John Alexander Producers: Grainne Marmion, Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish Starring: Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ruth Wilson |
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| MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: A. CHRISTIE'S POIROT | ITV/Granada
Director: John Alexander Producers: Grainne Marmion, Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish Starring: Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ruth Wilson |
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| LOST IN AUSTEN | Mammoth Screen / ITV
Director: Philip Martin Producers: Kenneth Branagh, Andy Harries, Francis Hopkinson, Simon Moseley Starring: Kenneth Branagh |
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| WILLIAM AND MARY | ITV
Director: Rowan Joffe Producer: Barney Reisz Starring: Steve Dillane, Kerry Fox |
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| 10th KINGDOM | Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
Carnival / Hallmark Films Directors: David Carson, Herbert Wise Producer: Brian Eastman |
VIDEO GAMES
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COMMERCIALS
ANCESTRY - VCCP CO – COI KNORR – J Walter Thompson FROSTIES – Leo Burnett SUNSILK "Bano", "Cinderella","Flatmates" – Brave/ JWT EGG "MAGNETIC BOOTS" XBOX "RESIDENT EVIL" CARLING FESTIVAL 2000 – Reading and Leeds MUSIC 2000 – Smirnoff LETS LINK – Lets SIGNS – Bodyform DOWNTIME – C4 Films
