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.

FEATURE FILM

SOULMATE	Forecast Features Director: Axelle Carolynn Producers: Claire Otway Starring: Anna Walton
TERROIR	Dirty Poet Films Director: John Charles Jopson Producers: Carlo Dusi Starring: Keith Carradine
BELIEVE	Bill & Ben Productions Director: David Scheinmann Producers: Manuela Noble, Justin Peyton, Ben Timlett Starring: Brian Cox, Natasha McElhone, Toby Stephens
STORAGE 24	Unstoppable Entertainment Director: Johannes Roberts Producers: Noel Clarke, Manu Kumaran, Starring: Noel Clarke, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
THEATRE OF DREAMS	Bill & Ben Productions Director: David Scheinmann Producers: Manuela Noble, Justin Peyton, Ben Timlett Starring: Brian Cox, Natasha McElhone, Toby Stephens
WILD BILL	20ten media Director: Dexter Fletcher Producers: Tim Cole, Sam tromans Starring: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Jamie Winstone, Andy Serkis, Olivia Williams
TRAP FOR CINDERELLA	Forthcoming Prods Director: Iain Softley Producers: Robert Jones, Dixie Linder Starring: Kerry Fox, Aneurin Barnard, Tuppence Middleton
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
UP THERE	UK Film Council Director: Zam Salim Producer: Annalise Davis
THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE	Corsan Films Director: Lee Tamahori Producers: Paul Breuls, Michael John Fedun, Emjay Rechsteiner, Catherine Vandeleene Starring: Dominic Cooper
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
LA RAFLE (The Roundup)	Studio Legende Director: Roselyne Bosch Producers: Ilan Goldman Starring: Jean Reno, Melanie Lauren
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
HUGE	Toff Media / Matador Director: Ben Miller Producers: Rebecca Farhall, Colin Jones Starring: Noel Clarke, Thandie Newton, Tamsin Egerton, Michelle Ryan
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
TRIANGLE	Icon Ents Director: Chris Smith Producers: Julie Bains, Chris Brown, Jason Newmark Starring: Melissa George
MALICE IN WONDERLAND	Future Films (with Joe Henson) Director: Simon Fellows Producers: Albert Martinez Martin, Mark Williams Starring: Danny Dyer, Maggie Grace
TORMENTED	BBC Films (with Joe & Keaton Henson) Director: Jon Wright Producers: Cavan Ash, Tracy Brimm, Arvin Ethan David, Kate Myers Starring: Alex Pettyfer
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
A BUNCH OF AMATEURS	Trademark Films Director: Andy cadiff Producer: David Parfitt Starring: Burt Reynolds
CONSUMING PASSION	BBC Drama Director: Dan Zell
MISS CONCEPTION	Blue Angel Films Director: Eric Styles Producer: Doris Kirch Starring: Heather Graham
PANDEMIC	Director: Jason Connery Producer: Ray Ellingson, Shari Hamrick, Ricki Maslar Starring: Ray Wise
LITTLE WHITE LIES	Red & Black Films Ltd Director: Caradog W James Producer: Jon Giwa Amu
SCORPION	Imperia Films Director: Julien Seri Producer: Cedric Jimenez
IT'S A BOY GIRL THING	Rocket Director: Nick Hurran Producers: David Furnish, Martin Katz, Steve Hamilton Shaw
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
SEVERANCE	Dan Films / Qwerty Films Director: Chris Smith Producer: Jason Newmark Starring: Toby Stephens, Danny Dyer
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
OPAL DREAM (aka Pobby & Dingan)	(Collaboration with Dario Marianelli) Director: Peter Cattaneo Producers: Lizzie Gower, Nick Morris, Emile Sherman
DIAMETER OF THE BOMB	Rainmaker Films Director: Andrew Quigley Producer: Claude Bonin, Paul Goldin, Georgina Townesly
ANIMAL	Studio Legend Director: Roselyne Bosch Producer: Alain Goldman Starring: Andreas Wilson, David Birkin, Ed Stoppard, Juliet Rylance
SONS OF THE WIND (Les Fils Du Vent)	Dan Films Director: Julien Seri Producer: Yves Marmion
CHASING LIBERTY	Alcon Ents Director: Andy Cadiff Producers: Broderick Johnson, Andrew A Kosove, David Parfitt Starring: Mandy Moore, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra
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
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS	(Additional Music) Celador Prods Director: Stephen Frears Producer: Robert Jones, Tracey Seaward, Starring: Audrey Tatou, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okenedo, Sergi Lopez
CYBERMUTT	Animal Tales prods / Grosvenor House Director: George Miller Producer:s Lewis B Chesler, Frank Hubner, David L Perlmutter Starring: Judd Nelson
EXTREME OPS	(Additional Music) Miramax Director: Christopher Duguay Producers: Moshe Diamant, Jan fantl, Starring: Rupert Graves, Rufus Sewell
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
REQUIEM	MKM Films Director: Jon Kirby Producer: Jon Kirby Starring: Jason Connery
SPY GAME	(Collaboration with Harry Gregson-Williams) Universal Director: Tony Scott Producers: Mark Abrahem, Douglas Wick Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt
BIGGIE & TUPAC	Lafayette / C4 Films Director: Nick Broomfield Producer: Michelle D'Acosta Starring: Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G.
SW9 LTD	(Arrangement & Production) Fruit Salad Films / Irish Screen Director: Richard Parry Producer: Allan Niblo
CHI CHI LARUE; SEX BECOMES HER	Planet Rapido Director: Mark Aho Producer: Mark Aho
MONKEY BONE	Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley) 20TH Century Fox Director: Henry Selick Producer: Michael Barnathan. Mark Radcliffe Starring: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro
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
MARPLE: A Caribbean Mystery	ITV Director: Charlie Palmer Producers: Peter McAleese Starring: Julia McKenzie, Antony Sher
SINBAD	Impossible Pictures Director: Andy Wilson, Brian Grant, Colin Teague Producers: Grainne Marmion Starring: Elliot Knight, Tuppence Middleton
KIDNAP AND RANSOM	ITV Drama Director: Hugo Blick Producers: Hugo Blick, Johann Knobel Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston
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
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
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
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
LOST IN AUSTEN	Mammoth Screen / ITV Director: Philip Martin Producers: Kenneth Branagh, Andy Harries, Francis Hopkinson, Simon Moseley Starring: Kenneth Branagh
WILLIAM AND MARY	ITV Director: Rowan Joffe Producer: Barney Reisz Starring: Steve Dillane, Kerry Fox
10th KINGDOM	Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley) Carnival / Hallmark Films Directors: David Carson, Herbert Wise Producer: Brian Eastman

VIDEO GAMES

Zubo – EA

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

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