Benjamin (Benjie) is a composer, music producer, music director, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and writer.  He has over ten years of experience professionally writing, producing and directing music for film, TV and the stage.

His musical interest started from a young age, learning both piano and violin at the age of five. Throughout primary and high school he participated in many youth music groups including BISYOC (which he recommends any young talented musician attend), NYTW as a performer-musician, as well as leading several local music groups and bands in various styles including classical, punk rock, latin, jazz and folk. By the age of seventeen he had achieved grade eight ABRSM on violin and attained the DipABRSM for piano, as well as turned his hand to many other classical, traditional and band instruments.

Although music was the obvious choice, Benjie demonstrated natural aptitude for physics and acting, and so careers in theoretical physics or drama were close contenders. After three years of work, travel and deliberation, he decided on the study of composition through technology at RWCMD, graduating in 2013 with first class honours.

Throughout university and since graduating, he has written collaboratively (principally with John Hardy Music) and individually for a wide range of projects including Hinterland, Steel Country/A Dark Place, Hidden, Pili Pala, Galesa (for which he won Welsh BAFTA’s Best Original Score alongside Tic Ashfield), and many more.

Aside from music, Benjie has a keen interest in other pursuits. In his spare time he designs board games for his own board game company, writes novels and short stories in the sci-fi genre under the mentorship of a prominent sci-fi author, and helps his partner teach Lindy Hop across South Wales with her company The Swing Project.

I have enjoyed the good fortune of writing with and for John Hardy Music since 2012, when I was invited to collaborate with John for National Theatre Wales and Royal Shakespeare Company on their production of CORIOLAN/US. I am now proud to say that I co-direct our company together. We have enjoyed many successful projects and I look forward to being able to not only continue that, but to be a part of bigger and brighter things.

For a few years I managed and maintained Total Samples' wide array of releases available through Prime Loops. Sadly that journey is now at an end but it was an incredible experience. Our releases are still available through the Prime Loops website and will remain to be fantastic tools for new and seasoned producers of EDM alike. I'll never forget it.