Works


BB at workThe following is a list of Brian Bennett's commissions for both TV and film over the last 20 years. The list is by no means complete but contains his most notable works.


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 2004

6 Soundtracks
Music by Brian Bennett
CUBE SOUNDTRACKS

 

 

  • Music To Picture

  • The American Way

  • Great Natural Wonders Of The World

  • The Harpist

  • Terminal Choice

  • Moonpower

 

 

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 2003

Moon Power (BBC)
Music by Brian Bennett

Peter Crawford's programme for the BBC which featured the moon and the effects it has on Earth.

Broadcast: Sunday 9th November 2003 at 5.25pm, BBC2.

'Moon Power'

Murder In Mind (BBC)
Series 3
Music by Brian Bennett

A series of 8 x 60 minute films.

Tara Fitzgerald in 'Echoes' Programme 1:

Echoes


starring:
Tara Fitzgerald, James Wilby & Paul Rhys.

Broadcast:
25 Jan 2003
Gary Kemp & Gaynor Faye in 'Favours' Programme 2:

Favours

starring:
Gary Kemp & Gaynor Faye

Broadcast:
2 Feb 2003
Neil Morrissey & Natasha Little in 'Stalkers' Programme 3:

Stalkers

starring:
Neil Morrissey & Natasha Little

Broadcast:
16 Feb 2003
Diana Rigg in 'Suicide'

Programme 4:

Suicide

starring:
Diana Rigg & John Bowe

Broadcast:
22 Feb 2003

Adam Faith & Jamie Theakston in 'Contract'

Programme 5:

Contract

starring:
Adam Faith &
Jamie Theakston

Broadcast:
27 Feb 2003
Nicholas Lyndhurst in 'Landlord' Programme 6:

Landlord

starring:
Nicholas Lyndhurst & Ruth Gemmell

Broadcast:
11 May 2003
Helen Baxendale and Adrian Dunbar in 'Justice' Programme 7:

Justice

starring:
Helen Baxendale & Adrian Dunbar

Broadcast:
19 Jun 2003
Tim Healy in 'Cornershop' Programme 8:

Cornershop

starring:
Tim Healy, Bhasker Patel & Nina Wadia

Broadcast:
29 June 2003
 2002

Murder In Mind (BBC)
Series 2
Music by Brian Bennett

A series of 8 x 60 minute films.

Pauline Quirke in 'Passion' Programme 1:

Passion


starring:
Pauline Quirke

Broadcast:
5 Jan 2002
Geraldine Somerville in 'Disposal' Programme 2:

Disposal

starring:
Rob Brydon &
Geraldine Somerville.

Broadcast:
26 Jan 2002
Maggie O'Neill in 'Rage' Programme 3:

Rage

starring:
Neil Dudgeon & Maggie O'Neill.

Broadcast:
2 Mar 2002
Samantha Robson and Michael Greco in 'Swan Song'

Programme 4:

Swan Song

starring:
Samantha Robson & Michael Greco

Broadcast:
20 Mar 2002

Nigel Havers and Patsy Kensit in 'Flashback' Programme 5:

Flashback

starring:
Nigel Havers & Patsy Kensit

Broadcast:
23 Mar 2002

Neil Stuke in 'Victim'

Programme 6:

Victim

starring:
Neil Stuke.


Broadcast:
6 Apr 2002

Neil Pearson in Memories

Programme 7:

Memories

starring:
Neil Pearson

Broadcast:
20 Apr 2002

Dennis Waterman and Tony Haygarth in 'Regrets' Programme 8:

Regrets

starring:
Dennis Waterman & Tony Haygarth

Broadcast:
28 May 2002



Great Natural Wonders Of The World
The Grand Canyon, USA

Great Natural Wonders Of The World (BBC)

Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Peter Crawford
Presenter: Sir David Attenborough


A Christmas/New Year special from the BBC Natural History Unit.

 2001
Murder In Mind (BBC)
Series 1
Music by Brian Bennett

A series of 7 x 60 minute films.
David Suchet and Gillian Kearney in 'Teacher' Programme 1:

Teacher


starring: David Suchet & Gillian Kearney

Broadcast:
22nd April 2001
Steve McFadden in 'Flame'

Programme 2:

Flame

starring: Steve McFadden

Broadcast:
29th April 2001

Susannah Harker and Reece Dinsdale in 'Motive' Programme 3:

Motive

starring:
Susannah Harker & Reece Dinsdale

Broadcast:
6th May 2001
Ian Kelsey & Tim Healy in 'Vigilante'

Programme 4:

Vigilante

starring: Ian Kelsey and Tim Healy,

Broadcast:
13th May 2001

Timothy West and Judy Parfitt in 'Mercy'

Programme 5:

Mercy

starring:
Timothy West & Judy Parfitt,

Broadcast:
20th May 2001
Kevin Whateley in 'Neighbours' Programme 6:

Neighbours

starring:
Kevin Whately &
Denise Van Outen

Broadcast:
10th June 2001
Keeley Hawes in 'Sleeper' Programme 7:

Sleeper

starring:
Keeley Hawes

Broadcast:
17th June 2001
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MURDER IN MIND THEME

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SLEEPER
 
 2000

Hywell Bennett & Neil Pearson
Businessman Mostyn Hughes (Hywell Bennett) and private eye Leo Beckett (Neal Pearson) go gambling.

Dirty Work (ITV)
Music by Brian and Warren Bennett
Director: Sandy Johnson
Starring: Neal Pearson, Hywell Bennett (No relation!)
 1999

Living Britain

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LIVING BRITAIN

Living Britain (BBC)
Music by Brian Bennett
Written & Produced by Peter Crawford

A series of 6 x 50 minute films first broadcast on BBC2, Autumn 1999

Winner of the
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL MERIT AWARD FOR MUSIC
(U.S.A.)

Peter Crawford: “Brian's music captured exactly the right balance between the traditional affection and admiration we have for our native wildlife and the growing concern we have for its future."

READ THE REVIEW!
 1998

Nomads Of The Wind

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NOMADS OF THE WIND

Nomads Of The Wind (BBC)
Music by Brian Bennett
Written & Produced by Peter Crawford

A series of 5 x 50 minute films first broadcast on BBC2 on Sundays at 6.10pm January/February 1994.

Peter Crawford: “Brian Bennett has created the big screen sound we wanted for our epic Polynesian story. He has worked long and hard to empathise with our programmes.”

You Can’t Be Too Careful (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Matthew Evans
Starring: Serena Evans, Simon Chandler, Jane Hazlegrove, Paul Blair

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YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL

Fallen Curtain (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Matthew Evans

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FALLEN CURTAIN
 1997

Thornapple (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Mary McMurray
Starring: Beth Goddard, Barbara Jefford, Susan Penhaligon & Freddie Findlay

David Jason with Dolphins

David Jason In His Element (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: David Reynolds


A series of 6 x 30 minute films


Going Wrong (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Matthew Evans
Starring: James Callis, Josephine Butler, Inday Ba & Sara Kestelman.
Global Sunrise

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GLOBAL SUNRISE

Global Sunrise (BBC)
Around the world in 80 minutes
Music by Brian Bennett
Directors: Graham Booth & Brian Leith
Producer: Peter Crawford

Peter Crawford: “Like the programme itself, the music that Brian Bennett has composed for Global Sunrise is not just an atmospheric evocation of dawn around the world, it is a celebration of all life on this planet."

The Orchard Walls (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Herbert Wise

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THE ORCHARD WALLS
The Harpist

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THE HARPIST

The Harpist
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Hansjörg Thurn
Producer: Christoph Meyer-Wiel
Starring: Christien Anholt, Geraldine O’Rawe, Stephen McGann, John Kavanagh, Colin Baker & BJ Hogg

Brian conducting
Brian appears in ‘The Harpist’ conducting his own Harp Concerto, composed especially for the film.

Bribery And Corruption (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Mike Vardy
Starring: Tom Woodward, Des McAleer, James D’Arcy, Fiona Mollison & Paul Freeman

A Case Of Coincidence (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Gavin Millar
Starring: Keith Barron, Pip Torrens, Kate Buffery, Don Henderson, Ronald Pickup.

 1996

Heartstones (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Jim Goodhard
Starring: Anthony Andrews, Daisy Haggard, Emily Mortimer & Helena Mitchell

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HEARTSTONES
May & June (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: James Cellan Jones
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Starring: Phoebe Nicholls, Christine Kavanagh, Julian Wadham

Secret House Of Death (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Jim Goddard
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Starring: Amanda Redman, Owen Teale & Lucy Cohu

21st Century Fox

21st Century Fox (BBC)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer/Director: Peter Crawford
Presenter: Julian Pettifer

Simisola (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Jim Gooddard
Starring: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jane Lapotaire & George Harris

The Double (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Mary McMurray
Starring: Jason Flemyng & Camilla Power


Front Seat
(ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Sandy Johnson
Starring: Janet Suzman, Richard Johnson & Edward Hardwicke.

A Dark Blue Perfume (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Sandy Johnson
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Starring: Susannah York, John Castle & Rowena Cooper

 1995

Vanity Dies Hard (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Alan Grant
Starring: Eleanor David, Peter Egan & Jane Gurnett

The Strawberry Tree (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Herbert Wise
Starring: Eleanor Bron & Simon Ward

 1994

Master Of The Moor (ITV)

Colin Firth in 'Master Of The Moor'

Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Marc Evans
Executive Producer: Graham Benson
Series Producer: Neil Zeiger

Starring: Colin Firth, Emma Croft, George Costigan, Robert Urquhart, Sylvia Syms, Patricia Hayes, Ingrid Lacey, John Michie

Talking to Strange Men (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: John Gorrie
Starring: John Duttine & Mel Martin

 1993
The Knock

The Knock (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Produced by Paul Knight

A drama series broadcast on ITV which ran for 5 years.

 1992

Speaker Of Mandarin (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Herbert Wise
Starring: George Baker & Christopher Ravenscroft

Dear Roy, Love Jillian (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Graham Theakston
Producers: Graham Benson & Neil Zeiger
Starring: Tara Simpson, Julia Booth, Lawrence Mullin, Carolyn Knight, Catherine Jayne Walker, Kerry Dowse, Eamon Clarke
 1991

Means Of Evil (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Sarah Hellings
Starring: George Baker & Christopher Ravenscroft

Achilles Heel (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Sandy Johnson
Starring: George Baker & Christopher Ravenscroft
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 1990
The American Way

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NIGHT FLIGHT

The American Way
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: by Maurice Phillips
Starring: Dennis Hopper & Michael J. Pollard

Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper as ‘The Captain’

Central TV Logo

Central TV Logo
Music by Brian Bennett

Some Lie And Some Die (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Director: Sandy Johnson
Starring: Peter Capaldi

Put On By Cunning (ITV)
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Sandy Johnson
Producer: Neil Zeiger
Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Beryl Reid, Janet Maw, Diane Keen & Cherie Lunghi.

 1988
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

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INSPECTOR
WEXFORD THEME

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THE RUTH
RENDELL THEME

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (ITV)

Winner of the 1990 Ivor Novello award for
BEST THEME FOR A TV PRODUCTION

Music by Brian Bennett

A series of 50 minute films broadcast on
ITV on Sundays at 9pm which ran for over 10 years and won numerous awards
.

Ruth Rendell CDs Music from the series has been released on 3 CDs

Square Deal (LWT)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer/Director: Nic Phillips

Close To Home (LWT)
Music by Brian and Warren Bennett
Producer/Director: Nic Phillips

Birds Of A Feather (BBC)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer/Director: Nic Phillips
Starring: Pauline Quirke

 1987
Pulaski

Pulaski (BBC1)
Music by Brian Bennett
Producer: Paul Knight
Written by Roy Clarke

A series of 75 & 50 minute episodes
first broadcast October, BBC1

 1984
Terminal Choice

Terminal Choice
Music by Brian Bennett
Director: Sheldon Larry
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Joe Spano, David McCallum

 1980
BBC Golf

The BBC Golf Theme
(‘Chase Side Shoot Up’)

Music by Brian Bennett

This theme has been used in all of the BBC's coverage for every major golfing event over the past 20 years.

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BBC GOLF THEME
 
 

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