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CHRISTIAN HENSON
Christian Henson is a multi nominated (including Ivor Novello and World Soundtrack Awards) and
multi award-winning composer. With over 45 films to his name, he has proven to be a prodigious and
versatile force within the UK film industry.
Recent works of note include Christian’s score for Jon Wright's sci-fi epic "Robot Overlords", a
posthumous collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith on the soon-to-be-released blockbuster; video game
"Alien Isolation" for Sega of America; the historic conclusion to the Poirot franchise for which Christian
composed the final 9 feature-length episodes; cult TV series "Inside No. 9" with Reece Sheersmith &
Steve Pemberton; the multi award winning "Fresh Meat" for Channel 4.
Christian has also worked extensively in Europe. From the heart-rending holocaust epic "La Rafle",
one of the most successful French films of recent times, Dexter Fletcher's BAFTA nominated debut
"Wild Bill" and Lee Tamahori's disturbing "The Devil's Double", to a triptych of horror and comedy
from director Chris Smith with "Severance", "Black Death" and "Triangle".
Christian's musical background lies in the first-wave Drum and Bass and breakbeat music of the 90's
with acts such as LTJ Bukem and The Freestylers. This DNA is present in all his scores alongside his
unique, self-taught approach to working with the orchestra. He has collaborated with an eclectic
number of artists for his scores including Graham Coxon (Blur), Dot Allison (One Dove, Death In
Vegas, Massive Attack), Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno), Skye (of Morcheeba), Natasha Khan (Bat For
Lashes), Synergy Vocals (Steve Reich) and Ed Harcourt.
Christian set up the company "Spitfire Audio" which provides tools for composers all over the world.
The company has since developed a global following and has become a generous supporter of the
UK music industry. Christian works from his scoring complex in London.
Christian most recently scored the television movie “The Go-Between” for the BBC starring Vanessa
Redgrave and Jim Broadbent.
Film Credits
Hippie Hippie Shake
StudioCanal
Composer (with Dario Marianelli)
Robot Overlords
Pinewood Studios/Tempo Productions Ltd
Composer
Terroir
27 Films Production
Composer
Soulmate
Forecast Features
Composer
Believe
Bill & Ben Productions
Composer
Trap for Cinderella
Forthcoming Productions
Composer
Storage 24
Unstoppable Entertainment
Composer
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Grabbers
High Treason Productions
Composer
Up There
UK Film Council
Composer
Hysteria
Informant Media
Composer
Wild Bill
20ten Media
Composer
Chalet Girl
CrossDay Productions
Composer
The Devil’s Double
Corsan NV
Composer
Laid Off
Wilder Films
Composer
La Rafle
Studio Legende
Composer
Black Death
Egoli Tossell
Composer
Huge
Toff Media / Matador Pictures
Composer
Triangle
Dan Films
Composer
Malice In Wonderland
Future Films
Composer (with Joe Henson)
Tormented
BBC Films
Composer (with Joe and Keaton Henson)
A Bunch Of Amateurs
Trademark Films
Composer
The Secret Of Moonacre
LWH Films / Spice Factory
Composer
Summer Heat
RTL Entertainment
Composer
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Buy, Borrow, Steal
Blue Angel Films
Composer
Pandemic
Unconditional Entertainment
Composer
Little White Lies
Red and Black Films Ltd
Composer
Scorpion
Imperia Films
Composer
It’s A Boy Girl Thing
Rocket Pictures
Composer
Severance
Dan / QWERTY Films
Composer
Opal Dream (aka Pobby & Dingan)
Academy Films
Additional Music
Diameter Of The Bomb
Rainmaker Films
Composer
Animal
Studio Legend
Composer
Sons of The Wind
Dan Films
Composer
Chasing Liberty
Alcon Entertainment/ Trademark Films
Composer
Hotel Rwanda
United Artists
Music Programmer (Composer: Rupert Gregson-Williams)
A Man Apart
Newman/ Tooley Films
Music Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
Dirty Pretty Things
Celador Productions
Additional Music
Cybermutt
Animal Tales Productions/ Grosvenor House
Composer
Extreme Ops
Miramax
Additional Music
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The Gathering
Samuelson Productions
Music Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
Requiem
MKM Films
Composer
Spy Game
Universal
Collaboration with composer Harry Gregson-Williams
Biggie and Tupac
Lafayette Films/ C4 Film
Composer
SW9 LTD
Fruit Salad Films/ Irish Screen
Arrangement & Production
Chi Chi La Rue “Sex Becomes Her”
Planet Rapido
Composer
Monkeybone
20th Century Fox
Music Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
Tabloid
Ultimate Pictures
Music Programmer (Composer: Anne Dudley)
Pushing Tin
20th Century Fox
Music Programmer (Composer Anne Dudley)
Additional music programming and technical assistance credits on films including: “What A Girl
Wants”, “Crime Spree”, “Plots With A View”, “Thunderpants”, “The Diary Of Bridget Jones &
Jack & The Beanstalk” (the true story).
Short Film Credits
The Halloween Kid
Fingercuff Productions
Composer
The Last Post
Witching Hour Films
Composer
Sanctified
Consulate
Composer
Indigo
Produced by Jules Mascarenhas & Jack Price
Composer
After Tomorrow
Produced by Emma Sullivan
Composer/Piano
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Costume vide
Tobago Films
Composer
The Human Body
BBB Productions
Music Programmer
Crush
CrushFilm
Composer
Television
Inside No. 9
BBC
Fresh Meat Series 1, 2 & 3
Channel 4
Poirot (9 feature length episodes, including ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ & ‘Curtain – Poirot’s Last
Case’
ITV
Sinbad (12 feature length episodes)
Impossible Pictures
Kidnap and Ransom (Seasons 1 & 2)
ITV
Top Gear (31 episodes)
BBC
Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps (9 seasons)
BBC Comedy
Blast Lab
Hamster Wheel Productions
Consuming Passion
BBC TV
Lost In Austen
Mammoth Screen/ ITV
The IT Crowd
Talkback Thames
Hollywood Lives
September Films
SAS: Are You Tough Enough?
BBC
Scream Team
Making Time
Long Way Round
Elixir Films
Composer: additional music (Composer Rupert Gregson-Williams)
5
Room For Improvement
RDF/ Channel 4
Junkyard Wars
RDF USA
The Big Dig
RDF/ C4
Wreck Detectives I & 2
RDF
Full Metal Challenge
RDF
th
The 10 Kingdom
Carnival/ Hallmark Films
Music Programmer (Composer Anne Dudley)
Video Games
Alien Isolation
Sega of America
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Ubisoft
Zubo
Electronic Arts
Advertising Credits
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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Discography
(Production/ Music Programming/ Composition, excluding Soundtracks)
Seriously Chilled
EMI Classics
A Different Light
Angel Records
Bar Wars
Sony UK
Logical Progression 2, 3 & 4
Good Looking Records
Progression Sessions 2 & 3
Good Looking Records
Sonic Weapon
Wordz 2 B Heard, Good Looking Records
The Vocalist
Various Presented by MC Conrad Good Looking Records
The Journey Inwards (Orchestral Jam)
LTJ Bukem, Good Looking Records
Earth 3 (Con-Quest)
Wordz 2 B Heard
Good Looking Records
You’re The One That I Want/ Summer Nights
John Travolta and Olivia Newton John ('97 remix)
Polygram
I Love America
Full Intention Sugar Daddy Records
We Rock Hard
Freestylers Fresh Records
Soulstation
Lovestation Fresh Records
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