Chris Benstead

Academy and BAFTA award winner Chris Benstead, is a British composer with a distinct and captivating voice. With a career spanning an impressive array of projects, Chris has made a significant impact across film and television.

He has a long-standing collaboration with director Guy Ritchie, composing the music for the hit Netflix series The Gentlemen, a follow-up to the 2019 film for which Chris also provided the score. Recently, Chris scored Ritchie’s The Covenant (starring Jake Gyllenhaal) as well as The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, for which he won the IFMCA Award for best original action/adventure score. His music for Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre and Wrath of Man, both starring Jason Statham, was met with widespread critical acclaim. Chris lent his talents to Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth for which he received an HMMA nomination for best score for a TV/Streamed Movie. Most recently, Chris wrote music for the Amazon series Young Sherlock starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin as well as two Black Bear features directed by Guy Ritchie: In the Grey starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Wife and Dog starring Rosamund Pike and Anthony Hopkins.  

His work on Disney’s blockbuster hits Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast showcases his versatility. In collaboration with Alan Menken, Chris not only composed additional music for these iconic films but also played a pivotal role in producing and arranging the songs for a modern audience.

Recent additions to his impressive portfolio include scoring the action thrillers Jericho Ridge and Rupture directed by Hamzah Jamjoom.

Chris received OSCAR and BAFTA awards for his work as re-recording mixer on Alfonso Cuaron’s masterpiece Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Chris’ unique skillset allowed him to mix and sculpt the music in an extremely immersive way, pushing the limits of surround sound and exploiting the new ‘Dolby Atmos’ standard.

Previously, as an in-demand music editor Chris worked on over 40 films including the latest James Bond film No Time to Die, Wonder Woman, Black Swan, Brave, Thor and Cinderella and has worked with some of the most high-profile directors in the industry including Paul Greengrass and Sir Kenneth Branagh.

Chris is a versatile multi-instrumentalist and achieved a First-Class honors in music and sound recording from the University of Surrey. He was also named as Alumni of the year for his ground-breaking achievement in music mixing on ‘Gravity’.