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Benjamin Wallfisch
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Benjamin Wallfisch (born August 7, 1979) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist. Since the mid-2000s, he has composed and contributed to music for over 60 feature films. His compositions include original scores for A Cure For Wellness, Hidden Figures, Lights Out, and Desert Dancer. In 2017, he was jointly nominated with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer for Best Original Score at the 74th Golden Globe Awards for his work on Hidden Figures. Wallfisch was born on November 8, 1979 in London, England, the son of Elizabeth Wallfisch (née Hunt), an Australian Baroque violinist, and Raphael Wallfisch, a British cellist. He is the eldest of their three children. His paternal grandparents are pianist Peter Wallfisch and cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who is one of the last known surviving members of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. Wallfisch began playing the piano at 5, composing at 6 and has been conducting since he was 14. Between 1993 and 1997, he attended the Guildhall School of Music (Dept. of Initial Studies), and in 1997 obtained a place on the 'Joint Course' run concurrently by the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Manchester, studying composition with Anthony Gilbert. In 2000 he graduated from the University with First Class Honours and the Proctor-Gregg award for outstanding achievement in composition. As associate Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra from 2003-2007, Wallfisch has conducted and recorded with the London Symphony Orch
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IT (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
IT Chapter Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A Cure for Wellness (Original Soundtrack Album)
Annabelle: Creation (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Mortal Kombat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Invisible Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Starling (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
Alien: Romulus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Shazam! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A Cure for Wellness (Gore Verbinski's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)