Nominated for the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for A Monster Calls at The Old Vic, Benji’s music has been heard on stages across the UK, from the National Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland to Bristol Old Vic, Sadler’s Wells and beyond. His score for A Monster Calls also contributed to the production winning the Olivier Award for Best Family Show.
Alongside theatre, Benji has composed scores for the multi award-winning films Tom and Weekend Retreat by Wilkie Branson, as well as I AM KEVIN. His work has been recorded at Maida Vale Studios for Gilles Peterson, and he has collaborated with artists including Bonobo, Mark Pritchard, Alice Russell, Kathleen Frances and the Heritage Orchestra. As a musician he has toured internationally and continues to compose for television productions across all major UK broadcasters.
Benji Bower
Benji Bower is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and distinctive composers for theatre, film and television. His work is celebrated for its emotional depth, cinematic scale and its ability to shape worlds through sound.
Selected theatre credits include Dracula (National Theatre of Scotland), Wonder Boy (Bristol Old Vic), Tom (Sadler’s Wells), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Elliot & Harper), A Monster Calls (The Old Vic), Peter Pan and Jane Eyre(National Theatre), Hetty Feather, La Strada and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Kenny Wax), Romeo and Juliet (Rose Theatre), Varmints (Sadler’s Wells), The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Kneehigh/Little Angel), Outpost (Green Ginger Theatre), Sleeping Beauty, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Treasure Island, Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me and Aesop’s Fables (Bristol Old Vic), 101 Dalmatians, Cinderella, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Bob: The Man on the Moon, Lost and Found and The Ugly Duckling (Travelling Light), Stick Man, Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales, Stranger Beasts and I AM KEVIN.
Benji and Mydd have collaborated on theatre and performance projects spanning more than fifteen years, developing a shared creative language built on trust, curiosity and a love of making work that doesn’t behave. At DAUR, Benji brings an extraordinary ability to create music that is both intimate and expansive, crafting rich sonic worlds where sound becomes an emotional landscape that deepens story, place and human connection.
