Benjamin Bartlett, better known as Ben Bartlett, born March 17th, 1965, is a British soundtracks composer.
He is mainly celebrated for having been the creator of the background music in BBC nature documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs (1999), Walking with Beasts (2001), Chased by Dinosaurs (2002), Sea Monsters (2003) and Walking with Monsters (2005), among others. The two first (Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts) are for now the two sole Bartlett's scores ever to have been commercialized, even though many of his scores are available on streaming platforms, including recently Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts.
Biography[]
Benjamin Bartlett's approach to music began at the age of six, when he practiced on his grandfather's Spanish guitar. He studied musicology and composition at London University and won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music, where he was awarded a first prize in composition.