Paul Carter, also known as Benbrick, is a

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

winning, multi-platinum selling English songwriter, producerBenbrick on PR

PRS M magazine and composer. He wrote Sakura Nagashi with

Hikaru Utada , who is also known by the mononym Utada, is a Japanese-American pop singer, songwriter and producer. By 2010, Utada had become one of the most influential, and best-selling, musical artists in Japan. Born in the United States to Japanese paren ...

from her 2016

Japan Record Award is a major music awards show, held annually in Japan that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association. Until 2005, the show aired on New Year's Eve, but has since aired every December 30 on TBS Japan at 6:30 P.M JST ...

winning album '' Fantôme'' which has sold over one million copies.Fantome Breaks 1 Million

Crunchyroll, Jan 2019. Benbrick is the producer and composer for the multi award-winning Have You Heard George's Podcast?Have You Heard George's Podcast

Acast, April 2019. with George The Poet. The podcast won 5 Gold British Podcast Awards in 2019 including the coveted Podcast of the Year award.Why George The Poet swept the board

The Guardian, May 2019.

Career

Benbrick wrote Sakura Nagashi (桜流し) with

, it charted at #1 on iTunes and sold 600,000 singles worldwide.Sakura Nagashi.JP Official Website

, EMI music JP.UBlog on Twitter

Twitter, December 2016. Sakura Nagashi was the end-credits music to the movie Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo which was the biggest film opening of 2012 and the 12th biggest opening of all time in Japan.Paul Carter on IMDB

Internet Movie Database, Dec 2012Anime Draws Biggest Opening

''The Hollywood Reporter'', Dec 2012.Japan All Time Opening Weekends

Box Office Mojo, Dec 2012. The single was included on the 2016 album '' Fantôme'' which debuted at number one on iTunes in 20 countries, selling over 1 million copies in Japan, as well as reaching #1 on the US Billboard World Albums chart. Fantôme won Best Album at the 58th

s.58th Japan Record Awards

Arama, Dec 2016. In 2021 Sakura Nagashi was included on Utada's One Last Kiss (EP). Benbrick also wrote Gasoline with

Troye Sivan Troye Sivan Mellet ( ; born 5 June 1995) is an Australian singer-songwriter, actor and YouTuber. After gaining popularity as a singer on YouTube and in Australian talent competitions, Sivan signed with EMI Australia in 2013 and released his thir ...

for the record

TRXYE ''TRXYE'' is the third extended play (EP) (first signed with a major label) by Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan, released on 15 August 2014 by Universal Music Australia through EMI Music Australia. The EP was preceded by the release of ...

which charted on iTunes at #1 in 66 countries including the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.Troye Sivan 'TRXYE' on iTunes (Chart)

iTunes Charts.net July 2014

debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, with 80,000 copies sold in the first year. In 2014 Benbrick composed a piece of music set to scenes from

Ricky Gervais Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms '' The Office'' (2001–2003), '' Extras'' (2005–2007), and '' An Idiot Abroad ...

TV show

Derek Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler". Common variants of the name are ...

.Paul Carter Vimeo

Vimeo.com, Nov 2014. Ricky Gervais discovered the music calling it "stunningly beautiful"Facebook

FB.com, December 2014. In 2015 Benbrick composed a new piece set to series 2 of the same show - this time Gervais called Benbrick "a future genius".Twitter

Twitter, 2015. The pair met in 2016 after Benbrick created the trailer music for the

Christmas Special, which Gervais posted on his official YouTube channel.YouTube

Ricky Gervais on YouTube, October 2016. This led to Benbrick creating the visual and music for a David Shepherd (artist), TigerTime advert - one of Gervais's ambassadorial projects.Save Wild Tigers

TigerTime, 2016. Benbrick wrote two songs on the Mary-Jess Leaverland, Mary Jess debut album Shine which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and features the

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, that performs and produces primarily classic works. The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...

.All Musi

All Music 2011. Stand As One was used for a global Procter & Gamble, P&G TV advertising campaign.As Seen on TV UK website

AsSeenOnTheTv.co.uk. Benbrick also wrote 記得要微笑 on the 2014

Elva Hsiao Elva Hsiao (, born 24 August 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, dancer, actress and businesswoman. Since being signed to a record deal in 1998 after competing in a singing competition, Hsiao has gone on to release fourteen studio albums and has achie ...

record Shut Up And Kiss Me which reached #1 on the iTunes charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan.Track listing for new Elva Hsiao record

Elva new album, Aug 2014.

Podcasting

In 2018 Benbrick started working with spoken word artist George The Poet composing and producing on his

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...

"Have You Heard George's Podcast?".HYHGP on Acas

Acast, April 2019. Everyman Cinema called the live show "a mind-bending experiment with musical storytelling" leading to 4 sell-out shows at Everyman Cinemas across the UK.George The Poet Live

Heard First Bristol, April 2018. In 2019

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of Talk radio, spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history fro ...

called Episode 3 "a story that could change the world"Can Stories Change The Worl

Beyond Today BBC R4, Nov 2018. and the podcast was nominated for 6 British Podcast AwardsBritish Podcast Awards Nominations 2019

BPA, April 2019. including Best New Podcast, Best Fiction, Smartest Podcast, Best Current Affairs, Best Arts & Culture, and Moment of the Year. In 2020 Benbrick picked up 3 Audio Production Awards including Best Podcast Producer.

Discography

Songwriting Discography

*2021: "If I Gotta Go" - Ice City Boyz, Skrapz ft George the Poet *2020: "Start In Disguise" -

Gary Go Gary Baker, known professionally as Gary Go, is a British songwriter, producer, composer and media artist. He has written and produced songs performed by artists including Rihanna, Robbie Williams, Steve Angello, Benny Benassi, Gryffin, Take Th ...

*2020: "Pharmacy Light" - Gary Go *2019: "Wishing on a.." -

Mai Kuraki (born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. After releasing her US debut single "Baby I Like" in 1999, Kuraki signed with Giza Studio and released her Japanese debut single " Love, Day After Tomorrow ...

*2018: "Dealing With Dreams" - Luke Pickett (album) *2017: "Simple Love" – Luke Pickett *2016: "We Are" –

Avec Sans Avec Sans is a London-based electro-pop group. The band is made up of Alice Fox (vocals, producer) and Jack St. James (electronics, producer). The name Avec Sans is taken from French, meaning: with without. Career Avec Sans are Alice Fox a ...

*2014: "Remember to Smile" –

*2014: "Gasoline" –

*2014: "Loving You Is Wrong" (Produced) – Luke Pickett *2013: "Wasted Dreams" – Luke Pickett *2012: " Sakura Nagashi" –

*2011: "Heaven Is Empty" – Mary-Jess *2011: "Stand As One" – Mary-Jess *2011: "Begging" – Project Alfie

Solo Discography (as Benbrick)

*2018: "陰り!" (EP) - Benbrick *2016: "Closer , Closure" (EP) – Benbrick *2016: "La Perfezione Brevemente" – Benbrick *2015: "Perfect Ending" – Benbrick *2015: "The Only Shortcut" – Benbrick *2015: "Magic" – Benbrick ft Spencer Ludwig *2014: "And So She Runs" – Benbrick *2014: "Forever Holding On" – Benbrick

Podcast Discography

Filmography

*2021: George The Poet - Black Yellow Red (Short Film) - ComposerBlack Yellow Red

LBB Online, March 2021 *2020:

GRM Daily GRM Daily (Grime & Rap Music Daily), formerly Grime Daily, is a British urban music outlet and entertainment platform. As the name suggests, the platform is an outlet for UK rap and its various genres, such as UK drill, afroswing, trap, and Bri ...

Rated Awards - It Was Written - composerGRM Daily

Rated Awards, December 2020 *2020:

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News ...

One World: Together At Home - Our Key Workers - composerOne World

YouTube, May 2020 *2019:

Gangland (Welcome To The World of George The Poet) - composerGangland

BBC, December 2019. *2019: George The Poet My Neighbourhood - composerMy Neighbourhood

YouTube, December 2019. *2019:

Sentebale Sentebale is a registered charity founded in 2006 by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho. Sentebale helps children and adolescents struggling to come to terms with their HIV status. It provides a safe environment for them t ...

We Can Fight - composerWe Can Fight

Vimeo, December 2019. *2017:

McLaren McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor, the second oldest active team, and the second most successful Formul ...

720s Advert - composerMcClaren Launch

YouTube, Jan 2017. *2016: Disney Channel (UK and Ireland), Disney Channel

The Lodge (TV series) ''The Lodge'' is a British musical drama and mystery television series that premiered on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2016 and on Disney Channel in the United States on 17 October 2016. The series is based on the Israel ...

– vocal productionIMDB

Internet Movie Database, December 2016. *2016: David Shepherd (artist), David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (TigerTime online ad) – musicFacebook

Facebook, December 2016. *2016:

Music Station is a Japanese music television program. Broadcasting live weekly on TV Asahi since October 24, 1986, it currently airs from 9PM-10PM on Fridays. The program is also colloquially known as , , and . The show is currently syndicated throughout th ...

Sakura Nagashi live performance – musicPopCrush

PopCrush, December 2016. *2016: Welcome to Germany (2016 film), Welcome To Germany – additional music, programming, productionIMDB

Internet Movie Database, December 2016. *2014:

Keeping Up with the Kardashians ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' (often abbreviated ''KUWTK'') is an American reality television series which focused on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian–Jenner blended family, airing between 2007 and 2021. Its prem ...

– additional musicIMDB

Internet Movie Database, December 2016. *2013:

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer he ...

Worldwide TV Campaign – musicAsSeenOnTv

AsSeenOnTv, December 2016. *2012: Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo – End Credits music

Awards and nominations

References

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