Biography
Ben Walter is Managing Director of Jimmy Turner; a fully integrated creative music consultancy working with the advertising, post production, corporate communication and broadcast communities, as well as with record labels and publishers both small and large. Jimmy Turner specialises in bringing music and brands together.
Ben has years of experience with music for moving image with credits music supervising on productions ranging from the BBC's BAFTA award winning series Coast, as well as advertising campaigns for global brands including Guinness, Sprite, O2, Volkswagen and 3 Mobile. Presently he's supervising rights and clearance for the Anglo - American feature film Highgate Vampire which is due a global release in October this year, as well as animation, VOD & IPTV projects all with musical content.
Ben worked for many years at Sony ATV subsidiary Extreme Music followed by a spell as Head of Broadcast Services for digital sync agency Ricall, before leaving to work with Jimmy Turner.
Crappy and predictable underscores far too often find their way (somehow) onto television, completely undermining the script they're supposed to compliment - this however was pretty good...almost quirky.
With a bit of development it could easily find itself sitting on a car commercial and not necessarily a horror or science fiction movie.
1 years 7 months 7 days
Nice and easy going - it fits the context without being overtly cheesy.
1 years 7 months 5 days
For me, there's nothing freaky about this and seems more romantic than anything else. It's well produced, as most material needs to be nowadays to make it onto an established production music company release. I'd like to hear more of your material though, as there's clearly potential.
1 years 7 months 5 days
When I read the context I was expecting something along the lines of Hybrid or UNKLE, however the downtempo approach works quite well.
I'd like to hear it with a more dynamic breakbeat and slightly more emphasis from the mid range, although the delay works nicely. Unlike my esteemed fellow reviewers I think the "ping-pong" gives it some subtle variety. Stick to your guns!
1 years 7 months 7 days
Emotive, warm and uplifting... simplicity is the key to this and it could be used for sync in so many ways. A true gem.
1 years 7 months 1 days
Being compared to Phillip Glass or Michael Nyman influenced is certainly no bad thing. It's a very grand piece of work, and the gradual increase in tone and energy is well produced. I'd be interested in working with your material
1 years 5 months 27 days
Having recently come back from a trip to Peru, I vowed that if I ever heard another pan pipe or flute in a piece of music then that track would end up straight in the bin.
I stand corrected!
Well produced and atmospheric but the only slight criticism I would make is that it's slightly melancholic. But in terms of it filling the brief, then yes, I'd certainly think this would fit with footage of the Galapagos. Good work.
1 years 1 months 24 days
You're definitely talented with Logic and to create a 9 minute piece in 6 hours is no mean feat.
I'd love to hear more of your work
1 years 1 months 24 days
It reminds me of some of Aim's old material - which I love. This is great and the interspersed brass section works particularly well with the occasional vocal... I really like it.
1 years 1 months 23 days
This works well and is varied and interesting, however I'm not overly keen on the vocal. Saying that it's well produced and fits what is a challenging brief. Congrats.
1 years 24 days
Scott Bradley move over! A great piece of work
1 years 19 days
Beautifully produced as well as being nice and atmospheric... Perhaps it could have done with a change in tempo with some percussion, but that's by no means any criticism.
I'd like to hear some more of your work as I suspect it's pretty good.
1 years 19 days
I can certainly imagine them having a good time together in Amsterdam by the way things start off... and you seem to have the balance spot on as you introduce the sadder tones to suggest a downturn in fortunes.
The change in pace works well and the production is polished.
1 years 17 days
As an ident it's faultless, as you can imagine any number of cutdowns being used whether as the full length track or a 2 second sting.
Emirates don't get much wrong in flight, and who am I to argue with them choosing this for their entertainment channel.
I'd like to hear what you've composed for adverts as well, as I'm sure you'd be pretty successful.
Good stuff.
1 years 5 days
World War II is hardly synonymous with anything other than bleak, oppressive and dark times and this piece encapsulates the mood perfectly.
Good stuff.
1 months 20 days