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name: "Ben Bartlett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-bartlett"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "17 March 1965"
died: "19 April 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:23:31.918526+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ben Bartlett

Composer. Born 17 March 1965 in London. Died 19 April 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 17 March 1965, London
- **Died:** 19 April 2026
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bartlett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4078681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1102455

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72)

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## Biography

Ben Bartlett (17 March 1965 – 19 April 2026) was a British composer. Educated in London at Westminster City grammar school and Pimlico Comprehensive Special Music School, he later studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he won the Lutosławski prize for composition.

Bartlett first came to prominence with his score for the BBC series *Walking with Dinosaurs* (1999), for which he won a British Academy Television Craft Award in 2000 and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He composed music for the related series *Walking with Beasts* (2001) and *Walking with Monsters* (2005). His other notable work includes the ITV crime drama *Vera* (2011–2025), *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016–2018), *The Loch* (2017) and *The Tunnel* (2016–2018). He received further award nominations, including an Ivor Novello nomination for *Fiona's Story* and several Royal Television Society nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sin Eater* (2024), Music
- *The Loch* (2017), series, Music
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Trials of Jimmy Rose* (2015), series, Music
- *Lucan* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Shard* (2013), as Jack
- *Vera* (2011), series, Music — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Kissinger* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Fiona's Story* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Midnight Man* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *He Kills Coppers* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fairy Tales* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Mark of Cain* (2007), Music
- *The Chase* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *Walking with Monsters* (2005), series, Music
- *Walking with Monsters* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Triumph of the Beasts* (2001), Music
- *Walking with Beasts* (2001), series, Music
- *The Secret World of Michael Fry* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *Walking with Dinosaurs* (1999), series, Music, Original Music Composer

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