---
name: "Ben Salisbury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-salisbury"
fi1m_id: "ben-salisbury"
imdb_id: "nm1367927"
tmdb_id: 1379650
wikidata_id: "Q18921422"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T04:03:42.775575+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."
---

# Ben Salisbury

## Identity

Ben Salisbury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-salisbury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-salisbury
- **IMDb ID:** nm1367927
- **TMDB ID:** 1379650
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18921422
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Salisbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18921422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1367927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1379650

Composer. Born 1 January 1970 in UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1970, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Geoff Barrow](https://film.one/person/geoff-barrow.md), [Alex Garland](https://film.one/person/alex-garland.md), [Allon Reich](https://film.one/person/allon-reich.md), [Andrew Macdonald](https://film.one/person/andrew-macdonald.md), [Cailee Spaeny](https://film.one/person/cailee-spaeny.md), [Domhnall Gleeson](https://film.one/person/domhnall-gleeson.md), [Sonoya Mizuno](https://film.one/person/sonoya-mizuno.md), [Stephen McKinley Henderson](https://film.one/person/stephen-mckinley-henderson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (3), 2020s 69 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $206m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Salisbury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18921422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1367927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1379650

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Ex Machina*](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md) (82), [*Devs*](https://film.one/tv/devs.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Steve*](https://film.one/film/steve.md) (68)
- **Apple TV:** [*Annihilation*](https://film.one/film/annihilation.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Salisbury is a British composer and musician. He studied music at Newcastle University and Bournemouth University and has scored numerous natural history documentaries, including several David Attenborough series such as *The Life of Mammals*, *Life in the Undergrowth* and *Life in Cold Blood*.

Salisbury frequently collaborates with Geoff Barrow. Their joint credits include the films *Ex Machina* (2015), *Annihilation* (2018), *Free Fire* (2017), *Men* (2022) and *Civil War* (2024), as well as the series *Devs* (2020) and episodes of *Black Mirror* (2011–). He has also worked as a co-writer, arranger and musician with bands including Malachai.

Salisbury won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film Score for *Ex Machina* and received an Emmy nomination for his work on a *Wildlife on One* episode.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Steve* (2025), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/steve.md)
- *Civil War* (2024), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *Devs* (2020), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/devs.md)
- *Annihilation* (2018), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/annihilation.md)
- *Ex Machina* (2015), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Steve* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/steve.md)
- *Not Surgery Hours* (2024), Music
- *Civil War* (2024), Original Music Composer, Musician — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *Constellation* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Men* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Archive 81* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Make Up* (2020), Original Music Composer, Musician, Music Producer
- *Devs* (2020), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/devs.md)
- *Luce* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Hanna* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Annihilation* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/annihilation.md)
- *Free Fire* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Attenborough's Paradise Birds* (2015), Music
- *Ex Machina* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Ocean Giants* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Inside the Perfect Predator* (2010), Music
- *Nature's Great Events* (2009), series, Music
- *The Life of Mammals* (2002), series, Music
- *The Dreamer* (2000), Music

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