---
name: "Christopher Benstead"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-benstead"
fi1m_id: "chris-benstead"
imdb_id: "nm1666163"
tmdb_id: 1335568
wikidata_id: "Q15885378"
roles: ["Music editor"]
born: "1 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T13:41:46.801174+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."
---

# Christopher Benstead

## Identity

Christopher Benstead

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-benstead
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-benstead
- **IMDb ID:** nm1666163
- **TMDB ID:** 1335568
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15885378
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Benstead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15885378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666163/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1335568

Music editor. Born 1 January 1981 in U.S.A..

## Details

- **Work:** Music editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1981, U.S.A.
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Chris Benstead
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Ritchie](https://film.one/person/guy-ritchie.md), [Ivan Atkinson](https://film.one/person/ivan-atkinson.md), [Eiza Gonzalez](https://film.one/person/eiza-gonzalez.md), [John Friedberg](https://film.one/person/john-friedberg.md), [Henry Cavill](https://film.one/person/henry-cavill.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 69 (7), 2020s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 60 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 7, Fantasy 6, Action 5, Drama 5, Family 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,733m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Benstead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15885378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666163/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1335568

## Coming up

- *Wife & Dog* (2027-02-18), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare*](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*Fountain of Youth*](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md) (48)

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## Biography

Christopher Benstead is a British film composer, arranger and former re-recording mixer. He studied music and sound recording at the University of Surrey, graduating in 2004.

He has collaborated extensively with director Guy Ritchie. Benstead composed the score for the 2019 film *The Gentlemen* and its 2024 Netflix series follow-up, as well as *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023), *Wrath of Man* (2021) and *Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre* (2023). Earlier credits include additional music and arrangements for *Aladdin* (2019) and *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), and music editing on films such as *Gravity* (2013), *Thor* (2011) and *Cinderella* (2015).

Benstead won an Academy Award and a BAFTA for sound mixing on *Gravity* (2013).

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

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), Fi1m 48, Music, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), Fi1m 55, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *Cinderella* (2015), Fi1m 72, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella.md)
- *Everest* (2015), Fi1m 61, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md)
- *Gravity* (2013), Fi1m 85, Music Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer — [page](https://film.one/film/gravity.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Fi1m 73, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), Fi1m 80, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Thor* (2011), Fi1m 66, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/thor.md)
- *Clash of the Titans* (2010), Fi1m 43, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/clash-of-the-titans-2010.md)
- *10,000 BC* (2008), Fi1m 40, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Wife & Dog* (2027), Original Music Composer
- *In the Grey* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Young Sherlock* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *Jericho Ridge* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), Original Music Composer, Musician — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Wrath of Man* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Gentlemen* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Not Without Us!* (2017), Music
- *Everest* (2015), Music Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md)
- *Cinderella* (2015), Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Music Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella.md)
- *Third Person* (2014), Music Editor
- *Gravity* (2013), Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Music Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gravity.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Music Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), Music Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Thor* (2011), Music Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/thor.md)
- *Clash of the Titans* (2010), Music Editor — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/clash-of-the-titans-2010.md)
- *Blood: The Last Vampire* (2009), Music Editor
- *10,000 BC* (2008), Music Editor — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/10-000-bc.md)
- *Sleuth* (2007), Music Editor
- *Shrooms* (2007), Music Editor
- *A Good Year* (2006), Music Editor
- *As You Like It* (2006), Music Editor
- *The Gun on Second Street*, Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2014: Best Sound (won), for *Gravity*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2014: Best Sound (won), for *Gravity*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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