Nick Foster is a British composer and music producer based in London. He is best-known for his work as a composer for television, commercials and film.
Foster’s recent work includes Kayleigh Llewellyn's In My Skin (BBC), which won Best Drama at both the BAFTAS and the RTS Awards,[1] Coky Giedroyc's feature musical based on the songs of Take That, Greatest Days [2],All Or Nothing : Arsenal and ITV’s animated family adventure series, co-produced with Weta, Thunderbirds Are Go (written with his brother Ben Foster), for which they were nominated for a Bafta in 2016.[3]
He has scored all of Derren Brown’s recent TV specials. His music also features in the Ryan Gosling / Michelle Williams film Blue Valentine, and in Raoul Martinez and Joshua Van Praag's Creating Freedom: Lottery of Birth, nominated for Best Documentary at Raindance Film Festival. In film, Nick has scored Sam Hobkinson’s feature documentary Misha And The Wolves, which premiered at Sundance in 2021.[4] Previously, his work featured in Ryan Gosling's Blue Valentine and Creating Freedom - Lottery of Birth.
He also works as a composer of music for commercials; in this field his work has won numerous awards[5] for original composition including D&AD, Clio, Craft and MAS. He has worked with directors including Jonathan Glazer,[6] Joachim Back,[7] Wim Wenders and Nick Gordon.
He has also been involved in various music education initiatives, most recently Bafta Kids’ Big School Day, held at Alexandra Palace.
Silva Screen Records has to date released two volumes of Nick & Ben Foster's score for Thunderbirds Are Go, performed by the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra.
Classically trained, Foster began his career in music as a record producer, writing songs and making records with Gary Barlow, S Club 7, East 17 and Kylie Minogue.
Awardsedit
British Animation Award 2018 - Thunderbirds Are Go - nominated (with Ben Foster / Hackenbacker / Peacock Sound)
BAFTA Craft Award 2016 - Best Music - Thunderbirds Are Go - nominated (with Ben Foster)
MAS Award 2017 - Best Original Music for Television - Thunderbirds Are Go - nominated (with Ben Foster)
Kinsale Sharks 2017 - Best Original Music for Commercial - Visa 'The Heart'
BAFTA Craft Award 2013 - Derren Brown - Apocalypse
BAFTA Craft Award 2012 - Derren Brown - The Secret of Luck - nominated
BAFTA Craft Award 2011 – The Cube
Gold Clio Best Original Music 2008 – Sony Walkman 'Music Pieces'
D&AD winner Yellow Pencil Best Use Of Music 2008 – Sony Walkman 'Music Pieces'
BTAA Awards 2008 : Best 60–90 Second TV Commercial (Gold) – Sony Walkman 'Music Pieces'
BTA Craft Awards : Best Original Music 2007 – Ford “Own the Road Again”
D&AD winner Yellow Pencil Best Use of Music 2006 – 3 Mobile "Tuperzik"
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BAFTAS and the RTS Awards 1 Coky Giedroyc s feature musical based on the songs of Take That Greatest Days 2 All Or Nothing Arsenal and ITV s animated family adventure series co produced with Weta Thunderbirds Are Go written with his brother Ben Foster for which they were nominated for a Bafta in 2016 3 He has scored all of Derren Brown s recent TV specials His music also features in the Ryan Gosling Michelle Williams film Blue Valentine and in Raoul Martinez and Joshua Van Praag s Creating Freedom Lottery of Birth nominated for Best Documentary at Raindance Film Festival In film Nick has scored Sam Hobkinson s feature documentary Misha And The Wolves which premiered at Sundance in 2021 4 Previously his work featured in Ryan Gosling s Blue Valentine and Creating Freedom Lottery of Birth He also works as a composer of music for commercials in this field his work has won numerous awards 5 for original composition including D amp AD Clio Craft and MAS He has worked with directors including Jonathan Glazer 6 Joachim Back 7 Wim Wenders and Nick Gordon Other TV work includes scores for entertainment shows including The Cube Bigheads and Penn amp Teller Fool Us He has also been involved in various music education initiatives most recently Bafta Kids Big School Day held at Alexandra Palace Silva Screen Records has to date released two volumes of Nick amp Ben Foster s score for Thunderbirds Are Go performed by the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra Classically trained Foster began his career in music as a record producer writing songs and making records with Gary Barlow S Club 7 East 17 and Kylie Minogue Awards editBritish Animation Award 2018 Thunderbirds Are Go nominated with Ben Foster Hackenbacker Peacock Sound BAFTA Craft Award 2016 Best Music Thunderbirds Are Go nominated with Ben Foster MAS Award 2017 Best Original Music for Television Thunderbirds Are Go nominated with Ben Foster Kinsale Sharks 2017 Best Original Music for Commercial Visa The Heart BAFTA Craft Award 2013 Derren Brown Apocalypse BAFTA Craft Award 2012 Derren Brown The Secret of Luck nominated BAFTA Craft Award 2011 The Cube Gold Clio Best Original Music 2008 Sony Walkman Music Pieces D amp AD winner Yellow Pencil Best Use Of Music 2008 Sony Walkman Music Pieces BTAA Awards 2008 Best 60 90 Second TV Commercial Gold Sony Walkman Music Pieces BTA Craft Awards Best Original Music 2007 Ford Own the Road Again D amp AD winner Yellow Pencil Best Use of Music 2006 3 Mobile Tuperzik Notable work editTelevision edit Thunderbirds Are Go ITV 1 and CITV 2015 present with Ben Foster Derren Brown The Push Channel 4 Netflix 2018 Bounty Hunters Cave Bear Sky One 2017 present with Ben Foster Timewasters Big Talk ITV2 2017 present with Oli Julian Penn amp Teller Fool Us The CW 2015 present Hospital People BBC One 2017 with Oli Julian Bigheads ITV Primal Media 2017 Hank Zipzer s Christmas Catastrophe CBBC 2016 Derren Brown Twisted Tales Vaudeville Channel Four 2016 The Code BBC One 2016 Hank Zipzer Kindle BBC 2013 16 Stand Up To Cancer Channel Four 2014 Puppy Love BBC Four 2014 BBC Commonwealth Games 2014 with Peter Raeburn Bad Robots Objective E4 2014 Crowd Rules CNBC 2016 The Great Art Robbery Channel Four 2013 The Cube Objective ITV 2009 15 The Job Embassy Row CBS 2013 Derren Brown Apocalypse Objective Channel Four 2012 with Ben Foster Beauty amp The Beast Betty Channel Four 2012 ITV1 on screen identities 2006 14 with Peter Raeburn Derren Brown Placebo The Experiments Miracles For Sale Objective Channel Four Hero at 30 000 Feet Objective Channel Four Rocket s Island Lime Pictures CBBC with Oli Julian Film edit Misha And The Wolves 2021 dir Sam Hobkinson Blue Valentine At The Drop of The Day composition with Matt Sweeney amp Peter Raeburn 2011 dir Derek Cianfrance Creating Freedom Lottery of Birth additional music 2013 dir Raoul Martinez Joshua Van Praag Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism additional music 2015 dir Christopher N RowleyReferences edit https www bafta org television awards drama series 3 https www lbbonline com news oli julian and nick foster score upcoming take that musical feature greatest days http awards bafta org award 2016 tvcraft original music https filmmusicreporter com 2021 08 13 misha and the wolves soundtrack album announced Television Craft Awards Winners Announced Bafta org 8 May 2011 Retrieved 16 August 2020 https creativecircle co uk archive 2007 goldgallerypage02 htm https www songwritingmagazine co uk interviews music for film tv part 1 peter raeburnExternal links editDiscography Nick Foster at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nick Foster amp oldid 1182210783, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
