Benjamin Louis Brody is a composer and multi-faceted musician currently based in Los Angeles, California. His richly diverse musical background and distinctive sonic palette have fostered meaningful collaborations with musicians, filmmakers, and storytellers worldwide.
Most recently, he finished scoring additional music to the upcoming Hulu’s Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna documentary about cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, set to be released March 11th.
Other recent scoring and sync credits include ABC’s Scamanda, The Kardashians, Gordon Ramsey’s Cooking with the Stars, and Emmy Award-winning episodes of VICE News.
Also in 2024/25, Brody served as orchestrator, arranger, and conductor for Hrishikesh Hirway's (Song Exploder) score to director Drew Hancock’s critically acclaimed film, Companion (Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema).
Brody's evocative score also contributed to the success of director Rodney Llarverias’ award-winning short, Tropicalía (Criterion Channel), which has graced prestigious film festivals worldwide, including Rotterdam, San Sebastián, and Guadalajara International Film Festivals. He has also worked with Emmy Award winning Director Kyle Bell’s short documentary, Setting the Table and paired up with Sundance Ignite Fellow and Horizon Award Winner, Zenzele Ojore, to score her moving-image portrait of the American South, The South Is My Sister’s Skin (SHOWTIME).
Notably, in 2021, Brody released his collaborative album, Floating Into Infinity (New Amsterdam Records), with virtuoso drummer Ian Chang (Son Lux) utilizing a vanguard sampling program for drummers called Sensory Percussion. Since the release, the “FII” music and sound has been adapted by filmmakers and choreographers from around the world. Most recently, by international award winning choreographer Nicole Von Arx and her company NVA & Guests, producing an hour long performance piece titled, THE FEAR PROJECT.
In the realm of advertising, his music has been synced with companies such as Vogue, NYTIMES, Alibaba, Anheuser Busch, Dropbox and Women in Film (WIF).
Early in his career he was an assistant to Oscar Winning film composer Elliot Goldenthal. In 2014, after participating in the ASCAP/Columbia University Film Scoring Workshop he was nominated to receive the ASCAP Foundation Henry Mancini Music Fellowship.