Ben Cole is a freelance composer, arranger and international organist. Training initially to be a concert pianist, Ben has since been an assistant musical director and répétiteur of both operas and musicals, accompanist of many genres from Schubert lieder to songs by Jason Robert Brown, a choral and orchestral conductor, jazz pianist and continuo keyboard player. Ben maintains this eclecticism in his own music, having written OSTs for video games, soundtracks for small films, arrangements and descants of popular hymns and carols, choral anthems and two musicals. He has won both academic and musical scholarships from Robinson College, Cambridge.
As a composer, Ben seeks to infuse the expressive capabilities of choral and organ music into all his work and believes the best examples of film music employ both these elements to great effect. The versatility and idiosyncrasy of the organ as a solo and ensemble instrument adds colour to a soundscape that no other instrument can. With the increasing capabilities of modern orchestrations, the organ serves a unique third degree that can serve to heighten the ever-growing scope of storytelling through film and video games.
Ben is currently working as Musical Director and improv pianist for the summer run of the Canal Café Theatre's NewsRevue . He is also an amateur software engineer and content creator.