Ben Foster

Foster as he appeared on Torchwood Declassified

Ben Foster was the composer for most of the episodes of the BBC Wales version of Torchwood. However, he is perhaps more prominent as the conductor and orchestrator of Murray Gold's compositions for Doctor Who from 2005 to 2015. In this capacity he has been highly visible on every BBC Music Doctor Who co-production, such as the Doctor Who at the Proms events.

Foster began his Doctor Who conducting and orchestrating roles after Series 1 in 2005 when the decision was made for the show to have fully orchestral music to suit the show's growing popularity and need for a melodic and thematic style, as well as the show's budget allowing this expansion. Foster was assigned to orchestrate for and conduct the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

He appeared as himself in several skits in the 2008 and 2010 versions of Doctor Who at the Proms.

Ben Foster is married to Nina Foster, a violinist from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She is also credited in the Series 1 and 2 Soundtrack.

Foster departed from his Doctor Who conducting and orchestrating roles in 2015 halfway through series 9, after ten years in the position, and was succeeded by Alastair King from The Zygon Invasion onwards.

Credits

Actor

As himself

• Music of the Spheres
• The Daleks & Davros
• Symphony of the Daleks

Composer

• Adam
• Adrift
• Captain Jack Harkness
• Children of Earth: Day Five
• Children of Earth: Day Four
• Children of Earth: Day One
• Children of Earth: Day Three
• Children of Earth: Day Two
• Combat
• Countrycide
• Day One
• A Day in the Death
• Dead Man Walking
• End of Days
• Exit Wounds
• Fragments
• From Out of the Rain
• Ghost Machine
• Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Meat
• Out of Time
• Random Shoes
• Reset
• Sleeper
• Small Worlds
• Something Borrowed
• They Keep Killing Suzie
• To the Last Man

Conductor and orchestrator

• The Almost People
• Amy's Choice
• The Angels Take Manhattan
• Asylum of the Daleks
• Backstage at the Doctor Who Prom
• Before the Flood
• The Bells of Saint John
• The Big Bang
• The Caretaker
• A Christmas Carol
• Closing Time
• Cold War
• The Curse of the Black Spot
• Dark Water
• The Day of the Doctor
• Day of the Moon
• Death in Heaven
• Deep Breath
• Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
• The Doctor's Wife
• The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
• The End of Time
• Face the Raven
• Flatline
• The Girl Who Died
• The Girl Who Waited
• The God Complex
• A Good Man Goes to War
• Hide
• The Hungry Earth
• The Impossible Astronaut
• In the Forest of the Night
• Into the Dalek
• Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
• Kill the Moon
• Last Christmas
• Let's Kill Hitler
• Listen
• The Lodger
• The Magician's Apprentice
• Mummy on the Orient Express
• The Name of the Doctor
• Night Terrors
• Nightmare in Silver
• The Pandorica Opens
• The Power of Three
• The Rebel Flesh
• The Rings of Akhaten
• Robot of Sherwood
• The Snowmen
• Time Heist
• The Time of the Doctor
• A Town Called Mercy
• Under the Lake
• The Wedding of River Song
• The Witch's Familiar
• The Woman Who Lived

External links

• Ben Foster at the Internet Movie Database
• Official SoundCloud
• Official Twitter account