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Ben Castle

Gregory Porter - All Rise

Ben wrote the brass arrangements for ‘Mister Holland’ and ‘Long List Of Troubles’ from Gregory Porter’s new album ‘All Rise’, out now on Blue Note.

Staged

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Ben and his bass clarinet are featured in Alex Baranowski’s soundtrack to Staged on BBC.

David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as two actors whose West End play has been put on hold due to Covid-19, but whose director has persuaded them to carry on rehearsing online.
The whole series is up on the BBC iPlayer now

So What / Blind Date

If you leave a human in lockdown for long enough, they will eventually do a mashup of So What and Blind Date.

Magic is Real

Ben co-wrote the music for the latest Just Eat advert with Luis Almau at Soundtree Music and arranged the Big Band score.

Sgt Pepper in Paris

Click HERE for the film of Sgt Pepper being played in it's entirety at Philharmonie in Paris by Ed Harcourt, Steve Mason, Pete Doherty, Carl Barât and Gaz Coombes with Ben on woodwinds, sax and alarm clock.

Spacebomb at the Barbican

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Ben will be part of the Spacebomb house band at the Barbican on 6th October 2017. It will be hosted by Matthew E White and feature performances by Matthew, Natalie Prass, Foxygen, Bedouine, Mike Scott, Slow Club and many more.

Click here for more details

Jazzwise review

Mark & Ben at The Verdict

Lovely Jazzwise review of Ben and long time collaborator Mark Edwards' first duo experiment at The Verdict in Brighton. A "wholly unpredictable, entirely improvised journey through sound". There will be more.

Click here to read the full review

Cat Laughs

Ben wrote the music for this video for the brilliant Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival.