Biography

Emmy and Golden Reel Award-winner Ben Zarai is a sound designer, re-recording mixer, and composer with over 300 film and television credits to his name.

Ben began writing music at the age of seven. A native of Los Angeles, Ben grew up immersed in music and film. His love for both led him to pursue these two art forms professionally.

As a well-regarded composer, Ben has scored films starring actors such as Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis, 50 Cent, and Val Kilmer. His latest film, In Security, is a comedy that combines orchestra, funk, blues, and rock into a dynamic and exciting soundtrack.

Genres he has scored include drama, horror, suspense, action, adventure, documentary, and children's films. His musical styles include orchestral, rock, folk, funk, Latin, urban, electronic, Americana, blues, Western, and ambient/textural. Songs are also available upon request.

Ben's career and talents include other art forms, all of which contribute to his abilities as a composer. Ben wrote, directed, produced and edited a documentary about his work with James Cameron, which Cameron included on one of his DVDs. Ben collaborated on the writing, direction, production and editing of two short films. He associate-produced four feature films. He wrote two feature film scripts. And he has mixed and/or sound-designed 300 feature films and TV shows.

This experience has given Ben a breadth of knowledge and an artistic sensibility that allows him to tackle any project with not just talent, but real know-how and innovative creative ideas that delight and inspire directors.
- IMDb mini biography by: Zarai Music