Misplaced Pages

Ben Del Maestro

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
American singer

Benedict Del Maestro also professionally known as Ben Del Maestro is a British singer. He rose to prominence and limelight for singing the musical background score in the soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).

Career

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King also musters the biggest staged forces, with sections calling for eight trumpets and a similar increase in the rest of the brass section, two timpanists, a mixed choir of 85 with additional singers for all-male and all-female parts, over fifty in the boy choir, various vocal soloists including the American soprano Renee Fleming and the boy soprano Ben Del Maestro. He was also widely acknowledged for his vocal contribution to the refrain of "Inner Universe" - the title track of the critically acclaimed Japanese manga anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. He contributed vocal for the song titled Fish ~ Silent Cruise which featured in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. and also contributed vocal for the song titled Flashback Memory Plug alongside Origa which featured in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 3.

In 2024, the video footage of Ben Del Maestro performing with the London Oratory School Schola to finish the post-production work for the Lord of the Rings soundtrack resurfaced in social media platforms.

Featured discography

References

  1. "Ben Del Maestro - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  2. "Ben Del Maestro Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & ..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  3. "Ben Del Maestro - zdjęcia, dyskografia, muzyka na Tekstowo.pl". Tekstowo.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  4. "Release group "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" by Howard Shore - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  5. "Release group "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Motion Picture Trilogy Soundtrack" by Howard Shore - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  6. Uhl, Maëlle Beauget (2022-02-28). "Composer Howard Shore: The True King of 'The Lord of the Rings'". Collider. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  7. "Ben Del Maestro music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm. 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  8. "Footage emerges of boy soprano recording breathtaking vocals for 'Lord of the Rings' score". Classic FM. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

External links

Categories: