Christian Henson Biography – Christian Henson Wiki
Christian Henson is a British composer, primarily working on television and film soundtracks. He has also soundtracked video games and is the co-founder of Spitfire Audio with fellow composer Paul Thomson. Henson has been nominated for a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello Award for his music.
As a child, he acted in the 1980 film Never Never Land. After attending Holland Park Comprehensive in the 1980s, in his youth, he worked for three years as a baker, with a home studio that he used in his spare time. He suffered a brain hemorrhage at 25, gave up his bakery job, and moved into music and voiceover producing and engineering full time, as well as making music for adult-film videos.
In the early 1990s, Henson worked on drum and bass and breakbeat music with acts such as LTJ Bukem and the Freestylers. From 1997-2001, he worked as an assistant for composers Anne Dudley, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rupert Gregson-Williams, and Patrick Doyle. He can’t read music and taught himself how to orchestrate soundtracks.
Henson gained a 2007 Ivor Novello Awards nomination for ‘Best Original Movie Score’ for his work on the 2006 film Severance. He received 2004 World Soundtrack Awards “Soundtrack Composer of the Year” and “Discovery of the Year” nominations for Les fils du vent. He was nominated, along with fellow composers Jerry Goldsmith and The Flight (his brother Joe Henson and Alexis Smith), for a BAFTA for the music of the Alien: Isolation video game in 2015.
He founded the British music technology company Spitfire Audio with fellow composer Paul Thomson in 2007. The company is a producer of musical virtual instruments, and has collaborated with noted film composer Hans Zimmer, as well as Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Olafur Arnalds, Roger Taylor of Queen, Eric Whitacre, posthumously with the explorer and musician David Fanshawe, and most recently with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In 2018, he launched a website called Piano book, dedicated to creating and sharing sampled instruments for free. It is run by a small group of volunteers, but anyone could share and use sounds, for free.
Christian Henson Age
He was born on December 25, 1971, in London, United Kingdom.
Christian Henson Wife
He is married to his wife, Dot Allison who is a Scottish singer and songwriter. They live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Christian Henson Children
It is not known whether he has children or not.
Christian Henson Parents
He is the older son of actors Una Stubbs and Nicky Henson. His younger brother Joe Henson is also a composer, as is his half-brother Keaton Henson. His uncle was the farmer and television presenter Joe Henson and Adam Henson is his cousin. His great-uncle was the cricketer Geoffrey Howard. His great-great-grandfather was Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement and the first garden cities Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City.
Christian Henson Siblings
His younger brother is composer Joe Henson, his half-brother is Keaton Henson and Jason Gilmore.
Christian Henson Instagram
His Instagram account is @christianhensonmusic.
