In Short: Benjamin Zecker is a Film Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist & Music Producer with diverse experience spanning television, film, and video games. He is the primary musical voice of numerous acclaimed projects, including three seasons of the ABC sitcom “Home Economics” starring Topher Grace, the Amazon MGM Original “About Fate” starring Emma Roberts, the gritty teen drama “Deltopia” from Lionsgate produced by Olivia Newton-John, the Emmy-winning documentary “Grind: The Robert Wilmote Story,” and more. Ben also prides himself on his animation chops having scored 70+ episodes of animated TV for Warner Bros. Discovery studio ‘Rooster Teeth‘ and a 3D animated feature film ‘Sheep & Wolves 2‘.
As a team writer, Ben has composed over 10 hours of score to picture for tent-pole television series, films, and games such as “SEE” (Apple TV+), “The Walking Dead” (AMC), “Outlander” and “Serpent Queen” (STARZ), “Housebroken” (FOX), “Taken” (NBC), “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” and “Call of Duty: Vanguard“ (Grammy Nominated), “Monsters at Work,” and “Royal Crackers” (MAX). to name just a few…
Beyond his film and television work, Ben recently composed and produced the score and immersive audio for the Mugar IMAX® Dome Pre-Show at the Museum of Science. This epic audiovisual experience features Leonard Nimoy’s iconic voice-over, making Ben the first composer after John Williams to score this project.
Ben employs a diverse range of traditional and unorthodox tools and methods throughout the scoring and music production process. His music is characterized by strong, memorable melodies, dynamic textures, and a consistent focus on supporting and enhancing a film’s narrative, visual aesthetics, and context.
Moreover: Early on, Ben aspired to become a concert pianist but ultimately gravitated towards the art of improvisation, composition and instrumentation. The technique and vocabulary gained from studying Bach, Chopin, Debussy etc. enabled Ben’s musical trajectory. Ben’s early mentors also taught him the importance of being a well rounded, modern musician. He learned to play jazz, blues, pop and studied music theory, orchestration, arranging and music production. This early education led Ben to studying Jazz Performance and Composition at The New School in NYC’s Greenwich Village. Transcribing jazz greats like Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and thoroughly examining rhythm and World music gave Ben an even deeper palate of colors to play with. After the New School, Ben spent a decade in Boston growing personally, musically and professionally, also investing in his studio. He made his living during those years as a session & touring multi-keyboard player, arranger, producer, composer for advertisements and other odd jobs as musician. Highlights include playing & writing for Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen’s band, and touring the US, Europe & Africa with acts like Jordan Knight, Sony Jazz Artist Robin McKelle, or drumming icon John Blackwell Jr. Zecker was also a regular at the legendary Q Division Studios playing sessions for dozens of artist records and producing an album for funk prodigy Alissia. In 2010 Ben had his first experience composing an orchestral score to picture and was instantly hooked. His knowledge and passion for the music of Debussy, Holst, Prokofiev and the scores of Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Danny Elfman, James Horner etc. finally became applicable. Although Benjamin continued to work in other areas of music for the next five years he knew the art of film scoring was something he must learn and pursue as a career. In mid 2015, Ben was one of 12 composers worldwide to be accepted into the prestigious ASCAP LA Film Scoring Workshop and the 2016 Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive. He moved to LA shortly after and fortunately was able to make the transition to a career composing for Film & TV projects. Ben lives in Valley Glen, Los Angeles with his wife Rebekah, their baby boy due in early March 2026, shepherd-husky pup Lily, and Teddy the orange cat.
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