Nick Foster
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Nick Foster is a BAFTA-winning British TV composer
and music producer
who has worked extensively over the past fifteen years. Originally best known for his work as part of production team Rose and Foster, he now composes music for television shows such as Derren Brown - The Events
(Channel Four), and The Cube
(ITV1
), and for commercials (with Soundtree Music).
, before forming Rose & Foster with Mike Rose. As part of Rose & Foster he wrote and produced records by artists such as Gary Barlow, East 17
, Toploader
, Gabrielle
, Lolly, Boyzone
and Kylie
. Rose & Foster were also responsible for discovering S Club 7
singer Rachel Stevens
, and subsequently wrote & produced hits for the band, as well as their offshoot S Club Juniors.
Since leaving Rose & Foster in 2005, Nick has worked as a composer & producer for television and commercials, most notably with Soundtree Music. His work with them can be seen on advertising campaigns including those for Sony Bravia
"Paint", Smirnoff "Sea"
, Levi’s
"Straight Walking", and Stella Artois
"Ice Skating Priests".
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
who has worked extensively over the past fifteen years. Originally best known for his work as part of production team Rose and Foster, he now composes music for television shows such as Derren Brown - The Events
Derren Brown: The Events
Derren Brown: The Events is a Channel 4 television series featuring the illusionist Derren Brown. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, this series is made up of four one-hour specials, during which Brown attempts what he has described as "some of the most incredible feats to date"...
(Channel Four), and The Cube
The Cube (game show)
The Cube is a BAFTA Award–winning British television game show which first aired on ITV on 22 August 2009. Presented by Phillip Schofield, it offers contestants the chance to win a top prize of £250,000 by completing challenges from within a 4x4x4 metre Perspex cube...
(ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
), and for commercials (with Soundtree Music).
Career
Nick Foster began his career working as a keyboard player for legendary hitmakers Stock & WatermanStock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
, before forming Rose & Foster with Mike Rose. As part of Rose & Foster he wrote and produced records by artists such as Gary Barlow, East 17
East 17
East 17 are a pop boy band comprising Tony Mortimer, John Hendy and Terry Coldwell. Tony Mortimer is the group's frontman and primary songwriter. Formed in Walthamstow, London in 1991, the group have achieved eighteen Top 20 singles and four Top 10 albums, and were one of the UK's most popular boy...
, Toploader
Toploader
Toploader are an English band from Eastbourne who formed in 1997, with over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad. Their debut album, Onka's Big Moka, sold over 1 million units and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album chart for over six months...
, Gabrielle
If I Ever Fall in Love
"If I Ever Fall in Love" is an a cappella song by Shai, which reached #2 in the US charts in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. Its eight weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US meant that it held the record for the second-most weeks at number two in the chart's...
, Lolly, Boyzone
Boyzone
Boyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12...
and Kylie
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
. Rose & Foster were also responsible for discovering S Club 7
S Club 7
S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, were a pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, consisting of members Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, de facto lead singer Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens. The group rose to fame by starring in their...
singer Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
, and subsequently wrote & produced hits for the band, as well as their offshoot S Club Juniors.
Since leaving Rose & Foster in 2005, Nick has worked as a composer & producer for television and commercials, most notably with Soundtree Music. His work with them can be seen on advertising campaigns including those for Sony Bravia
BRAVIA
BRAVIA is a Sony brand used to market its high-definition LCD televisions, projection TVs and front projectors and for the PlayStation 3 , along with its home cinema range under the sub-brand BRAVIA Theatre. The BRAVIA name is an acronym of "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture"...
"Paint", Smirnoff "Sea"
Sea (Smirnoff)
Sea is an advertising campaign launched by Diageo in 2007 to promote Smirnoff brand vodka. It centres around a 60-second commercial created by JWT, which premiered on 17 August 2007 in showings of The Bourne Ultimatum at selected cinemas across the United Kingdom...
, Levi’s
Levi Strauss & Co.
Levi Strauss & Co. is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Franconia, to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business...
"Straight Walking", and Stella Artois
Stella Artois
Stella Artois is a 5% ABV lager brewed in Leuven, Belgium since 1926. In the UK, Canada and New Zealand a 4% ABV version is also available.-Production:...
"Ice Skating Priests".
Awards
- BAFTA Craft Award 2011 - The Cube
- Gold Clio Best Original Music 2008 - Sony Walkman 'Music Pieces'
- D&ADD&ADDesign and Art Direction is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising...
winner Yellow Pencil Best Use Of Music 2008 - Sony Walkman 'Music Pieces' - BTAA Awards 2008 : Best 60-90 Second TV Commercial (Gold) - Sony Walkman 'Music Pieces'
- BTA Craft Awards : Best Original Music 2007 – Ford “Own the Road Again”
- Creative Circle Silver Award 2006 / D&AD winner Yellow Pencil Best Use Of Music 2006 - 3 Mobile “Tuperzik”
- Campaign Ad of the Year 2006 – Sony BRAVIA “Paint”
- Adfest Silver Award 2010 : Best Original Music - Subaru 'Crowd Rider'
- Finalist Clio Best Original Music 2010 : Subaru 'Crowd Rider'
Commercials
- Stella Artois - "9 Step Pouring Ritual" (composition) dir. Matt Dilmore
- Trop 50 - "Jane" (composition) dir. Paul Weiland
- Stella Artois - "Respect" (composition) dir. Patrick Daughters
- Vodafone - "Pegasus" (composition) dir. Daniel Wolfe
- Stella Cidre - "Le President" (composition) dir. Joachim Back
- Stella Artois - "Train" (composition) dir. Agustin Alberdi
- Walkers - "Groovy Kind Of Love" (arrangement / production) dir. Paul Weiland
- Dove - "Body Language" (composition)
- Stella Artois - "Crying Jean" (composition / production) dir. Ringan Ledwidge
- Sony - "This Is 3D" (arrangement/production) dir. Jonathan Glazer
- Lipton - "Sip Of Inspiration" (arrangement/production) dir. Noam Murro
- Guinness - "World" (composition) dir. Johnny Green
- Comic Relief - "Penalty" (composition) dir. Paul Weiland
- Sainsbury's - "Perfect Christmas" (composition / production) dir. Adrian Moat
- Cheestrings - "Feel The Calcium" (composition)
- Channel Five - "Don't Stop Believing" (arrangement / production) dir. Kim Gehrig
- Pine Sol - "Visitor" (composition) dir. Tom Carty
- Subaru - "Crowd Rider" (composition) dir. Steve Rogers
- Sainsbury's - "Truck" (arrangement / production)
- Pine Sol - "Balcony" (composition) dir. Tom Carty
- Pepsi - "Rising" (composition) dir. Danny Kleinman
- Heinz - "Bottle" (composition) dir. Dougal Wilson
- Ford - "Kinetic Designs" (composition) dir. Nick Lewin
- Nokia - "The Web That Hands Made" (composition) dir. Tom Carty (released as single 'Nowever' - Nick Foster Band feat. Megan Wyler)
- Ford - "Go Find It" (composition)
- Wispa - "For The Love Of Wispa" (composition) dir. Jonathan Hopkins
- Fosters - Hank (composition) dir. Fredrik Bond
- Smirnoff – “Sea” (composition) dir. Danny Kleinman
- Sony Bravia – “Paint” (arrangement / production) dir. Jonathan GlazerJonathan GlazerJonathan Glazer is an English director of films, commercials and music videos.-Biography:After studying theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, Glazer started out directing theatre and making film and television trailers, including award-winning work for the BBC...
- Royal Mail - "Grow" (composition) dir. Johnny Green
- Sony Walkman – “Music Pieces” (composition/arrangement/production) dir. Nick Gordon
- Nokia - "Harmony" (composition) dir. Pleix
- Toyota - "Every Bit Brilliant" (composition) dir. Nick Gordon
- Fosters - "75% Japanese 25% Australian" (composition)
- Ladbrokes - "Lemur" (composition) dir. Scott Lyon
- Ford – “Own The Road Again” (composition)
- Levi’s - “Straight Walk” (production) dir. Tom Carty
- Honda - "Jump" (additional production) dir. Johnny Green
- Guinness - "Tipping Point" (additional production) dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
- Specsavers : "Collie Wobble" (production) dir. Chris Palmer
- AOL : “Discuss” (composition)
- Stella Artois – “Ice Skating Priests” (additional production) dir. Jonathan GlazerJonathan GlazerJonathan Glazer is an English director of films, commercials and music videos.-Biography:After studying theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, Glazer started out directing theatre and making film and television trailers, including award-winning work for the BBC...
- Motorola RED – “Red” (composition / production) dir. Jonathan GlazerJonathan GlazerJonathan Glazer is an English director of films, commercials and music videos.-Biography:After studying theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, Glazer started out directing theatre and making film and television trailers, including award-winning work for the BBC...
- Guinness - Noitulove (additional production) dir. Danny Kleinman
- Mercedes B Class - All Roads Lead To B (composition)
- Coca Cola - "The Real Fans" (composition / production) dir. Frederic Planchon
Television
- Derren Brown : Miracles For Sale (composition) - Objective / Channel Four UK TV 2011
- The Cube (composition) - Objective / ITV1 UK TV 2009/2010/2011
- Penn & Teller : Fool Us (composition) - September Films / ITV1 UK TV 2011
- Wall Of Fame (composition) - CPL / Sky One UK TV 2011
- Let's Dance For Comic Relief (composition) - Whizzkid / BBC One 2011
- Comedy Roast (composition) - Monkey / Channel Four UK TV 2011
- David Walliams' Awfully Good (composition) - Crook Productions / Channel Four UK TV 2011
- Derren Brown : Hero at 30,000 Feet (composition) - Objective / Channel Four UK TV 2010
- ITV1 on-screen identities 2006–present (composition with Peter Raeburn)
- Magic Numbers (composition) - CPL / ITV1 UK TV 2010
- Being N-Dubz (composition) - Whizzkid / Channel Four 2010
- Let's Dance For Sport Relief (composition) - Whizzkid / BBC One 2010
- Derren Brown : The Events (composition) - Objective / Channel Four UK TV 2009
- Torchwood : Children Of Earth Season 3 – Day 5 (production / programming)– BBC One 2009 (composer : Ben FosterBen Foster (orchestrator)Ben Foster is a British composer, orchestrator and conductor who is best known for his work as an orchestrator on the BBC series Doctor Who.- Career :...
) - Anonymous (composition) - Tiger Aspect / ITV1 UK TV 2009
- TorchwoodTorchwoodTorchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...
Seasons 1 & 2 – various episodes (production / programming)– BBC TV 2006 & 2008 (composer : Ben FosterBen Foster (orchestrator)Ben Foster is a British composer, orchestrator and conductor who is best known for his work as an orchestrator on the BBC series Doctor Who.- Career :...
/ Murray GoldMurray GoldMurray Gold is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio.-Television:Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA four times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair , Queer as Folk , Casanova and Doctor Who...
) - Doctor Who - The Next Doctor - (programming) - BBC TV 2008 (composer : Murray GoldMurray GoldMurray Gold is an English composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio.-Television:Gold has been nominated for a BAFTA four times in the category Best Original Television Music, for Vanity Fair , Queer as Folk , Casanova and Doctor Who...
) - Red Bull Rivals (composition) - Tiger Aspect / Channel Four UK TV 2009
- The Green Room (composition) - Whizzkid / Channel Four UK TV 2008
- This Is David Gest (composition) – ITV1 UK TV 2007
- Ready Steady CookReady Steady CookReady Steady Cook was a BBC daytime TV cooking programme it first debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last edition was broadcast on the 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott became the new host...
(arrangement / production) – BBC / Endemol UK TV 2007 (composer : Ken BolamKen BolamKen Bolam is a British film and TV composer who has worked extensively over the past twenty years. He is best known for his work on popular TV shows such as Ready Steady Cook , Derren Brown - The Events , and The Cube , as well as on the BAFTA award-winning Jim Henson TV series The Hoobs...
) - Big Brother PantoBig Brother PantoBig Brother Panto is a special series of Big Brother that brought together ten housemates from previous Big Brothers to produce the pantomime Cinderella. It aired from 20 December 2004 to 5 January 2005 on the Channel 4 network....
(composition / production / musical direction) - Pepsi Musica (composition) - Zeal TV / Telemundo US TV 2008
- Concierto Clandestino (composition) - Zeal TV / Telemundo US TV 2007
Film
- Blue Valentine - At The Drop of The Day (composition with Matt Sweeney & Peter Raeburn)- 2011 dir. Derek Cianfrance
- Flirting With Flamenco (titles - composition with Ken Bolam) - Optimist Films 2006
Writer / Producer
- Kylie Minogue : 'Cover Me With Kisses' from 'Spinning Around' (UK No.1)
- S Club 7 : You're My Number One (UK No.2)
- Album 'S Club' (double platinum)
- Album 'Seeing Double' (gold)
- East 17 : Hey Child (UK No.3)
- Lolly : 'Hey Mickey'
- 'My First Album' (gold album)
- Album ‘Pick n’Mix’ (other tracks inc. Viva La Radio ; Per Sempre Amore; Big Boys Don't Cry...) (three UK top 10 singles)
- North & South : ‘I’m A Man Not A Boy’ (UK top 10 single)
- Peter Raeburn 'You & Me' (Nowever Records)
Producer
- Torchwood - Children Of Earth OST comp. Ben Foster (co-producer)
- Wiley - I Am The Sea ; Album 'See Clear Now'
- S Club Juniors: One Step Closer (UK No.2)
- Album 'Together' (platinum)
- Gary Barlow: 'Open Road' (No.1 airplay, UK top 10 single)
- Album 'Open Road' (platinum) ; Album 'Twelve Months Eleven Days'
- Gabrielle + East 17: If You Ever (UK No.2, double-platinum single)
- 1m selling album 'Gabrielle'
- Toploader: Only For A While
- Album 'Onka's Big Moka' (1m selling)
- East 17: Someone To Love UK top 10 single (additional production / single mix)
- Album 'The Journey So Far' (double platinum)
- Boyzone: I Love The Way You Love Me
- Album 'Where We Belong' (6 x platinum)
- Roachford: The Way I Feel (No.1 airplay)
- Album “Feel” (gold)
- Aaron Carter: 'Hey You'
- Album 'Oh Aaron' (1.5m selling)
- Album ”Aaron's Party” (1m selling)
- 911: “How Do You Want Me To Love You ?” (UK top 10)
- Album ‘Moving On’ (gold)