Paul Carter (songwriter)

Paul Carter
Also known as Benbrick[1]
Origin London, United Kingdom
Occupation(s) Producer, songwriter
Years active 2011–present
Associated acts Troye Sivan, Utada Hikaru
Website benbrick.co.uk

Paul Carter is a Platinum selling British songwriter and producer that works under the name Benbrick.[2] He is primarily known for contributing the end-credits music to the third instalment of the popular Japanese movie franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Shin Seiki Evangerion).[3]

Career

In 2014 Carter worked with Troye Sivan. The track they wrote together "Gasoline" was included on Troye Sivan's release TRXYE. The album charted on iTunes at number 1 in 58 countries [4] including the USA,[5] United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Carter wrote "Remember to Smile" with Jeff Franzel. It was released on the 2014 Elva Hsiao record "Shut Up And Kiss Me".[6] The album topped the iTunes charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It entered at number 3 in Malaysia.

In 2012 Carter co-wrote platinum[7] selling Sakura Nagashi[3][8] (桜流し) with Japanese popstar Hikaru Utada. It was released digitally and charted at No. 1 iTunes Japan,[9] No. 1 Chaka-Uta Recochoku Monthly,[10] and No. 1 Billboard Japan Hot Animation.[11] It is also the theme to the newest Evangelion movie series, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo[12] which was the biggest film opening of 2012 in Japan[13] and the 12th biggest opening of all time in Japan.[14]

Carter had 2 tracks[15] on China X Factor winner[16] Mary Jess debut album "Shine" which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and features the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[17] Stand As One was used for a global P&G TV advertising campaign.[18] Heaven Is Empty was the third single taken from the album.[19]

Paul Carter provided additional production for Gary Go 'Now Was Once The Future' album track "Heavy". Carter co-wrote and produced "Begging" for UK artist Project Alfie[20] which featured on Universal Musics R&B Compilation 2012.[21]

Interaction with Ricky Gervais

Carter composed [22] a short score to scenes cut from the Channel 4 TV Show Derek (TV show).[23] In 2014 the multi Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning creator of the show Ricky Gervais came across the music and began to post about it online. On Facebook he called the music ‘Stunningly beautiful’[24] and added later ‘I just want you to love it as much as I do’.[24] He tweeted about it multiple times [25][26][27][28] and reposted a blog post that Carter had made about the track.[29] It received over 650k+ plays on the video through Facebook.

Songwriting - selected discography

Releases

References

  1. ↑ Trash Bags. , Trash Bags, December 2012
  2. ↑ Benbrick on PRS., PRS M magazine
  3. 1 2 Paul Carter on IMDB. , IMDB, Dec 2012
  4. ↑ Idolator. , Idolator review, Aug 2014
  5. ↑ Troye Sivan 'TRXYE' on iTunes (Chart). , iTunes Charts.net July 2014
  6. ↑ Tracklisting for new Elva Hsiao record. , Elva new album, Aug 2014.
  7. ↑ RIAJ Certification for December 2012. , RIAJ downloads for December 2012, December 2012.
  8. ↑ Sakura Nagashi.JP Official Website. , EMI music JP.
  9. ↑ Sakura Nagashi on iTunes. , Music Chart Info, December 2012.
  10. ↑ Tokyo Hive. , Tokyo Hive, December 2012
  11. ↑ Hot Animation Billboard Japan. , Billboard, November 2012.
  12. ↑ IMDB. , IMDB, 2012
  13. ↑ Anime Draws Biggest Opening. , Hollywood Reporter, Dec 2012.
  14. ↑ Japan All Time Opening Weekends. , Box Office Mojo, Dec 2012.
  15. ↑ Discogs. , Discogs, 2011.
  16. ↑ Daily Mail. , Daily Mail, 2011.
  17. ↑ All Music., All Music 2011.
  18. ↑ As Seen on TV UK website. , AsSeenOnTheTv.co.uk.
  19. ↑ Amazon. , Heaven is Empty on Amazon, Dec 2012.
  20. ↑ Project Alfie YouTube. , YouTube, 2012.
  21. ↑ Amazon. , Amazon: Universal R&B Compilation 2012, 2012
  22. ↑ Paul Carter Vimeo. , Vimeo.com, Nov 2014.
  23. ↑ http://www.benbrick.co.uk. , Official Benbrick Website, First accessed December 2014.
  24. 1 2 Facebook. , FB.com, December 2014.
  25. ↑ Twitter. , Twitter, December 2014.
  26. ↑ Twitter. , Twitter, December 2014.
  27. ↑ Twitter. , Twitter, December 2014.
  28. ↑ Twitter. , Twitter, December 2014.
  29. ↑ Facebook. , Facebook, December 2014.


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