Paul Carter (songwriter)


Paul Carter, also known as Benbrick, is a multi-platinum selling British songwriter, producer and composer. He wrote Sakura Nagashi with Hikaru Utada from her 2016 Japan Record Award winning album Fantôme which has sold over one million copies. In 2018 Benbrick started producing and composing on Have You Heard George's Podcast? with George The Poet. The podcast won 5 Gold British Podcast Awards in 2019 including the coveted Podcast of the Year award.

Songwriting

Benbrick wrote Sakura Nagashi with Japanese popstar Hikaru Utada. It charted at No. 1 on iTunes and has sold 600k singles worldwide.
Sakura Nagashi was the end-credits music to the Japanese movie which was the biggest film opening of 2012 and the 12th biggest opening of all time in Japan. The single was also included on the 2016 album Fantôme. Upon its release Fantôme debuted at number one in Japan, and 18 other countries. It reached No. 3 in the United States and No. 1 on the US Billboard World Albums. Fantôme won Best Album at the 58th Japan Record Awards and has sold 1m physical + digital units in Japan.
Benbrick wrote Gasoline with Troye Sivan which was included on his record TRXYE. The album charted on iTunes at No. 1 in 66 countries including the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. TRXYE debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and by July 2015 the EP had combined downloads of 371,000 in the United States, had sold 80,000 copies of the album, and had been streamed 39 million times.
Benbrick wrote Stand As One from Mary Jess debut album Shine which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and features the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Stand As One was used for a global P&G TV advertising campaign. Benbrick also wrote 記得要微笑 on the 2014 Elva Hsiao record "Shut Up And Kiss Me" which reached No. 1 on the iTunes charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Podcasting

In 2018 Benbrick started working with spoken word artist George The Poet composing and producing on his podcast “Have You Heard George’s Podcast?”. Everyman Cinema called the live show “a mind-bending experiment with musical storytelling” leading to 4 sell-out shows at Everyman Cinemas across the UK. In 2019 BBC Radio 4 called Episode 3 “a story that could change the world” and the podcast was nominated for 6 British Podcast Awards including Best New Podcast, Best Fiction, Smartest Podcast, Best Current Affairs, Best Arts & Culture, and Moment of the Year.

Interaction with Ricky Gervais

In 2014 Benbrick composed "The Only Shortcut" set to scenes from Ricky Gervais TV show Derek. Ricky Gervais discovered the music calling it 'stunningly beautiful' later adding 'I just want you to love it as much as I do'. In 2015 Benbrick composed "Perfect Ending" and set it to scenes from series 2 of the same show. This time Ricky Gervais called Benbrick "a future genius". The pair met in 2016 after Benbrick created the music for the Derek Christmas Special Trailer which Gervais posted on his official YouTube channel, and later that year Benbrick created the visual and music for a TigerTime advertisement - one of Ricky's charity ambassadorial projects.

Podcast Discography

Have You Heard George's Podcast Chapter Two

Solo Discography (as Benbrick)