こんにちは I'm Benbrick. This is my piano version of Sakura Nagashi 桜流し which I wrote with Utada Hikaru. We recorded this in a piano warehouse in London. Thank you for watching and please like and subscribe!
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🚫 Sakura Nagashi originally performed by Utada Hikaru in the anime film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo [ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q]. Music written by Utada Hikaru and Paul Carter. Music published by Sony (Japan). Music used with permission.
こんにちは I'm Benbrick. This is my piano version of Sakura Nagashi 桜流し which I wrote with Utada Hikaru. We recorded this in a piano warehouse in London. Thank you for watching and please like and subscribe!
🎹 T W I T T E R @benbrick 🎹 I N S T A G R A M @benbrick 🎹 W E B benbrick.com
🚫 Sakura Nagashi originally performed by Utada Hikaru in the anime film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo [ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q]. Music written by Utada Hikaru and Paul Carter. Music published by Sony (Japan). Music used with permission.The Sound of Unwind - BBC Radio 3 IdentsBenbrick2025-04-30 | Launching a new station is not simple!
When I first spoke to Phil, the commissioner at BBC Radio 3, it was clear they wanted to construct a distinctive identity for this new station, Unwind - something calm but confident, spacious but intentional.
One of the key tasks was to create four themes: two for daytime and two for nighttime. These 20-second pieces needed to echo our shorter sonic ident while still allowing space for voiceover. Each one begins with a B-B-C motif (technically it ended up being B flat... but you get the idea).
I'm proud to say we’ve been nominated for Best Sonic Branding at this year’s ARIA Awards. I’ll also be speaking about the creative process behind the sound with the teams at BBC Radio 3 and Granny Eats Wolf at The Podcast Show.Radio 3 Unwind Original IdentsBenbrick2025-04-08 | Behind the scenes at the iconic Maida Vale studios recording with the BBC Concert Orchestra for Radio 3 Unwind.
BBC Radio 3 Unwind is a radio stream, run as a spin-off from BBC Radio 3. Launched in 2024, the station plays a wide range of wellbeing and meditation focussed classical music both familiar and new, intertwined with voices and soundscapes. The stream broadcasts exclusively on BBC Sounds, and a full launch on DAB+ is due to take place in 2025.Sentence + SentienceBenbrick2025-03-19 | Me: My tweet got one like. AI: Was it your mum?Can AI lie?Benbrick2025-03-14 | The two voice model AI's reveal they don't like me, then when I question them on it, they lie. #aiethicsWhats my name? (ft. Sesames Maya and Myles)Benbrick2025-03-10 | They say they got it but pretty sure they don't @sesame #AITWO AIS IN CONVERSATION [Fireflies across the nebula]Benbrick2025-03-03 | this is two versions of Maya (Sesame AI) talking to each other. one is on my desktop, and the other on my phone. They were writing a poem about fireflies before this moment. One of the AI's loses their mind, and the other tries to save them.
Music by benbrick.Top 5 Sakura Nagashi Covers (桜流し) | Utada HikaruBenbrick2025-01-22 | I'm celebrating my version of Utada Hikaru's Sakura Nagashi hitting 1 mil plays. Here are my top 5 covers by other people from YouTube!
00:09 Number 5 00:26 Number 4 00:48 Number 3 01:05 Number 2 01:30 Number 1
#sakuranagashi #utadahikaru #evangelion
Sakura Nagashi" (桜流し) is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It was released by EMI Music Japan digitally on November 17, 2012, with a DVD single released December 26, 2012. The song is the theme to the third film of the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, and was later included on their sixth Japanese-language studio album Fantôme, released in 2016. The single also marked Utada's last release under the then EMI-controlled EMI Music Japan as the label was absorbed into Universal Music Japan as EMI Records Japan in April 2013.We hit 1 million views on Sakura Nagashi!Benbrick2025-01-08 | My version of Sakura Nagashi , originally written with Utada Hikaru just hit 1 million plays on YouTube! Thanks to everyone who has watched!
#SakuraNagashi #PianoCover #MusicComposing with an orchestraBenbrick2024-12-19 | Sometimes I’m writing music, adding all sorts of instrumentation, and George is like, “nah" lol. So we strip it all back, and annoyingly, the scene almost always works way better 🤣. This was one of those moments—most of it only needed one instrument, a keyboard line.
#SoundDesign #Podcasting #CreativeProcess #HYHGPThis is how to create seamless transitions in your #podcast #productionBenbrick2024-12-11 | How we moved from Lonnie Liston Smith into my original reinterpretation. This is a good way to maintain the feel of a section, but create more space.Putting Jay-Z in a scene #musicproduction #sounddesignBenbrick2024-12-05 | Breaking down a scene from Episode 19—creating the sound design and atmosphere as George the Poet walks to the mic. We’ve got a cameo from Jay-Z in the background.
#SoundDesign #Podcasting #CreativeProcessDigital Ethics #bbcsounds #georgethepoet #audioproducerBenbrick2024-11-29 | ...DJ Blakey Vs Jay-Z #scratching #DJ #musicproductionBenbrick2024-11-20 | At a talk recently, someone asked, “Where did you find those archive samples for the Jay-Z episode?”
We didn’t find them—we made them. If you want unique audio, sometimes you have to create it!
Shoutout to DJ Blakey for the magic ✨, George the Poet for keeping us inspired, the magicians at Pioneer & Serato, and of course PSE for their support of my videos.
#SoundDesign #jayzBBC R3 UnwindBenbrick2024-11-04 | BBC Radio 3 Unwind, a new 24/7 stream showcasing a broad and eclectic range of calming classical music, is now live!
The new audio branding and idents for the stream have been created by the Peabody Award-winning, multi-platinum selling English songwriter, producer and composer Benbrick, recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra.BBC Radio 3 UnwindBenbrick2024-10-30 | Beyond excited for the upcoming launch of @BBC Radio 3 Unwind on Monday, 4th November! 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, and more, to this 𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 for music to unwind your mind.
Get ready for peaceful favourites, new compositions, and unique soundscapes.
#Radio3Unwind #ClassicalMusic #BBCConcertOrchestra #MindfulMusic #CalmingSounds #ModernClassical #SoothingSounds #soundscapesRecording Piano at Abbey RoadBenbrick2024-10-22 | Recording my composition Time Travel for last seasons podcast with George The Poet. Sat at the Steinway D in the room where The Beatles made their records. I gotta stay in time with the click in my headphones so Adam Miller (recording engineer) doesn’t shout at me, and to avoid giving Andreas Larsen (mixer) a tougher job... But also trying to remember I’m in Abbey Road Studios, and that’s quite great. 😅
#abbeyroad #piano #beatles #recordingstudio #recordingartist #musicproduction #musicstudio #pianist#Piano in progress: LisztBenbrick2024-10-15 | This summer in Budapest, I met a music scholar who described Liszt’s Consolation No. 3 as nothing short of a “perfect work.”
In much the same way that one book leads me to the next through weird serendipitous mentions, this conversation was surely an invitation to explore this piece.
A work-in-progress: Consolation No. 3 by Liszt.
PS: For those curious – my piano’s a bit out of tune, but by layering a washed-out reverb track over a tuned version, it sounds like this. #Piano #Liszt #pianistCREATIVITY ft. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Destroy Your Audio)Benbrick2024-10-07 | Destroy Your Audio! Whenever I get asked about creativity in audio production I always seem to mention one scene. This scene!
Here's a behind the scenes look at how I put it together with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and David Morrissey.
00:00 Introduction 00:30 The setup 02:16 Find Idiosyncrasies 03:01 Develop characters with soundRECORDING UNDERWATERBenbrick2024-07-09 | A behind-the-scenes look at one of the scenes from Radioman, focusing on production techniques used in a drowning scene featuring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Learn how I integrated the actor's recorded performance on iPhone to create a realistic audio experience for Audible.Letter To A Young ComposerBenbrick2024-05-28 | Last month I was asked to write a letter to a young composer inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, with my thoughts about the craft, my influences and the things I wish I'd known when I was starting out. It aired on BBC Radio 3's The Essay on Wednesday 1st May 2024.
00:00 No one will care as much as you 00:44 Ricky Gervais Pt. 1 01:27 The process is the key 01:53 AI Music + clarity on training 03:45 My Career + Utada 04:54 Perfectionism + rules 06:12 AI Instruments + Diffusion models 08:08 The work 09:12 Ricky Gervais Pt. 2 12:13 George The Poet 12:45 Mental healthTHE $100,000 SOUNDBenbrick2024-05-21 | There was a scene in the podcast Radioman where the character is playing Call of Duty Warzone. I thought it would be fun to recreate the audio from scratch. I took footage from one of Optic Scump's competitions and started switching all their sounds out for my own. This is how i did it.
www.benbrick.comRECORDING AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOSBenbrick2024-05-14 | A special 2021 film behind the scenes with George The Poet and Benbrick as they record the score to Chapter 3 of Have You Heard George's Podcast? with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.
The Peabody Award-winning and critically-acclaimed podcast from George the Poet delivers a fresh take on inner city life through a mix of storytelling, music and fiction.
Listen to the Chapter 3 on BBC Sounds.
Film by Pierre JermaineAI VS THE MUSIC INDUSTRYBenbrick2023-04-12 | AI has the potential for god like power. Should we be scared? Let me know what you think! twitter.com/benbrick
Peabody Award-winning producer Benbrick dives into the world of artificial intelligence, with a unique focus on creativity and artistry, told through Alvin Toffler's seminal book: Future Shock.
He looks at the impact of AI-generated music, examining the questions it raises about ethics, transparency, and human creativity. He also addresses concerns about AI's influence on society, and its potential to wield god-like powers.
Benbrick, hailed by the FT as "0NE 0F THE M0ST IMAGINATIVE AND F0RWARD-THINKING PR0DUCERS IN AUDI0” has created an artistic and immersive radio experience, offering a fresh perspective on the role of AI in our lives.
Originally aired on BBC Front Row on 11/04/23. Production, narration and music by Benbrick.
00:00 Introduction 01:38 Part One: AI Words 05:04 Part Two: AI Sound 08:58 Part Three: The FutureChopin (1 min Piano)Benbrick2023-01-21 | I make music. I am also testing how to shoot something on the piano. Bare with me whilst I run some tests! Please like and subscribe!
Music: Preludes, Op. 28, No. 13 in F-Sharp Major Track: Grip Gear Movie Maker 2 Camera: Go Pro 10 BlackBeethoven (1 min Piano)Benbrick2023-01-11 | I make music. I am also testing how to shoot something on the piano. Bare with me whilst I run some tests! Please like and subscribe!
Music: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" Track: Grip Gear Movie Maker 2 Camera: Go Pro 10 Black
#piano #pianomusicRachmaninoff (1 min Piano)Benbrick2023-01-08 | I make music. I am also testing how to shoot something on the piano. Bare with me whilst I run some tests! Please like and subscribe!
Music: Rachmaninoff Moments Musicaux Op 16. III. Track: Grip Gear Movie Maker 2 Camera: Go Pro 10 BlackTEXTURES AND TRANSITIONS FOR PODCASTSBenbrick2022-12-07 | Thanks to Pro Sound Effects for inviting me to talk about some of the work I’ve done with George The Poet on Have You Heard George’s Podcast? Let me know if you learned anything!
00:00 Intro 00:12 Going back in time SFX 01:15 Logic Pro Automation + Applying FX 02:57 Adding Textures 03:47 Adding Sounds 04:36 Creating Unique Transitions
Pro Sound Effects helps creators bring their ideas to life through sound. • Explore sound libraries: bit.ly/32x5NHl • Watch more tutorials: @prosoundeffects
#Podcasting #Podcasts #SoundDesign #GeorgeThePoeot #HaveYouHeardGeorgesPodcast #BenbrickMidjourney AI (1 min Piano)Benbrick2022-11-24 | Running some experiments streaming @midjourney AI generated images over music. This is gonna be fun! #AI #AIartBenbrick on BBC Radio 4Benbrick2022-11-16 | To celebrate 100 years of the BBC I was on Radio 4 talking about the art of radio, and the future of creative audio with Samira Ahmed. I discussed Have You Heard George's Podcast, Zane Lowe, The Beatles, Talib Kweli and some other bits.
Thanks to George The Poet, BBC Concert Orchestra, Evan Rogers, Adam Miller, Tom Kelly, 50Cent, and the other great guests Tom McCarthy, Ahdaf Soueif and Greg Mosse.MANIPULATING MUSIC IN PODCASTSBenbrick2022-06-22 | Let's dive into some production from Have You Heard George's Podcast? In Episode 20 (Young) we move from a rowdy piano bar (with Jay-Z's crew being the noisiest) to a performance by George The Poet over Lonnie Liston Smith's "A Garden of Peace". We move inside George's head and warp the original sound. At the end we combine scratching from DMC Champion DJ Blakey to news reports to make a compelling reveal.
If you're interested in creative podcast production please subscribe and like the video and stay tuned for more.
#podcasting #musicproducer #logicprox #audiotwo paths in the woods [demo]Benbrick2022-04-29 | I came across two paths in the woods today and I didn't know which one to take one was green and had been trampled under foot but the other was the one that I took...
it had brambles from the treetops in the sky down to the forest floor that barely saw the light but it lead to somewhere no one else had been and I spied treasure that could one day belong to me...
what if I'm wrong about being wrong?ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR PODCASTSBenbrick2022-04-25 | In this video I talk about the opening of Episode 25 (Who Hurt R&B?) from Have You Heard George's Podcast? George the Poet wanted to use the Drake & GIVĒON track Chicago Freestyle. In order to maintain the feel of this song I needed to do some additional programming.
If you're interested in creative podcast production please subscribe and like the video and stay tuned for more.
#podcasting #musicproducer #logicproxCreativity in Podcast Sound Design 2Benbrick2021-11-24 | I teamed up with Pro Sound Effects again to bring you part 2 of my series on Creativity in Podcast Sound Design. We're gonna break down episode 19 of Have You Heard George's Podcast? called Common Ground.
00:00 Intro 01:06 Vocals 03:17 Sound Design 10:22 Music 13:39 Outro
Pro Sound Effects helps creators bring their ideas to life through sound. • Explore sound libraries: bit.ly/32x5NHl • Watch more tutorials: @prosoundeffectsBenbrick - The Cipher (Podcast Theme)Benbrick2021-01-09 | I was thrilled to create some music for the BBC podcast The Cipher which features Anya Chalotra and Chance Perdomo. I've been blown away by the response to the series, and wanted to share the opening theme music for you all.
Written by Benbrick. Produced by Benbrick with additional production by the wizard Thorne.audio. The Cipher is a Goldhawk Production commissioned by BBC Sounds.Creativity in Podcast Sound Design 1Benbrick2020-10-06 | Thanks to Pro Sound Effects for inviting me to talk about some of the work I’ve done with George The Poet on Have You Heard George’s Podcast? Let me know if you learned anything!
00:00 Intro 00:39 Attention to detail 01:57 Inside a diner 03:58 Outside the diner 05:58 Adding musical elements 08:49 Microtonality
Pro Sound Effects helps creators bring their ideas to life through sound. • Explore sound libraries: bit.ly/32x5NHl • Watch more tutorials: @prosoundeffects
#Podcasting #Podcasts #SoundDesign #GeorgeThePoeot #HaveYouHeardGeorgesPodcast #BenbrickHeaven Is Empty [2010 Demo]Benbrick2019-09-14 | My original demo for Heaven is Empty. The 2011 version appeared on Mary Jess debut album Shine, recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road. The audio originally appeared on Blockchain social media site steemit.com. Mary Jess version here youtube.com/watch?v=ZgOPw-iYRggLearn Sakura Nagashi On PianoBenbrick2018-07-20 | Learn how to play Sakura Nagashi on the piano. You can buy the sheets digitally from http://www.benbrick.com
Sakura Nagashi from EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO By Hikaru Utada and Paul Carter
Copyright (c) 2012 Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. All Rights Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219 International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLCAmidst Silence creates Eclipse artworkBenbrick2018-03-08 | This is the video for Eclipse by Benbrick. The artwork is created by Amidstsilence. You can find her work here:
Buy the MP3 of this piece of music http://smarturl.it/theonlyshortcut
Yesterday I bought and downloaded Keyscape containing 80 GB's of keyboard samples. I wanted to make a video demonstrating just how expressive it is. Spectrasonics have been one of my favourite creators of sound libraries for a long time. I use their instrument Omnisphere 2 on almost every piece of music I create. Last month they released Keyscape which has been in development for over 10 years.in the end [Voice 264.3ga]Benbrick2016-07-20 | voice recording from 12/02/2013 uploaded in answer to: twitter.com/manjowithane/status/755891186276020225
at the end of everything shall we say we always tried to try our hardest?
and the walls that we helped break the love that we both made? let's call it everything
when the gods are looking up saying tell me what you know about regret will you say "i wouldn't change a thing I lived to love completely"
a read a story that said in ten years you'll regret the things you didn't do not the things you did badly i thought of you
you said "everybody finds love" you said "everybody finds love" in the end.Ricky Gervais - Derek (S2 Trailer)Benbrick2015-04-12 | 🎵 Buy on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/perfectending
UPDATE: Ricky Gervais called me a "Future genius" after he saw this! This is inspired by his second series of TV show Derek. Watch the behind the scenes video here youtube.com/watch?v=fGN7cfzg3GE
ALSO: I originally composed a piece of music to series 1 vimeo.com/74377339 which Ricky Gervais also saw, and called 'Stunningly Beautiful'!
► UPDATE: Ricky Gervais called me a "Future genius" after he saw this! This is inspired by his second series of TV show Derek. You can also watch it set to scenes from the show here youtube.com/watch?v=HfwcLRuTHlw.
ALSO: I originally composed a piece of music to series 1 vimeo.com/74377339 which Ricky Gervais also saw, and called 'Stunningly Beautiful'!
Oh yeah, i'll see her again but by then, it's too late, to care, or dwell on insecurities
we all act like this: talking hours about shit but not talking about each other like it don't mean a thing when it means everything that makes it harder to say it but where's the logic in that? all i'm saying is i need you back
not just someone when the nights are colder i find it hard to put anything over what you and I had.
pitch black pictures we can't expose them a world apart but we were chosen
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And So She Runs is a story about a boy and a girl. SHORTLIST magazine called this 'music built for a soundtrack'. P.S. This track is part of an EP which you can buy http://benbrick.co.uk/buy
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This still so many things I’m afraid of like dying alone Or taking my last breath without seeing your face again Yeah I know it’s crazy I know that it’s complicated It’s like war in a foreign land when everybody wants the same thing we all want the same thing
I’ve tried so hard // I’ve tried so hard to escape it all When I knew that I wasn’t capable
So why the fuck did you come around here with him? I didn’t wanna see the face that makes you smile in the morning while I’m going out of my mind And I know all of this sounds the same I’ve got to find a place that’s better for me to get over you
Forever Holding On is an autobiographical insight into my life. It's mixed by the guy behind Faithless, and mastered by the guy behind James Blake. Wonderland called it 'replete with big romantic ambience that stands distinct from his contemporaries'.
🇰🇷 사실 폴 카터는 애니메이션 [에반게리온 Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.]의 엔딩곡인 우타다 히카루(宇多田ヒカル)의 "벚꽃 흘려보내기(桜流し; Sakura Nagashi)"의 공동 작곡가로 더 유명하다. 이 아름답고 서정적인 곡은 에바 팬들을 '멘붕'에 빠지게 한 작품의 기이함과 정면으로 충돌하면서 독특한 감상을 자아내며 일본에서만 밀리언 셀링을 기록했다. 1980년대 말부터 90년대 초반에 유행하던, 보이즈 투 멘(Boyz II Men)이 지배하던 시대의 무드를 인상적으로 복원하는 데 강점을 가진 그의 특기는 "Forever Holding On"에서도 흥미롭게 드러난다.
🇫🇷 Exceptionnellement pour ceux et celles qui adorent les émotions du cœur. Amour impossible, rupture, âme en quête d'amour ou égratignée... Vous allez adorer tout simplement. C'est Benbrick (aka Paul Carter) qui revient nous hanter avec un extrait de son album EP Closer | Closure, paru il y a quelques jours. Album de six titres gravé de ce commentaire de Benbrick : « Une fille, six chansons, 21 mois de création, 24 minutes pour expliquer ».Benbrick - Beyond That NothingBenbrick2013-02-04 | No I wont be home tonight, And here's why... There's still some things that I'm trying to get over.
Like how I always hold on when all you do is hold back Like how I should forgive you for how you didn't give you.
I spent so much time going back to all the places that we used to love I've been thinking it over: I think I mean I know that it's over
There's still some things I'm letting go off, There's still so much unsaid between us, There's still somethings I've got to know, but beyond that, nothing.
I take like the line to her place I say we got to square things Cos we've been going around in circles And I didn't see it shaping like this...
It's too important to me It should be important to you But you're more important to me Than you're important to you.
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