the whole show using an altered playing style. In addition to his work with the Shadows he has also appeared in Cliff Richard's backing band and plays piano and occasionally vibraphone. Bennett has enjoyed a parallel and successful career as a composer of library music, issuing multiple LPs with production music labels such as Bruton and KPM. This has resulted in the use of his music for many popular TV theme tunes including BBC sports themes such as Rugby Special ("Holy Mackerel") and BBC Golf ("Chase Side Shoot Up"), Channel 9 Australia's cricket theme and police drama Bluey theme tune ("New Horizons"), the sitcoms Robin's Nest and Birds of a Feather, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Pulaski, Square Deal, Close to Home, Murder in Mind and, with his son Warren, composed and played the incidental music in New Tricks. Two of his most famous works were "The Journey" and "Just a Minute" written under the alias James Aldenham and used for the ITV Schools on 4 broadcasts between 1987 and 1993. He scored the British-German film The Harpist in 1999. He is also an orchestral conductor, having learned how to arrange and conduct music for orchestras from a correspondence course. His son Warren Bennett formerly played keyboards for the band Glass Ties, and is also a composer and producer. Honours He was appointed OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to music. Bennett runs a home recording studio, Honeyhill studios, in Radlett, Hertfordshire. In November 2009, at the age of 69, Bennett completed a 50th Anniversary reunion world tour with Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Discography Albums Brian Bennett – Change of Direction – LP/CD – Columbia/see4Miles Brian Bennett – Illustrated London Noise – LP/CD – Columbia/see4Miles – 1969 Collage – Misty – – LP/CD – DJM/see4Miles Brian Bennett Band – Rock Dreams – LP/CD – DJM/see4Miles – 1977 Brian Bennett Band – Voyage (A Journey into Discoid Funk) – LP/CD – DJM/see4Miles – 1978 Heat Exchange – One step ahead – LP/CD – EMI/see4Miles Ruth Rendell Mysteries – LP/CD Ruth Rendell Mysteries (volume.2) – LP/CD Ruth Rendell Mysteries (Wexford) – LP/CD Drumtrax (house library. ) – CD Nomads of the wind – CD Global sunrise – CD. The Works – (Box set of 4CDs). Greatest Guitar hits (volume 1) – CD Greatest Guitar hits (volume 2) – CD Living