Benjamin Wynn is an Emmy Award winning American composer, sound designer and electronic music producer.
A graduate of The California Institute of the Arts, Wynn has has released 5 albums under the “Deru” moniker, as well as scored television, film, and dance. Wynn’s latest projects sit in-between the worlds of music, sculpture, and visual art.
Wynn collaborated with British composer Joby Talbot on the score to Wayne McGregor’s ballet, Genus, based on Charles Darwin’s *On the Origin of Species*, commissioned by the Paris Opera Ballet. The ballet premiered at the Palais Garnier in October 2007 and was featured in the 2009 documentary, La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet.
Just out of CalArts he co-formed a music and sound design company called *The Track Team* along with Jeremy Zuckerman. Together they provide music and sound on numerous projects, including “Avatar: The Last Airbender" and "Legend of Korra” for Nickelodeon. They won an Emmy Award for “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness” in 2012, and another in 2015.
Wynn is also a founding member and Creative Director of The Echo Society, a Los Angeles based composer collective and non-profit organization that premiers new orchestral works in singular, one-night-only events.