Ben Del Maestro

Benedict Del Maestro also professionally known as Ben Del Maestro is an American singer.^[1][2][3] He rose to prominence and limelight for singing the musical background score in the soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).^[4]

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King also musters the biggest staged forces, with sections calling for eight trumpets and a similar increase in the rest of the brass section, two timpanists, a mixed choir of 85 with additional singers for all-male and all-female parts, over fifty in the boy choir, various vocal soloists including the American soprano Renee Fleming and the boy soprano Ben Del Maestro.^[5][6] He was also widely acknowledged for his vocal contribution to the refrain of "Inner Universe" - the title track of the critically acclaimed Japanese manga anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. He contributed vocal for the song titled Fish ~ Silent Cruise which featured in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. and also contributed vocal for the song titled Flashback Memory Plug alongside Origa which featured in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 3.

In 2024, the video footage of Ben Del Maestro performing with the London Oratory School Schola to finish the post-production work for the Lord of the Rings soundtrack resurfaced in social media platforms.^[7][8]

• Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – Vocals for "Isengard Unleashed"
• Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) – Vocals for "Forth Eorlingas"
• Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) – Vocals for "Minas Tirith"
• Yoko Kanno – Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. (2003) – Vocals for "Inner Universe" ("Fish ~ Silent Cruise")
• Yoko Kanno – Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 3 (2003) – Vocals for "Flashback Memory Plug"

• Ben Del Maestro at IMDb