Ben Heneghan is a British composer. He and Ian Lawson provided the music from the first to fifth series of Fireman Sam
Career with Fireman Sam[]
He and Ian had sent off various tunes on spec to Bumper Films when they were asked to come up with music for Fireman Sam. At Ian's house in Llandough they went to separate rooms and 'banged away' on pianos, Ben recalls "Eventually Ian came out saying, 'I think I've got something'. It was his tune really."
He and Ian still get royalties and Ben says he is proud to think so many people now know the tune. "We did it the same as any tune. In the back of your mind you keep the requirements – it was a kids' animation, it had to be nice tune, but we’ve always tried to do stuff that excites us and we never write down to anybody."[1]