Granite Harbour music composed by Ely teen Patrick Bennett

Patrick Bennett, who attended and studied music at Ely College, created the music for the second season of BBC police drama Granite Harbour.

The 19-year-old composed the theme tune and score for the series, which is set in Scotland.

His talents were first brought to the attention of LA Productions, the makers of the programme, and his now-manager Roag Best, but it was Colin McKeown who gave him the opportunity. 

After the company agreed that Patrick could create some incidental music, they were so impressed that he was soon given the chance to compose for all three episodes of the series.

He said: "I had the opportunity to go down and watch it at BAFTA London.

"Hearing my music on speakers in a cinema was really cool. It’s exciting to see the finished product.

"My family are all very proud and we can’t wait to see it on TV.”

The first episode of series two of the BBC show airs on BBC One at 8pm this Friday (May 3).

The teen gained an interest in music when he was 10 years old when his parents bought him a guitar.

"Then there was a moment when I was watching the award-winning film 1917 and there was a scene in a battered, blown-up French town with this music and soundscape which made me go ‘wow’," Patrick explained.

“After that, I thought I needed to look more into this and became more interested in media composition.” From that moment, age 14, he decided that this was going to be his career.

Patrick, who is currently a student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), said creating the music was a long process of six to seven months.

Granite Harbour executive producer Colin McKeown discussed how 'unusual' it is to have a teenage composer on a TV show.

He said: “It’s extremely rare to have a teenage composer. The sort of gift Patrick has is normally a product of someone who has a much greater experience and level of maturity.

"Patrick is clearly blessed with a gift and a natural understanding of how to score his music, not to patronise or lead an audience, but to just give them an additional sense of what was present within the scenes.”

Patrick's mum, Anna Bennett, said: "I would like to say a special thank you to all the teachers that supported Patrick on his journey and believed in him.

"The future looks very bright for Patrick, with meetings and plans to work on lots of projects."

She added that he is currently in negotiations regarding a film score.