Ken Freeman

Ken Freeman (born 1946) is a British composer and session musician, primarily playing piano and synthesisers.

He is most prominently known for his work playing most of the synthesisers on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, and also as the composer of the theme music for BBC television's Casualty and Holby City. His session career has included work with artists including Justin Hayward, David Essex and Elkie Brooks.

Freeman is also considered by many to be the inventor of the string synthesiser, creating a prototype version of a polyphonic instrument at home in order to be…