Raised in a valley on the Jurassic coast of Dorset, Theodore Best grew up in a family of musicians, artists and makers. His work draws on this early mixture of song, landscape, and performance, combining voice, poetry, electronic sound, acoustic instrumentation and visual artworks.

In January 2025, he released his debut album, The Lore of Falling Bodies: a self-produced record of music and poetry exploring nature, metaphor, myth and the history of science. He wrote, performed, recorded and mixed the album himself, and created the accompanying artwork.

The vinyl and poetry book for the Lore of Falling Bodies were funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign, which received Kickstarter’s Project We Love certification. In July 2025, the British Library requested the record for its Sound Archive. He is touring the Lore of Falling Bodies live show throughout Germany and the UK.

Alongside his solo work, Theodore collaborates as a sound and voiceover artist with Anthroposea, a creative impact lab exploring relationships between human societies and the ocean. Their film Tides of Connection was presented at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice in 2025.

Theodore has a BSc in psychology, an MA in philosophy, and an MA in creative writing poetry, which he earned under George Szirtes and Lavinia Greenlaw at the University of East Anglia. He lives just outside Cologne.