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Binge's best known composition is probably Elizabethan Serenade ( 1951 ), which was used by the British Broadcasting Corporation as the theme for the popular 1950s series, " Music Tapestry ," and as the play-out for the British Forces Network radio station, and for which he won an Ivor Novello Award.

It was later turned into a vocal version called Where the Gentle Avon Flows, with lyrics by the poet Christopher Hassall.

A reggae version of the tune, " Elizabethan Reggae ", was performed by Boris Gardiner in 1970.

Binge is also known for Sailing By ( 1963 ), the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast theme.

Other well-known pieces include Miss Melanie, Like Old Times, The Watermill ( 1958 ) for oboe and strings, and his Concerto for Alto Saxophone in E-flat major ( 1956 ).

His largest, longest and most ambitious work is the four-movement Symphony in C (" Saturday Symphony ") which was written during his retirement c. 1970 and performed in England and Germany.