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David Arnold

Sound

Born January 23, 1962 · Luton, England, UK

Biography

David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is a British film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films, as well as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998) and the television series Little Britain and Sherlock. For Independence Day he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television and for Sherlock he, and co-composer Michael Price, won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of "His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series Good Omens (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Arnold, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • World Soundtrack AwardBest Original Song Written Directly for a Film · 2007
  • Grammy AwardBest Score Soundtrack for Visual Media · 1996

Filmography50+ titles

Sherlock

2010Original Music Composer

Good Omens

2019Original Music Composer

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

2016Original Music Composer

Changeling

2008Supervising Dialogue Editor

Hot Fuzz

2007Original Music Composer

Casino Royale

2006Original Music Composer

The Counterfeiters

2007ADR Recordist

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

2012as Self

The Sound of 007

2022as Self

Score

2016as Self

Baby Boy

2001Original Music Composer

Enemy of the State

1998Sound Editor

Dracula

2020Original Music Composer

Grindhouse

2007Original Music Composer

Stargate

1994Original Music Composer

Amazing Grace

2006Original Music Composer

Independence Day

1996Original Music Composer

Big School

2013Music

Little Britain USA

2008Original Music Composer

Four Brothers

2005Original Music Composer

Last of the Dogmen

1995Original Music Composer

Fackham Hall

2025Original Music Composer

Paul

2011Original Music Composer

Made in Dagenham

2010Original Music Composer

Enough

2002Original Music Composer

The Red Baron

2008ADR Recording Engineer

2 Fast 2 Furious

2003Original Music Composer

Return to Paradise

1998Executive Producer

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010Original Music Composer

Morning Glory

2010Original Music Composer

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997Original Music Composer

Quantum of Solace

2008Original Music Composer

Changing Lanes

2002Original Music Composer

The World Is Not Enough

1999Original Music Composer

Confess, Fletch

2022Original Music Composer

Zoolander

2001Original Music Composer

A Life Less Ordinary

1997Original Music Composer

Wild America

1997Music Producer

The Inbetweeners 2

2014Original Music Composer

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008Original Music Composer

Die Another Day

2002Original Music Composer

Shaft

2000Original Music Composer

Catch and Release

2006Dialogue Editor

The Stepford Wives

2004Original Music Composer

Godzilla

1998Original Music Composer

The Young Americans

1993Music

The Musketeer

2001Original Music Composer

Stoned

2005Original Music Composer

Agent Crush

2008Original Music Composer

Wing Commander

1999Original Music Composer