David Arnold

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David Arnold

Sound 64 January 23, 1962

Luton, England, UK

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 (…

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Casino Royale

Casino Royale

7.6 2006 Movie
Independence Day

Independence Day

6.9 1996 Movie
Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace

6.3 2008 Movie
Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

7.6 2007 Movie
2 Fast 2 Furious

2 Fast 2 Furious

6.5 2003 Movie
Sherlock

Sherlock

8.5 2010 TV Show
Paul

Paul

6.7 2011 Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

6.4 2010 Movie
Zoolander

Zoolander

6.2 2001 Movie
Changeling

Changeling

7.6 2008 Movie
Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

7.1 1998 Movie
Godzilla

Godzilla

5.7 1998 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Fackham Hall

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2024
    Victory to the Mimers

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2023
    The Kemps: All Gold

    Movie Self

  4. 2022
    The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall

    Movie Self

  5. 2022
    The Sound of 007

    Movie Self

  6. 2022
    Confess, Fletch

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2020
    Dracula

    TV show Original Music Composer

  8. 2019
    Good Omens

    TV show Original Music Composer

  9. 2017
    Score: A Film Music Documentary

    Movie Self

  10. 2016
    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2014
    The Inbetweeners 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2013
    Gangsta Granny

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2013
    Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies

    TV show Self - Participant

  14. 2013
    Big School

    TV show Music

  15. 2012
    Mr. Stink

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2012
    Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2012
    The Matt Lucas Awards

    TV show

  2. 2011
    Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue

    Movie Self

  3. 2011
    Paul

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2010
    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2010
    Morning Glory

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2010
    Made in Dagenham

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2010
    Sherlock

    TV show Original Music Composer

  8. 2010
    Hochzeitsreise zu Viert

    Movie Sound Re-Recording Mixer

  9. 2008
    Crooked House

    TV show Music

  10. 2008
    Quantum of Solace

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2008
    Changeling

    Movie Supervising Dialogue Editor

  12. 2008
    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2008
    Little Britain USA

    TV show Original Music Composer

  14. 2008
    The Red Baron

    Movie ADR Recording Engineer

  15. 2008
    Agent Crush

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2008
    Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo

    Movie Music

  17. 2007
    Grindhouse

    Movie Other

  18. 2007
    The Counterfeiters

    Movie ADR Recordist

  19. 2007
    Hot Fuzz

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 2006
    James Bond: For Real

    Movie Music

  21. 2006
    Casino Royale

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 2006
    Little Britain Live

    Movie Music

  23. 2006
    Catch and Release

    Movie Dialogue Editor

  24. 2006
    Amazing Grace

    Movie Original Music Composer