About Me
David first came to prominence in the world of film and music by writing the score to the British film 'The Young Americans' .He co wrote and produced the end title song 'Play Dead' with Bjork.It was soon after that Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who were writing and producing the sci-fi epic "Stargate", heard some music from "The Young Americans" and offered David the chance to score their movie.
The success of the film and the music announced David on the world stage as a contemporary film composer with style,wit,versatility and an unabashed love of both the lush , romantic , ridiculous , energetic and thrilling.Since then David Arnold has become one of the British film industry's most talented and respected players, switching seamlessly from the orchestral grandeur on movies such as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996) - for which he received a Grammy award , to more scaled down urban grooves and beats on films such as Shaft (2000), Enough , Changing Lanes (2002) and 2Fast 2Furious (2003).Films include Godzilla,Zoolander,The Stepford Wives,Four Brothers,Amazing Grace,Venus,The Musketeer,Last of the Dogmen.David has also taken over as composer for the James Bond movies , having written the music for Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) including the end title song "Surrender" The World is Not Enough (1999) which he wrote the opening title song performed by Garbage and Die Another Day (2002).
Casino Royale is to be released in 2006 and David has written and produced the title song 'You Know My Name' with Chris Cornell.David also writes all the music for the TV show Little Britain and has recently provided the music for the Live Tour and a single for Dafydd, the only gay in the village.Away from the film world, David maintains a career as a successful record producer and song writer , having worked with a wide range of contemporary artists including kd lang, Pulp, Chrissie Hynde, Iggy Pop, Garbage, David McAlmont, Martina Topley-Bird,Natasha Bedingfield ,Aimee Mann,George Michael ,Shirley Manson and Damien Rice .
