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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…
Known for
- The Kemps: All Gold — Self2023
- The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall — Self2022
- The Sound of 007 — Self2022
- Score: A Film Music Documentary — Self2017
- Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies — Self - Participant2013
- Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender — Self2012
- The Matt Lucas Awards2012
- Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue — Self2011
- Best Ever Bond — Self2002
- The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 — Self2000
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1962
Discography
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1962-01-23 ) 23 January 1962 (age 64) , Luton , England
- Genres
- Film score
- Occupation
- Composer
- Instruments
- Clarinet guitar piano
- Years active
- 1993–present
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.davidarnold.com
- Image
- David Arnold Composer.png
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1962-01-23
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- name in native language
- David Arnold
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- David Arnold
- social media followers
- 60113
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David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer whose credits include scoring five James Bond films (1997–2008), as well as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), Shaft (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Four Brothers (2005), Hot Fuzz (2007), 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.
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