Career
He has worked with many prominent filmmakers including Ridley and Tony Scott, Ben Affleck, Joel Schumacher, Rob Minkoff, Luc Besson, Pierre Morel, Taylor Hackford and Louis Leterrier. Notable recent film scores include THE TOWN, and THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. He is also the composer for the critically acclaimed Columbia Broadcasting System television show THE GOOD WIFE, now in its seventh season, and has recently provided the score for World Bank/Rocksteady game: BATMAN, ARKHAM KNIGHT. 2016 projects include Sacha Baron Cohen"s Grimsby for Columbia, Shane Black and Joel Silver"s THE NICE GUYS for Warner Brothers, and the Public Broadcasting Service Miniseries MERCY STREET. David’s first involvement with film music was as a choirboy performing on Peter Gabriel’s score for Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. He continued his musical education at Cambridge University where he subsequently taught. After graduating, he moved to London and began a successful career writing music for television shows and commercials.
In 2006 David moved to Los Angeles to become an additional writer on a number of Harry Gregson-Williams’ scores including SHREK, GONE BABY GONE, FLUSHED AWAY, ARTHUR CHRISTMAS, PRINCE OF PERSIA and THE NUMBER 23.
He has also contributed music to the video game, METAL GEAR SOLID 4, and the television show, SHREK THE HALLS. In addition to his work for Harry, he has written additional music for Danny Elfman on films including AMERICAN HUSTLE, BIG EYES & FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (including the choral piece BLISS) and Hans Zimmer & Rupert Gregson-Williams on WINTER’South TALE. David was recently honored as a BRIT TO WATCH by British Academy of Film and Television Arts and has been the recipient of numerous BMI AWARDS.