David Arnold Biography
David Arnold (David G. Arnold) is a British film composer. He is famously known for scoring five James Bond films. He appeared in the film Stargate in the year 1994. He also appeared in Independence Day (1996). He won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture for the movie.
He also appeared in Godzilla in the year 1998. He has also appeared in a number of Television series among them the Little Britain and 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 in the TV series Sherlock.
David Arnold is also a member of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. He is scoring the BBC / Amazon Prime series Good Omens adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett.
He begun his career while attending a Sixth Form College in Luton. He developed a strong friendship with director Danny Cannon who later created short films and asked him to write the music. Director Danny and Arrnold their first major appearances with The Young Americans. “Play Dead”, a song from the film with singer Björk, charted number 12 in the UK.
David Arnold would later appear in the Stargate and Last of the Dogmen which openned great opportunities for him in his career. He then composed music for Stargate director Roland Emmerich’s movies, Independence Day and Godzilla. He also composed for four movies of director John Singleton. He has also scored various comedies, dramas, and nineteenth-century period pieces.
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He has provided music for several British television shows including the 2000 remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). During film production, his compositions are conducted by Nicholas Dodd. He composed the music for Come Fly With Me, IN 2010. He received an honorary degree from University of West London. He now works closely with the University in particular London College of Music, a faculty within the institute. He appeared as himself in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern in the year 2014.
David Arnold has made a lot of collaborations with a number of musical acts. Among them include: Kaiser Chiefs, Massive Attack, and Pulp, and solo artists Natasha Bedingfield, Melanie C, Björk, Chris Cornell, Shirley Manson, Mark Morriss and Nina Persson among others. He provided a new arrangement of Ron Grainer’s Doctor Whose theme music for the Eighth Doctor audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.
David Arnold was appointed Musical Director for the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2012 Paralympic Games in London in February 2011. He was part of the United Kingdom’s jury for the Eurovision Song Contest in May, 2011. He took part in a tribute to John Barry on 20th June 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
He sung a song that was composed by Barry and playing the guitar part of the James Bond theme. He teamed up with Richard Thomas, to write the music and lyrics for the new West End musical Made in Dagenham in the year 2014. He teamed up with Lethal Bizzle and Sinead Harnett in October, 2015 to create a song combining orchestral, grime and soul elements.
David Arnold and Sherlock co-composer Michael Price also composed the music for ITV’s Jekyll and Hyde television series which premiered in October 2015. He gave a pre-show talk at the Royal Albert Hall In September 2016.
David Arnold Age
David Arnold was born in Luton, England, UK. He was born on 23rd January, 1962. He is 57 years old as of 2019.
David Arnold Net Worth
The composer, David Arnold, has made a huge fortune from his talent and career. He has won a number of awards for his great contribution in the film and entertainment industry. To many he is one of the great composers in history.
For his contribution he is a really wealthy man. He has an approximated net worth of a whooping $61 million.
David Arnold Family
David Arnold has always maintained a low key when it come to family. He has always preferred to keep his professional career apart from his family life. There is no information concerning his parents or siblings. However he is known to be the cousin of the Irish vocalist and Songwriter Damien Rice.
David Arnold Wife
David Arnold got married to his wife Ellie Pole in the year 1996. The couple has been together till to date. There is however no information about them or their kids.
David Arnold Music | David Arnold Albums
- 1993 “Play Dead” (with Björk)
- 1997 “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”
- 1999 “One Brief Moment” (with Natacha Atlas)
- 2000 “Theme From Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)”
- 2012 “Wish You Were Here”
David Arnold Music Concerts
Arnold has performed in a number of Music concerts. He performed his first orchestral concert, on Sunday 6th July 2014 at London’s Royal Festival Hall. His crew composed of Nicholas Dodd conducting, David McAlmont as surprise guest vocalist and the Urban Voices Collective choir. In his bag he also had Mark Gatiss and Amanda Abbington introducing the suite of Sherlock music.
In the year 2015, he perfomed in a series of orchestral concerts. Among them in Manchester (with the Manchester Camerata), London (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), Birmingham and Nottingham (with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) among others. He also had a number of concerts in 2016. In 2017.
He hosted another two concerts of his music in Dublin, at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. The first concert showcased his career in writing music for film and television. The first James Bond film ever to be screened with a live orchestra was Casino Royale in Concert which took place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 30 September 2017.
David Arnold held a pre-concert question and answer session. He has gone ahead to appear in a number of concerts, the latest of which was in DFebruary, 2019.
David Arnold Film Music Credits
- Won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television for the movie, Independence Day
- He also Won the Ivor Novello Awards for Best International Film Score for The World Is Not Enough
- He Won Ivor Novello Awards (BASCA Fellowship) in the year 2005
- He was Nominated for BAFTA Award (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music)
- He was Nominated for Grammy Award for the Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – You Know My Name from Casino Royale (songwriter)
- Won the BBC Radio Awards (Best music production) for The Sound of Cinema with David Arnold
- Won (with Michael Price) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special – Sherlock (“His Last Vow”)