
David is a unique and inventive composer who has scored more than 100 film and television projects. From feature films, through animation, documentary and drama, he is just as comfortable writing a sweeping orchestral score as he is creating wild soundscapes on his ever-expanding modular synth setup. Being an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, David is always keen to bring real and organic elements into his scores.
Ever since he started composing, David has shown a high degree of musical eclecticism. As a teenager, he wrote an hour-long Requiem Mass for choir and orchestra (mostly during GSCE maths lessons!), while at the same time being the guitarist and songwriter in a pop band with a cult local following. While studying music at New College, Oxford and then at the National Film & Television School, David continued playing in bands and experimenting with music technology.
David recently co-scored the Working Title film Emma and has written music for many recent drama series including The White Princess (with John Lunn), The Crown (with Martin Phipps), Victoria (with Ruth Barrett), and Vanity Fair (with Isobel Waller-Bridge).
His work on documentaries includes scores for Wonders of Life (BBC), Inside North Korea’s Dynasty (National Geographic), Moon Landing Live (Channel 4), Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (BBC) and the upcoming Netflix anthology series Bad Sport. He’s currently scoring an epic series about 9/11 for National Geographic, coming out in 2021. He wrote additional music with Jocelyn Pook for Lauren Greenfield’s 2019 feature doc about Imelda Marcos, The Kingmaker.
David is well known for his music for some of the most iconic animated shows of the last fifteen years (Charlie & Lola, Mike the Knight, Miffy, The Cat in the Hat, and Angry Birds) and has scored over 1,000 episodes of animation. His work on Charlie & Lola earned him an RTS award for Best Original Score (the only time a children’s series has won in the category), his title theme for The Cat in Hat Knows A Lot About That was nominated for an Emmy, and he was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on Aliens Love Underpants!
Under the moniker of In Analysis, and using his collection of vintage synthesizers, he has also released a concept album of songs about mothers, based on stories people have written in anonymously. His studio in South East London is packed full of unusual instruments and has the capacity to record soloists and small ensembles. David is a relative of the four-times Oscar-nominated composer, Friedrich Hollaender, most famous for writing Marlene Dietrich’s song, Falling in Love Again.
Credits
BAD SPORT | Raw TV / Netflix Producers: Alex Marengo & Tim Wardle | |
RISE OF THE MURDOCH DYNASTY | 72 Films Director: Jamie Roberts Producers: David Glover | |
THE CROWN (Series 4) (additional music) | Left Bank Pictures/ Netflix Creator: Peter Morgan Directors: Benjamin Caron, Christian Schwochow, Jessica Hobbs, Sam Donovan Executive Producers: Peter Morgan, Stephen Daldry Starring: Olivia Coleman, Helena Bonham Carter, Tobias Menzies | |
EMMA (Co-composed with Isobel Waller-Bridge) | Working Title Director: Autumn de Wilde Producers: Tim Bevan, Graham Broadbent | |
THE KINGMAKER (additional music) | Evergreen Pictures Director: Lauren Greenfield | |
MOON LANDING LIVE | 72 Films Executive Producer: David Glover Producers: Paul Jones, Laura Nash, Billie Shepherd | |
VANITY FAIR (additional music) | Mammoth Screen Directors: James Strong, Jonathan Entwistle Producer: Julia Stannard | |
THE WHITE PRINCESS (additional music) | Company Pictures Director: Jamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios Producer: Lachlan MacKinnon | |
VICTORIA (additional music) | Mammoth Screen Director: Daniel O’Hara, Jim Loach Producers: Paul Frift | |
BOB THE BUILDER: MEGA MACHINES | HIT Entertainment Director: Stuart Evans Producers: Kylie Ellis | |
DIGBY DRAGON | Blue Zoo Productions / Nickelodeon UK / Aardman Director: Arnfinn Moseng | |
BOB THE BUILDER (series 19 & 20) | HIT Entertainment Director: Stuart Evans Producers: Fred De Bradeny, Kylie Ellis | |
OLOBOB TOP | Beakus Animation Director/Producer: Steve Smith | |
ANGRY BIRDS: STELLA | Rovio Entertainment Directors: Eric Guaglione, Kari Juusonen, Meruan Salim, Ami Lindholm, Avgousta Zourelidi Producer: Ulla Junell | |
A GURT LUSH CHRISTMAS | Avalon Motion Pictures Director: Al Campbell Producer: Mark E. Iddon Starring: Russell Howard, Neil Morrissey, Sophie Thompson, Greg Davies | |
MIFFY’S ADVENTURES BIG AND SMALL | Blue Zoo Productions Directors: Helen Arntsen, Adam Shaw | |
Q POOTLE 5: POOTLE ALL THE WAY! | Q Pootle 5 Productions Director: Arnfinn Moseng, Adam Shaw Producers: Ben Butterworth & Nick Butterworth | |
ANGRY BIRDS: TOONS | Rovio Entertainment Producers: Soren Fleng, Johanna Raman | |
WONDERS OF LIFE | BBC Directors: Gideon Bradshaw, Michael Lachman, Stephen Cooter, Paul Olding Producers: James Van Der Pool Exec Producer: Andrew Cohen Presenter: Brian Cox | |
SUPERSIZED EARTH | BBC Director: Rob Liddell, Nat Sharman, Nigel Walk Producers: Simon Finch Exec Producer: Helen Thomas Presenter: Dallas Campbell | |
MIKE THE KNIGHT | Hit Entertainment/ Nelvana Director: Richard Raymond Producers: Jo Jordan, Denise Green | |
Q POOTLE 5 | Snapper Productions / Blue Zoo Director: Adam Shaw Producers: Ben Butterworth, Nick Butterworth | |
INSIDE THE HUMAN BODY | BBC Directors: Annabel Gillings, Gideon Bradshaw, Nat Sharman, Rob Liddell Producers: Alice Hape Exec Producer: Andrew Cohen Presenter: Michael Mosley | |
ME AND MY MONSTERS | Tiger Aspect, The Jim Henson Company, Sticky Pictures Director: Mark Barnard, Peter Cudlipp, Lynn Hegarty, Marcus Cole, Martin Dennis Producers: Justine Flynn, Peter Coogan | |
THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT | Collingwood O’Hare / Treehouse / PBS Director: Tony Collingwood Producer: Helen Stroud Starring: Martin Short | *The #1 Pre-school show in the US and Canada in 2011* *Title theme nominated for Daytime Emmy for ‘Outstanding Original Song’ 2011* *Title theme winner of Cynopsis Media Awards, ‘Best Song for a TV Series’ 2012 |
RICHARD HAMMOND’S INVISIBLE WORLDS | BBC Director: Dan Clifton, Gavin Maxwell, Matthew Wortman Producers: Simon Finch, Gary Hunter, Anne Laking Starring: Richard Hammond | |
AMERICA REVEALED | Lion TV Director: Sabin Streeter, Jesse Sweet, Nic Young, Jack Youngelson Producers: Amy Goodman Kass | |
THE TAKING OF PRINCE HARRY | Juniper Productions / BBC Director: Alexander Marengo Producers: Alexander Marengo | |
MOTHER OF MANY | ArthurCox Director: Luisa Pretolani Producers: Vikki Scott, Mark Wolfe Starring: Selma Blair, Richard Dreyfuss | * BAFTA Winner for Best Animated Short, 2010* |
BRITAIN FROM ABOVE | Lion TV / BBC Director: Chris Mitchell, Mark Radice, Nic Young Producers: Lucy Van Beek, Cassian Harrison, Nick Catliff Presenter: Andrew Marr | * Runner-up: Best Music, Bulldog Televisual Awards 2009 *Best non-fiction programme, International Digital Emmys 2009 * Nominated for Best Documentary Series, Broadcast Awards 2009*** |
COMRADES | Simtar Productions Director: Poppy Simpson, Dagmar Tartarczyk Producers: Callen Hodgkiss, Poppy Simpson | * Nominated for First Appearance award at IDFA, 2008* |
CHARLIE AND LOLA | Tiger Aspect Prods Director: Kitty Taylor Producers: Claudia Lloyd | * Series 2: Winner – Best Original Score 2007 Royal Television Society Awards* * Series 2 & 3: Winner of BAFTA for Best Pre-School Series 2007 & 2008* *Series 3: BAFTA for Best Animation 2008. * Series 2: Winner – Best Children’s Programme 2007 Broadcast Awards* |
TOMMY ZOOM | BBC Director: Graeme Hattrick, Roger McIntosh Producers: Stephen Cannon, Helen Baker | |
JAMIE’S CHEF | Fresh One Productions Director: Nick Packer, Laurence Williamson Producer: Emma Palmer-Watts Starring: Jamie Oliver | |
ASYLUM | Production House Director: Jenni Linko Producers: Liisa Akimof | * Best Documentary at Lubeck Film Festival, Germany 2007* |
DAY OF WRATH | Azucar Ents Director: Adrian Rudomin Producers: Ashley Sidaway, Kornel Sipos, Sam Sleiman, Starring: Christopher Lambert, Brian Blessed, Phyllida Law | |
FLIGHTY | Director: Leigh Hodgkinson Writer: Leigh Hodgkinson Producers: Leigh Hodgkinson | * Winner of DePict Short Film Competition, 2006* |
SILENCE BECOMES YOU | Baltic Film Group Director: Stephanie Sinclaire Producers: Karl Richards Starring: Alicia Silverstone | |
THE INTIMACY OF STRANGERS | NFT Director: Eva Weber Producers: Samantha Zarzosa | * Best Short Documentary (Big Sky Film Festival); President’s Award (Full Frame FF); Best Documentary (Balchik FF)* |
SUNNY INTERVALS & SHOWERS | VBB Productions Director: Jonathan Goodman Levitt Producers: Jonathan Goodman Levitt | * Nominated for Grierson Award at BritDoc, 2007. Critics’ choice in Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, Sunday Times & Time Out.* |
LITTLE SCARS | NFTS Director: Jan Bauer Producers: Teresa Mulqueen | * Best Non-Factual Student Film, Royal Television Society Awards 2004* |
THE COMPUTER VIRUS | Future Shorts Director: Jesse Chambers Producers: Lola Cary | * Best Comedy, ICA Awards 2004; Screened at Cannes Film Festival, 2004* |
MOO(N) | Slinky Pictures Director: Leigh Hodgkinson Producers: Maria Manton Starring: Tom Hillerbrand, Robert Llewellyn, Matt Lucas | Director: Leigh Hodgkinson Producers: Maria Manton Starring: Tom Hillerbrand, Robert Llewellyn, Matt Lucas * Nominated for Best Film at the Cutting Edge, and Best Sound in the British Animation Awards 2004* |
THE LUCKIEST NUT IN THE WORLD | Fulcrum TV Director: Emily James Producers: Emily James | *’Pick of the day’ in Guardian, Telegraph, Independent, Sunday Times, Observer & Time Out.* Best Short Film at Full Frame Documentary Festival, North Carolina, 2003* |
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CUBA IN D MINOR | NFTS Director: Emily James Producers: Martino Sclavi Starring: Russell Brand | * Documentary award, Crested Bute Film Festival, 2001; Best Editing at Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2001* |
BABYSITTING | NFTS Director: Jan Bauer Producer: Phil Gates | *Best Short Film, Kinofilm Festival (Manchester), 2002* |
WAG THE DOGMA | Director: Emily James Producer: Martino Sclavi | * Awarded Kodak/Celect Student film of the year, 2000 Best Documentary – Atlanta Festival, 2001* |
INSIDE OUT MAN | Director: Jesse Chambers Producers: Lola Cary | *Awarded Best Short Film, Kinofilm Festival (Manchester), 1999* |
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