Daniel Pemberton - Cool Music

Daniel Pemberton is an Ivor Novello–winning, multi Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-nominated composer who has regularly been cited as one of the most exciting and original new voices working in modern film scoring today.

Daniel’s recent work has included scoring Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, Harry Bradbeer’s Enola Holmes starring Millie Bobby Brown and the Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, showcasing the stories behind the Paralympic Games. Further work includes DC Films Birds of Prey, directed by Cathy Yan and starring Margot Robbie, Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn, for which Daniel’s incredible jazz score was nominated for a Golden Globe, Richard Curtis-penned Danny Boyle-directed Yesterday, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Warner Bros’ Ocean’s Eight, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance for Netflix.

Daniel’s song, performed by Iggy Pop, from his score for the film Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey, was nominated for a 2017 Golden Globe Award – Best Original Song. The previous year he was nominated for Golden Globe Award – Best Original Score for Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet.

Drawing on a richly diverse set of influences, from English folk to hip-hop; nordic metal to musique concrete; Daniel’s score to Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword is a showcase of a composer unafraid to take risks and revel in pushing the boundaries of modern film scoring. His previous collaboration with Ritchie on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was critically lauded for its bold writing and innovative arrangements earning him – alongside the features Steve Jobs and the Cannes Palm D’Or nominee Mal De Pierres – a nomination for Film Composer of the Year at the 2016 World Soundtrack Awards. He was previously honoured as Discovery of The Year at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2014 for his work on The Counselor as well as the features Blood, In Fear, and Cuban Fury.

Having worked in British television for over two decades on countless Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning dramas and documentaries (such as Peep Show, Complicit, Upstairs Downstairs, Dirk Gently, Prey, Space Dive, Occupation, Desperate Romantics and Hiroshima) his big break into feature films came after Ridley Scott was so impressed with Daniel’s debut film score in 2011 for the period supernatural thriller The Awakening that he hired the him to score his feature The Counselor. The pair collaborated again on Scott’s first directorial foray into television, The Vatican, on the Watergate thriller Felt, produced by Scott, directed by Peter Landesman and starring Liam Neeson, and on All The Money In The World, starring Mark Wahlberg.

Credits

Film

THE BAD GUYS	DreamWorks Animation/ Universal Pictures Director: Pierre Perifel Producers: Rebecca Huntley, Damon Ross Starring: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina
BEING THE RICARDOS	Amazon Studios Director: Aaron Sorkin Producers: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch Starring: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K Simmons
THE RESCUE	National Geographic Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Producers: John Bettsek, Jimmy Chin, Bob Eisenhardt, P.J. van Sandwijk, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Starring: Bancha Duriyapunt, Apakorn Youkongkaew, Anan Surawan
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7	DreamWorks Director: Aaron Sorkin Producers: Stuart M. Besser, Matt Jackson, Marc Platt, Tyler Thompson Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Michael Keaton, Sacha Baron Cohen
ENOLA HOLMES	EH Productions / Netflix Director: Harry Bradbeer Producers: Millie Bobby Brown, Paige Brown, Alex Garcia, Ali Mendes, Mary Parent Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin
RISING PHOENIX	HTYT Films / Netflix Directors: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui Producers: John Battsek, Greg Nugent Featuring: Prince Harry, Tatyana McFadden, Bebe Vio
BIRDS OF PREY	Warner Bros./ Clubhouse Pictures/ DC Films Director: Cathy Yan Producers: Sue Kroll, Margot Robbie, Brian Unkeless Starring: Margot Robbie, Ewen McGregor
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN	Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Edward Norton Producers: Michael Bederman, Bill Migliore, Gigi Pritzker, Rachel Shane, Robert F. Smith Starring: Bruce Willis	Golden Globe Nomination 2020 – Best Original Score
YESTERDAY	Working Title Films / Universal Director: Danny Boyle Producers: Bernard Bellew, Tim Bevan, Danny Boyle, Richard Curtis, Eric Fellner Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE	Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Producers: Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Nicholas Cage, Liev Schreiber	IFMCA Award Nomination 2019 – Best Original Score
OCEAN’S EIGHT	Warner Bros. Director: Gary Ross Producers: Steven Soderbergh, Susan Ekins Starring: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blachett, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Paulson, Rhianna, Helena Bonham Carter
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD	Scott Free Productions / Sony Pictures Director: Ridley Scott Producers: Chris Clark, Quentin Curtis, Dan Friedken, Mark Huffam, Bradley Thomas, Kevin J. Walsh, Ridley Scott Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Charlie Plummer	IFMCA Award Nomination 2018 – Best Original Score
MOLLY’S GAME	Entertainment One Director: Aaron Sorkin Producers: Mark Gordon, Matt Jackson, Amy Pascal Starring: Idris Elba, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Costner
KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD	Warner Bros / Safehouse Pictures Director: Guy Ritchie Producers: Steve Clark-Hall, Akiva Goldsman, Joby Harold, Richard Suckle, Tory Tunnell Starring: Jude Law, Charlie Hunnam	IFMCA Award Nomination 2018 – Film Music Composition of the Year IFMCA Award Nomination 2018 – Best Original Score
FELT	Scott Free Productions / Endurance Media Director: Peter Landesman Producers: Marc Butan, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Ridley Scott Starring: Kate Walsh, Maika Monroe, Marton Csokas, Liam Neeson
GOLD	Black Bear Pictures Director: Stephen Gaghan Producers: Patrick Massett, Michael Nozik, Teddy Schwarzman, John Zinman Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Matthew McConaughey	Golden Globe Nominated for Best Track 2017 (‘Gold’ with Iggy Pop)
FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON	StudioCanal / Canal+ Director: Nicole Garcia Producers: Alain Attal Starring: Marian Cotillard
STEVE JOBS	Universal Pictures Director: Danny Boyle Producers: Danny Boyle, Guymon Casady, Christian Colson, Mark Gordon, Scott Rudin Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogan, Jeff Daniels	Winner 2015 HMMA Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Nominated for Best Original Score 2016
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E	Warner Bros. / Davis Entertainment Director: Guy Ritchie Producers: Steve Clark-Hall, John Davis, Jeff Kleeman, Lionel Wigram Starring: Alicia Vikander, Henry Cavill, Elizabeth Debicki, Armie Hammer, Hugh Grant
THE COUNSELOR	Scott Free Productions, Chockstone Pictures, Kanzaman, Nick Wechsler Productions Director: Ridley Scott Producers: Ridley Scott, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz, Nick Wechsler Starring: Natalie Dormer, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, John Leguizamo, Nicki Minaj, Goran Visnjic, Rosie Perez, Bruno Ganz	*HMMA Nominated for Best Film Score 2013*
CUBAN FURY	Big Tak Porducations Director: James Griffiths Producers: James Biddle, Nira Parks Starring: Nick Frost, Chris O’Dowd, Olivia Colman, Rashida Jones, Ian McShane, Rory Kinnear, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Alexandra Roach
THE VATICAN	Scott Free Productions Director: Ridley Scott Exec Producers: Paul Attanasio, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker Starring: Matthew Goode, Anna Friel, Ewan Bremner, Rebbecca Ferguson, Bruno Ganz
BLOOD	IM Global/Momentum Director: Nick Murphy Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Nick Laws Starring: Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Paul Bettany (Da Vinci Code) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity)
THE AWAKENING	StudioCanal/Origin Pictures Director: Nick Murphy Producers: Sarah Curtis, David M. Thompson Starring: Rebecca Hall (Frost/Nixon) and Dominic West (The Wire)
GHOST RECON: ALPHA	Ubisoft Motion Pictures/Little Minx Director: Francois Alaux and Herve De Crecy (Oscar winners – Logorama) Producers: Rhea Scott, Ridley Scott, Frederick Thonet Starring: Charlotte Rampling
IN FEAR	Film4/Big Talk Productiions Director: Jeremy Lovering Producers: James Biddle, Nira Park (Attack The Block, Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead)
COMPLICIT	Many Rivers Film Director: Niall MacCormick Producers: Jolyon Symonds, Kevin Toolis Starring: David Oyelowo (Jack Reacher, The Help, Rise of the Planet Of The Apes, Last), Stephen Campbell Moore (History Boys)
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE	Old Street Films Director: Rob Lemkin Producer: Thet Sambatch	Sundance Festival 2010 – Special Jury Prize, BIFA – Best Documentary, Oscar – Best Documentary Shortlist

Television

SLOW HORSES	Apple TV+/ See-Saw Films Director: James Hawes Starring: Chris Reilly, Gary Oldman, Rosalind Eleazar
THE AFTERPARTY	Apple/ Columbia TriStar TV Productions Director: Christopher Miller Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao
WELCOME TO EARTH	National Geographic/ Disney + Directors: Nat Sharman, Darren Aronofsky, Joanna Barwick, Rod Blackhurst Producers: Richard Evans, Nat Sharman Starring: Will Smith, Diva Amon, Cory Richards
THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (scored with Samuel Sim)	The Jim Henson Company / Netflix Director: Louis Leterrier Producers: Ritamarie Peruggi
ONE STRANGE ROCK (scored with Simon Ashdown and Will Slater)	Nutopia / National Geographic Directors and Producers: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan, Graham Booth, Nat Sharman, Nic Stacey, Alice Jones, Christopher Riler Starring: Will Smith (narration)	HMMA Award Nomination 2018 – Best Original Score
BLACK MIRROR (series 4 episode 2)	Netflix Director: Toby Haynes Producer: Charlie Brooker, Ian Hogan Starring: Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti	2018 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music HMMA Award Nomination 2018 – Best Original Score
OCCUPATION	BBC Director: Nick Murphy Producer: Laurie Borg Starring James Nesbitt (Bloody Sunday) and Stephen Graham (This Is England)	FIPA Gold D’Or Grand Prize – Best Original Soundtrack 2010 Royal Television Society Nomination – Best Original Score 2009 BAFTA/RTS Winner
PUBLIC ENEMIES	BBC Director: Dearbhla Walsh Producer: Julia Stannard Starring Daniel Mays (Tintin) and Anna Friel (Limitless)
10 DAYS TO WAR	BBC Director: David Belton/Bruce Goodison Producer: Colin Barr Starring Kenneth Branagh, Art Malik, Tom Conti and Toby Jones
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS	BBC Director: Euros Lyn Producers: Nikki Wilson Starring Eileen Aitkins (The Hours), Adrian Scarborough (The Kings Speech)
DESPERATE ROMANTICS	BBC Director: Paul Gay Producer: Ben Evans Starring Rafe Spall (Prometheus) and Aidan Tapper (The Hobbit)	Ivor Novello WINNER – Best Television Soundtrack Royal Television Society Nomination – Best Title Music 2009 BAFTA/IVOR NOVELLO Winner
DIRK GENTLY	BBC Director: Tom Shankland Producer: Chris Carey Starring Stephen Mangan (Billy Elliot, (Episodes), Helen Baxendale (Friends)
MONEY	BBC Director: Jeremy Lovering Producer: Ben Evans Starring: Nick Frost (Shaun Of The Dead) and Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men)
THE HAUNTED AIRMEN	BBC Director: Chris Durlacher Producer: Neil Houston Starring Robert Pattison (Twilight) and Julian Sands (24, Ocean’s 13)
ATTILA THE HUN	BBC Director: Gareth Edwards (Monsters) Producer: Mark Hedgecoe Starring Rory McCann (Hot Fuzz) and Allen Leech (Rome)
BORN WITH TWO MOTHERS	Channel 4 Director: Ian Duncan Producer: Oliver Morse Starring Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and Lesley Sharp (Vera Drake)
NAPOLEON	BBC Director: Nick Murphy Producer: Nick Murphy Starring Tom Burke (State Of Play) and Rob Brydon
FORGIVEN	C4 Director: Paul Wilmshurst Producer: Jules Hussey Starring Lucy Cohu (Gosford Park)	EMMY Winner
PEEP SHOW	C4 Directors: Becky Martin, Tristram Shapeero, Jeremy Wooding Producers: Philip Clarke, Robert Popper, Izzy Mant Starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb (Mitchell and Webb)	BAFTA/ Royal Television Society Winner
THE YELLOW HOUSE	C4 Director: Chris Durlacher Producer: Andrea Cornwell Starring John Simm (Life On Mars) and John Lynch (Bleak House)

Documentary

Enemies Of The People – Feature Doc – 2010 – 90mins – SUNDANCE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE. Hiroshima – BBC1 – 2005 – 90 Mins – EMMY/BAFTA WINNER. Between Life And Death – BBC1 – 2010 – 60 Mins – BAFTA/GRIERSON/RTS WINNER. George Orwell: A Life In Pictures – BBC2 – 2003 – 1 X 90 min -BAFTA/EMMY/GRIERSON WINNER. SAS: Embassy Seige – BBC1 – 2002 1 X 90mins – RTS/BAFTA/GRIERSON AWARD WINNER. The King Of Communism – 2002 – BBC4 – Little Bird – GRIERSON AWARD WINNER.

Games

The Movies – PC/Mac – Lionhead Studios – BAFTA NOMINATION: BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK. Little Big Planet – Playstation 3 – Media Molecule – BAFTA NOMINATION: BEST ORIGINAL OST. Kinect Adventures – Xbox360 – Microsoft Games Studios 2ND BIGGEST SELLING XBOX 360 TITLE.