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David Arnold

real name David George Arnold

English score composer

United Kingdom · b. 1962-01-23

David Arnold is credited on 507 releases across 175 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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507

Credits

175

Albums

6

Decades active

270

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David Arnold (b. January 23, 1962 Luton, England) Is a Grammy Award-winning English film composer, best known for scoring five James Bond films, the blockbuster "Independence Day" and cult television show "Little Britain".
David has worked on various soundtrack projects including: "The Young Americans", "Stargate", "Last Of The Dogmen", "Godzilla", "The Musketeer", "The Stepford Wives" and "Four Brothers" amongst others. He also composed the theme music for several British television series, including the 2000 remake of "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" and "Little Britain".
In 1997 Arnold produced "Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project", an album featuring new versions of the themes from various James Bond films. Away from the film world, David Arnold maintains a career as a successful record producer and song writer, having worked with a wide range of contemporary artists including kd lang, Pulp, Chrissie Hynde, Iggy Pop, Garbage, Massive Attack, David McAlmont, Martina Topley-Bird, Natasha Bedingfield, Aimee Mann, George Michael and Damien Rice.

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Credited work

507 releases · 175 albums · active 1977–2025

  • Performance · 844
  • Production · 289
  • Other credits · 77
  • Engineering · 50

Studios: Matrix Studios · Air Lyndhurst Hall · Mirage Records Studio · Air Lyndhurst Studios

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