David Arnold

David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English movie composer.

Credits[change | change source]

His credits include scoring

• five James Bond films
• Stargate (1994)
• Independence Day(1996)
• Godzilla (1998)
• the television series Little Britain
• Sherlock.

Arnold also scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series Good Omens (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett.

Awards[change | change source]

For Independence Day he had a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television. For 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. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

Influences[change | change source]

Arnold stated composers like Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Bernard Herrmann, Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Angelo Badalamenti and Jerry Goldsmith as influences.

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