David Arnold
Biography
Film composer David Arnold seems to have risen to prominence with unnerving swiftness, but this is in fact an illusion, as Arnold spent many years paying his dues by writing scores for English television and documentary film projects, many of them produced or directed by his lifelong friend Danny Cannon. In between times, Arnold tried out for the Clash and the Waterboys, but failed to get the gigs. Cannon made the move to feature directing with the 1993 film The Young Americans, tapping Arnold to provide the score. Arnold, in turn, co-wrote "Play Dead" with Iceland's Björk, giving the film a British Top Ten hit. Cannon went on to Judge Dredd, while Arnold visited Los Angeles with a copy of The Young Americans. The net result of that visit was the assignment to score Roland Emmerich's Stargate. . Arnold's grandiose score for Stargate drew both positive and negative critical attention, in part because of Arnold's attention to traditional methods and styles of motion picture scoring. The music was created to be almost wall-to-wall, strong on melody. Arnold went on to score The Last of the Dogmen in a more sedate manner, following that with a score for Cutthroat Island that ended up, like much else with that film, being thrown out. Going into 1996, he was once again working for Emmerich and Dean Devlin on a wall-to-wall orchestral score for Independence Day, providing music that was delivered on an equal scale to the visuals of the film. 1997 saw him composing the theme to the short-lived The Visitor TV series and acting as the music director and composer for A Life Less Ordinary, a score that once again saw him writing more sedate music.
Top Albums |
1. Enough (Orig..
| 2. 007: Casino ..
| 3. Sherlock (So..
| 4. 007: Quantum..
| 5. Sherlock: Mu..
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6. 007: Casino ..
| 7. The Chronicl..
| 8. Sherlock: Mu..
| 9. Stargate (Or..
| 10. Independence..
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11. Baby Boy (Or..
| 12. Die Another ..
| 13. Amazing Grac..
| 14. The Musketee..
| 15. Four Brother..
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16. One Brief Mo..
| 17. Shaken and S..
| 18. Wing Command..
| 19. Stargate: SG..
| 20. Changing Lan..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Game Is On | Sherlock (Soundtrack from t.. | 3:40 | $0.99 | |
2. | Name's Bond... James Bond | 007: Casino Royale (Origina.. | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
3. | SHERlocked | Sherlock: Music From Series.. | 3:44 | $0.99 | |
4. | Opening Titles | Sherlock (Soundtrack from t.. | 0:40 | $0.99 | |
5. | Prepared to do Anything | Sherlock: Music From Series.. | 4:17 | $0.99 | |
6. | Goodbye Gracie | Enough (Original Motion Pic.. | 1:43 | $1.29 | |
7. | Give Me a Sign | Enough (Original Motion Pic.. | 5:23 | $1.29 | |
8. | Changing Lanes, Pt. 1 | Changing Lanes (Original Mo.. | 2:11 | $1.29 | |
9. | Family | Baby Boy (Original Motion P.. | 1:16 | $1.29 | |
10. | Melvin Takes the Gun | Baby Boy (Original Motion P.. | 2:40 | $1.29 | |
11. | Let Us Pray | Baby Boy (Original Motion P.. | 2:23 | $1.29 | |
12. | I Hate You | Baby Boy (Original Motion P.. | 2:18 | $1.29 | |
13. | Guns and Butter | Baby Boy (Original Motion P.. | 1:20 | $1.29 | |
14. | Juanita | Baby Boy (Original Motion P.. | 0:54 | $1.29 | |
15. | Waiting... | Baby Boy (Original Motion P.. | 1:08 | $1.29 | |
16. | Rebuilding the House | Four Brothers (Score From t.. | 3:02 | $1.29 | |
17. | Iceman | Four Brothers (Score From t.. | 3:02 | $1.29 | |
18. | 400K Plan | Four Brothers (Score From t.. | 5:15 | $1.29 | |
19. | Officer Down | Four Brothers (Score From t.. | 2:13 | $1.29 | |
20. | Ransack | Four Brothers (Score From t.. | 3:22 | $1.29 | |
21. | Surveillance Camera | Four Brothers (Score From t.. | 2:13 | $1.29 | |
22. | Titles - 45 Second Version | Sherlock: Music from Series.. | 0:49 | $1.29 | |
23. | East Wind | Sherlock: Music from Series.. | 4:00 | $1.29 | |
24. | Appledore | Sherlock: Music from Series.. | 3:37 | $1.29 | |
25. | Problems of Your Future | Sherlock: Music from Series.. | 5:33 | $1.29 | |