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David Arnold is a Executive Producer, Second Assistant Director and Sound British born on 23 january 1962 at Luton (United-kingdom)

David Arnold

David Arnold
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Birth name David Arnold
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 january 1962 (62 years) at Luton (United-kingdom)

David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, the 1998 film Godzilla and the television series Little Britain and Sherlock.

Biography

David Arnold commence sa carrière en composant des musiques pour la télévision et des documentaires. Il fait même des essais avec The Clash ou The Waterboys, sans succès. En 1993, il collabore avec Björk pour le titre Play Dead qui figure sur la bande originale de The Young Americans, de Danny Cannon.

En 1994, il est choisi par Roland Emmerich pour écrire et diriger la musique de Stargate, la porte des étoiles. À l'instar de Maurice Jarre pour Lawrence d'Arabie, Arnold compose une mélodie épique et majestueuse qui évoque les grandes étendues désertiques et l'univers mythologique égyptien. Son travail sur Stargate marque réellement son entrée à Hollywood. La même année, il prête sa voix pour les chœurs de Giver, de David Knopfler.

En 1996 et 1998, il collabore de nouveau avec Emmerich sur Independence Day et Godzilla. Puis il compose la bande originale de cinq films de la saga James Bond comme Demain ne meurt jamais, Le monde ne suffit pas, Meurs un autre jour ou plus récemment Casino Royale (2006) et Quantum of Solace.

Parallèlement, il continue de produire des disques comme l'album-hommage à la série des James Bond, Shaken and Stirred (réunissant notamment Pulp, Iggy Pop, Propellerheads), paru en 1997, qui a connu un succès important outre-Manche. Il produit également l'album Gedida, de Natacha Atlas, en 1999.

En septembre 2012, il compose une partie de la musique de la cérémonie de clôture des Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2012 à Londres.

En 2017, il écrit son premier roman, Mosquitoland.

Best films

Independence Day (1996)
(Original Music Composer)
Casino Royale (2006)
(Music)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
(Music)
Die Another Day (2002)
(Original Music Composer)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
(Music)
Godzilla (1998)
(Original Music Composer)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of David Arnold (43 films)

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Producer

Return to Paradise, 1h51
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Vera Farmiga, Joel de la Fuente
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.445443.445443.445443.445443.44544
Three friends, Lewis McBride (Joaquin Phoenix), Sheriff (Vince Vaughn) and Tony (David Conrad), are seen having a fun vacation in a Malaysian paradise. Their adventures include being almost run over by a car while riding a bicycle, and being pressured into buying some rhinoceros horn from Malaysian locals. The three men wind up at their beach front house on the ocean pondering their future in the island paradise.

Director

Sonic the Hedgehog
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Uwe Boll
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films based on video games
Actors Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter, Adam Pally, Frank C. Turner
Roles Second Assistant Director
Rating65% 3.272063.272063.272063.272063.27206
Le shérif de la petite ville de Green Hills, Tom Wachowski, s'allie à Sonic, un hérisson anthropomorphique poursuivi par le gouvernement, et par le Dr Ivo « Eggman » Robotnik.
Driven
Driven (2001)
, 1h56
Directed by Renny Harlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren
Roles Second Assistant Director
Rating46% 2.304432.304432.304432.304432.30443
Halfway through the (Fictionalized) 2001 Champ Car season, rookie driver Jimmy Bly has already won 5 races. His brother/business manager Demille is seems more concerned with working out endorsement deals and press engagements than racing, putting tremendous pressure upon Jimmy. His success has also drawn the ire of the reigning champion and series points leader Beau Brandenburg, who believes he's not doing as well as he should because of his fiancée Sophia becoming "a distraction". He breaks up the engagement and he regains his winning ways.

Sound

The Inbetweeners 2, 1h36
Directed by Iain Kevan Morris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Road movies
Actors James Buckley, Simon Bird, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Freddie Stroma, Emily Berrington
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63% 3.198953.198953.198953.198953.19895
Will, Neil and Jay's girlfriends have all broken up with them since the events of the last film, and Simon is unhappy with his girlfriend Lucy, who has become obsessive and abusive. Simon and Will are depressed and ostracised at university; Neil is working in a bank; and Jay is taking a gap year in Australia. He emails Neil, claiming that he is now a top DJ at a popular night club, lives in a luxury mansion, and has daily sex with multiple partners. This convinces them to visit him in Australia for their Easter holidays. Once they arrive at the club they find that Jay in fact only works as a toilet attendant, while Will meets Katie, an old friend from his private school days, who is backpacking, and she persuades him to join her.
Gangsta Granny, 1h10
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Reece Buttery, Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, David Walliams, Miranda Hart, Rob Brydon
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59% 2.9519652.9519652.9519652.9519652.951965
Set in Basildon, the film centres around Ben an 11-year-old boy who goes off to his grandmother's house every Friday whilst his parents go out dancing. He dislikes going there as he finds his grandmother boring but she later tells him that she is an international jewel thief and arranges to steal the crown jewels from the Queen. All goes well until Granny hurts herself, which is revealed to be terminal.
Last Vegas
Last Vegas (2013)
, 1h45
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline, Morgan Freeman, Mary Steenburgen, Jerry Ferrara
Rating65% 3.298553.298553.298553.298553.29855
Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam are childhood friends from Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, who are now living in their senior years. Sam and his wife Miriam are living mundane lives in Naples, Florida. Archie, twice-divorced and recovering from a minor stroke, lives with his overprotective son Ezra and his family in Englewood, New Jersey. Paddy lives alone in his Brooklyn apartment, a curmudgeon in grief since the death of his wife, Sophie, over a year ago. Billy is a successful entrepreneur in Malibu, California, who lives with his 31-year-old girlfriend Lisa. Shortly after proposing to Lisa, Billy finds an old bottle of scotch he and his friends stole in their childhood days and calls Sam and Archie, who immediately propose a bachelor party for Billy in Las Vegas before his wedding that weekend. After being given permission by Miriam to cheat on her, Sam collects Archie and Paddy and fly off to rendezvous with Billy in Vegas.
Paul
Paul (2011)
, 1h44
Directed by Greg Mottola
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Road movies, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen, Nick Frost, Kristen Wiig, Jason Bateman, Bill Hader
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68% 3.448083.448083.448083.448083.44808
Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost) are British comic book enthusiasts and best friends who travel to the United States to attend the annual San Diego Comic-Con International, and to take a road trip through the American Southwest to visit sites significant to UFO lore. While driving on a remote desert highway at night, Graeme and Clive observe a car driving erratically and then crash. They stop to investigate and offer assistance to the driver, who turns out to be an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen). Clive faints, but Graeme agrees to assist Paul and gives him a ride.
Morning Glory, 1h42
Directed by Roger Michell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about television
Actors Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, 50 Cent, Jeff Goldblum
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64% 3.248643.248643.248643.248643.24864
Aspiring news producer Becky Fuller has dreamed since childhood of working for the Today show, but her dedication to her career is off-putting to potential suitors. After being laid off from her job at the local Good Morning New Jersey, her mother advises her to give up her dream before it becomes an embarrassment. However, Becky perseveres, sending many different résumés out. She finally receives a call from IBS, which is looking for a producer on its struggling national morning show, DayBreak.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 1h55
Directed by Michael Apted
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films about lions, Serial killer films, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Will Poulter, Ben Barnes, Liam Neeson, Simon Pegg
Roles Music
Rating63% 3.1521353.1521353.1521353.1521353.152135
Three Narnian years after the events of Prince Caspian, Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are staying with their irritating bookworm cousin Eustace Scrubb until the war is over. Edmund is still too young to enlist in His Majesty's Armed Forces. At their cousin's home a painting of a ship on the ocean transports Lucy, Edmund and Eustace into an ocean in Narnia.
Made in Dagenham, 1h53
Directed by Nigel Cole
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating70% 3.5460753.5460753.5460753.5460753.546075
Rita O'Grady (a fictional character) leads the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the Ford Dagenham plant, where female workers walk out in protest against sexual discrimination, demanding equal pay. The strike is successful and leads to the Equal Pay Act 1970.
Changeling
Changeling (2008)
, 2h21
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about capital punishment, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Angelina Jolie, Jeffrey Donovan, John Malkovich, Jason Butler Harner, Riki Lindhome, Colm Feore
Roles Supervising Dialogue Editor
Rating77% 3.898413.898413.898413.898413.89841
In Los Angeles in 1928, single mother Christine Collins (Jolie) returns home to discover her nine-year-old son, Walter (Gattlin Griffith), is missing. Reverend Gustav Briegleb (Malkovich) publicizes Christine's plight and rails against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for its incompetence, corruption and the extrajudicial punishment meted out by its "Gun Squad" led by Chief James E. Davis (Feore). Several months after Walter's disappearance, the LAPD tells Christine that he has been found alive. Believing the positive publicity will negate recent criticism of the department, the LAPD organizes a public reunion. Although "Walter" (Devon Conti) claims he is Christine's son, she says he is not. Captain J. J. Jones (Donovan), the head of the LAPD's Juvenile Division, insists the boy is Walter and pressures Christine into taking him home "on a trial basis".
The Red Baron, 1h40
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Matthias Schweighöfer, Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, Maxim Mehmet, Volker Bruch
Roles ADR Recording Engineer
Rating63% 3.15273.15273.15273.15273.1527
In 1906, a young Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Tomáš Koutník) is out hunting deer, with his younger brother and younger cousin, Lothar and Wolfram, when they hear an aeroplane overhead. Enchanted, he follows it on horseback, waving his arms.
Quantum of Solace, 1h46
Directed by Michael G. Wilson, Marc Forster, Barbara Broccoli
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Films about children, Environmental films, Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Political films, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Roles Music
Rating65% 3.2977953.2977953.2977953.2977953.297795
James Bond is driving from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy, with the captured Mr. White in the boot of his car. After evading pursuers, Bond and M interrogate White regarding his organization, Quantum. M's bodyguard Craig Mitchell, a double agent, attacks M, enabling White to escape. Bond chases Mitchell and kills him. Bond and M return to London and search Mitchell's flat, discovering through tagged banknotes that Mitchell had a contact in Haiti. Bond tracks the contact, Edmund Slate, and learns that Slate is a hitman sent to kill Camille Montes at the behest of her lover, environmentalist Dominic Greene. While observing her subsequent meeting with Greene, Bond learns that Greene is helping an exiled Bolivian General, Medrano—who murdered Camille's family—to overthrow his government and become the new president in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of desert.
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, 1h50
Directed by Robert B. Weide
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Janette Scott, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63% 3.1979853.1979853.1979853.1979853.197985
Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) is a smalltime, aspiring English journalist who works for a left-wing radical magazine. Following an incident at a party where Sidney accidentally lets a pig loose, he is hired to work for an upscale magazine in New York City. He is hired by Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharps magazine, a man Sidney had previously lampooned in his own magazine.