David Arnold was born in 1962 in the English industrial town of Luton. He was formally taught to play the woodwinds, and taught himself guitar and keyboards, performing in groups ranging from orchestras to rock bands. He met Danny Cannon, an aspiring filmmaker, in the small community arts center where he wrote and practiced his music. The two young men decided that respective futures would be in scoring and directing movies.

Cannon went to the National Film School, and Arnold followed, scoring many of the university's student pictures. Arnold gained experience with the instruments in his scores and the processes of filmmaking, from casting to sound mixing.

David Arnold's break came when Danny Cannon's short films landed him a feature with The Young Americans. Arnold and Cannon brought the film to Hollywood, where a midnight screening for producer Mario Kassar led to a meeting between Arnold and director Roland Emmerich. Within two days, the neophyte composer went from laboring for recording money to scoring a science fiction epic: Stargate.

After Stargate, Arnold went on to score Last of the Dogmen (1995), Independence Day (1996), the theme to the TV series The Visitors (1997), and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). His epic scores show his versatility as a composer...sweet melodies transition beautifully into fanfares. Arnold's work is most aptly compared to John Williams, but he has a style all his own.

-- The David Arnold Home Page

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Filmography

• The Young Americans (1993)
• Stargate (1994)
• Last of the Dogmen (1995)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• Godzilla (1998)
• Wing Commander (1999)
• The World is not Enough
• Shaft (2000)
• Bond 20 (2002)

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