David Buckley

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David Buckley
Born (1976-06-07) 7 June 1976
London, England
Genres Film scores
Occupation(s) Composer
Years active 2008-present
Website www.davidbuckleymusic.net

David Buckley (born 7 June 1976) is a British film score composer living in Los Angeles.

He has worked with many prominent filmmakers including Ridley and Tony Scott, Ben Affleck, Joel Schumacher, Rob Minkoff, Luc Besson, Pierre Morel, Taylor Hackford and Louis Leterrier. Notable recent film scores include THE TOWN, and THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. He is also the composer for the critically acclaimed CBS TV show THE GOOD WIFE, now in its seventh season, and has recently provided the score for WB/Rocksteady game: BATMAN, ARKHAM KNIGHT. Upcoming projects include Sacha Baron Cohen's THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY for Columbia, Shane Black and Joel Silver's THE NICE GUYS for Warner Brothers, and the PBS Miniseries MERCY STREET.

David’s first involvement with film music was as a choirboy performing on Peter Gabriel’s score for Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. He continued his musical education at Cambridge University where he subsequently taught. After graduating, he moved to London and began a successful career writing music for TV shows and commercials. In 2006 David moved to LA to become an additional writer on a number of Harry Gregson-Williams’ scores including SHREK, GONE BABY GONE, FLUSHED AWAY, ARTHUR CHRISTMAS, PRINCE OF PERSIA and THE NUMBER 23. He has also contributed music to the video game, METAL GEAR SOLID 4, and the TV show, SHREK THE HALLS. In addition to his work for Harry, he has written additional music for Danny Elfman on films including AMERICAN HUSTLE, BIG EYES & FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (including the choral piece BLISS) and Hans Zimmer & Rupert Gregson-Williams on WINTER’S TALE.

David was recently honored as a BRIT TO WATCH by BAFTA and has been the recipient of numerous BMI AWARDS.

Discography

Film

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes
2008 The Forbidden Kingdom Rob Minkoff Lionsgate
The Weinstein Company
2009 Tell-Tale Genius Products Scott Free
2009 Town Creek Joel Schumacher Lionsgate
2010 From Paris with Love Pierre Morel Lionsgate
2010 In the Land of the Free... Documentary
2010 The Town Ben Affleck Warner Bros. Pictures Composed with Harry Gregson-Williams
2011 Trespass Joel Schumacher Millennium Entertainment
2011 Book of Dragons Steve Hickner DreamWorks Animation Short film
2012 ATM David Brooks IFC Films
2012 Gone Heitor Dhalia Summit Entertainment
2013 Parker Taylor Hackford FilmDistrict
2014 A Bit of Bad Luck John Fuhrman
2014 Breaking the Bank Vadim Jean
2016 Grimsby Louis Leterrier Columbia Pictures Composed with Erran Baron Cohen
2016 The Nice Guys Shane Black Warner Bros. Pictures Composed with John Ottman

Television

Year Title Original channel(s) aired Notes
2010–15 The Good Wife CBS
2012 Coma A&E Miniseries
2013 Killing Lincoln National Geographic Channel Television film
2015 Proof TNT
2016 Mercy Street PBS Miniseries

Video games

Year Title Developer(s) Publisher(s) Notes
2010 Shrek Forever After XPEC Activision
2013 Call of Duty: Ghosts Infinity Ward
Raven Software
Neversoft
Activision
2015 Batman: Arkham Knight Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Composed with Nick Arundel

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