David Buckley (born 7 June 1976) is a British composer of film and television
scores, based in
Santa Monica, California.
Career
Born in London in 1976,
Buckley's first involvement with film music was as a cathedral
choirboy performing on
Peter Gabriel
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’s score for
Martin Scorsese’s
''The Last Temptation of Christ''. He continued his musical education at the
University of Cambridge. In 2006, Buckley moved to Los Angeles to collaborate on a number of
Harry Gregson-Williams’ scores, including ''
Shrek'', ''
Gone Baby Gone'', ''
Flushed Away'', ''
Arthur Christmas'',
''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' and ''
The Number 23''. In addition to his work for Gregson-Williams, he has written additional music for
Danny Elfman
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on films including ''
American Hustle
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'', ''
Big Eyes'' and all
''Fifty Shades'' movies (including the choral piece "Bliss") and for
Hans Zimmer and
Rupert Gregson-Williams on
''Winter's Tale'' and
''Wonder Woman''.
He has worked with filmmakers including
Ridley and
Tony Scott,
Ben Affleck,
Joel Schumacher,
Rob Minkoff,
Luc Besson &
Taylor Hackford. Notable film scores include
''The Town'', ''
Jason Bourne'', ''
Papillon'', ''
The Forbidden Kingdom'' and ''
Angel Has Fallen
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''. He is also the composer for the critically acclaimed Scott Free-produced
CBS television series ''
The Good Wife'' and its spinoff ''
The Good Fight''. His music from ''
The Good Wife'' was prominently featured in the 2015
David O. Russell film
Joy.
Buckley was included in
BAFTA's list of "Brits to Watch", is the recipient of numerous
BMI Awards'','' and earned an
Emmy Award
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nomination in 2017 for
Outstanding Theme Music for his work on ''
The Good Fight''.
Discography
Film
Additional music
Television
Video games
References
External links
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1976 births
English film score composers
English male film score composers
English male television composers
English television composers
English video game composers
Living people