David Klotz is an American composer and

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. He won eight Primetime Emmy Awards.

Career

David graduated from Emerson College in 1994. He formed a band '' Fonda'', along with

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and Emily Cook. In 2001, he wrote and performed the title song to

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's film ''

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''. In 2016, he formed a synth-based band ''DREAM SYSTEM 8'', along with singer Erica Elektra. In 2020, David co-composed the score for the

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film The Prom, along with Matthew Sklar. Most recently he teamed up

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to compose the score for the Netflix series '' The Watcher''.

Selected filmography

As Composer * 2022 – '' The Watcher'' * 2021-2022 – ''

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'' * 2020 – '' The Prom'' * 2001 – '' Wish You Were Dead'' * 2001 – ''Close to Home'' As Music editor * 2022 – ''

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'' * 2016-2022 – '' Stranger Things'' * 2021 – '' The Retaliators'' * 2021 – ''

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'' * 2016-2021 – ''

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'' * 2018-2021 – '' Pose'' * 2020 – '' Ratched'' * 2020 – ''

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'' * 2020 – '' Hollywood'' * 2020 – ''

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'' * 2019-2020 – ''

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'' * 2011-2019 – ''

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'' * 2011-2019 – '' Game of Thrones'' * 2019 – '' Valley of the Boom'' * 2018 – '' 9-1-1'' * 2017 – ''

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'' * 2017 – '' Feud'' * 2016 – '' Dead of Summer'' * 2015-2016 – '' Scream Queens'' * 2009-2012 – ''

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'' * 2011 – '' Breakout Kings'' * 2005-2008 – '' Prison Break'' * 2008 – '' Deception'' * 2008 – '' Iron Man'' * 2006 – '' Blade: The Series'' * 2000 – '' Memento'' * 1995 – '' Dead Man Walking''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* Living people American film score composers American male film score composers 20th-century American composers American television composers Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-music-bio-stub