David Arnold (born February 27, 1962 in Luton in Bedfordshire, England) is one of the most popular and successful young British composers^{[citation needed]}. He is probably best known for the film scores to Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996) and four James Bond films. He also wrote the Björk performed song "Play Dead" for the 1993 movie The Young Americans. February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Luton is a town and local government district in England, located 33 miles (50km) north of central London. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... Stargate is a science fiction/action film released in 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, with a soundtrack by David Arnold. ... Independence Day is an American action movie about an attempted alien takeover of the Earth. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. ... Björk Guðmundsdóttir (IPA: ) (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter and composer (formerly the lead singer of alternative rock band The Sugarcubes), with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including pop, trip hop, alternative rock... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

A Bond fan from an early age, in 1997 Arnold produced Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project, an album of new versions of the themes from various James Bond films. The album also featured a variety of contemporary artists including Jarvis Cocker, Chrissie Hynde, k.d. lang and Iggy Pop. This coupled with his success on blockbusters Independence Day and Stargate led to his first real James Bond assignment on Tomorrow Never Dies. He has since scored two other Bond films and is set to compose the score to the next Bond film, Casino Royale, due for release in 2006. Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Cover of a Pretenders collection Greatest Hits showing Chrissie Hynde Chrissie Hynde (born September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the band The Pretenders. ... k. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond. ... Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond film produced by EON Productions and the first to star Daniel Craig as British Secret Service agent James Bond. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2006. ...

Arnold also composed the theme music for several British TV series', including the 2000 remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (which he did for free as a favour to the producers)^{[citation needed]}, Little Britain. In 2001, he also provided a new arrangement of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme music for a series of audio dramas from Big Finish Productions. The same year, he composed the music for the film Zoolander. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was a late-1960s British TV show about two private detectives. ... Little Britain is a character-based BBC radio and television sketch show written by and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams. ... Ron Grainer (August 11, 1922 in Atherton, Queensland, Australia - February 21, 1981), Australian born composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... Zoolander (2001) is a movie based on a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Ben Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television show in 1996 and 1997. ...

He has recently completed working with Massive Attack, Natasha Bedingfield and Shirley Manson. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Natasha Bedingfield (born November 26, 1981) is a British pop singer, and sister of pop singer, Daniel Bedingfield. ... Shirley Manson Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1968) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. ...

Arnold is the second cousin of Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice. He is not related to another British musician,David Arnold, a former player and now conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, who is also involved in writing, arranging and producing music for radio, television and films. The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Damien Rice Damien Rice (born December 7, 1970) is an Irish musician, born in Celbridge, County Kildare, some 22 kilometres from Dublin, whose album O was an enormous success, quickly adding him to the roster of notable Irish musicians. ...

External links

• David Arnold at the Internet Movie Database
• David Arnold's official web-site