SPS026: Composer, Musician, and Arranger David Buckley

 

David Buckley most recently created the score for the summer action blockbuster “Jason Bourne,” directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon. David has also scored the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy “The Brothers Grimsby,” for director Louis Leterrier, and “The Nice Guys” for Shane Black & Joel Silver. 

David's previous film credits include the Joel Schumacher-directed thrillers “Trespass” and “Blood Creek”, Ben Affleck’s crime drama “The Town”, action film “Parker” directed by Taylor Hackford, and Rob Minkoff’s fantasy adventure “The Forbidden Kingdom.” For the small screen, he has composed the music for the hit CBS drama series “The Good Wife”, “Mercy Street” for PBS and "BrainDead" for CBS.

Born in England, Buckley’s first involvement with film music was as a cathedral 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, Buckley moved to Los Angeles, where he began collaborating with Harry Gregson-Williams, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, and John Ottman on film scores, including “Shrek the Third,” “Flushed Away,” “The Number 23” and “Gone Baby Gone,” as well as the television specials like “Shrek the Halls.” 

He has also written music for such films as “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Big Eyes,” “Winter’s Tale,” and “American Hustle” and his music was featured in David O’Russell’s “Joy”. His credits also include writing the music for a number of game platforms including “Batman Arkham Knight” (WB/Rocksteady). 

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