# David Klotz

David Klotz is an American composer and music editor. He won eight Primetime Emmy Awards.

## Career

David graduated from Emerson College in 1994. He formed a band Fonda, along with Aaron Ryder and Emily Cook. In 2001, he wrote and performed the title song to Robert Rodriguez's film Spy Kids. 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 Netflix film The Prom, along with Matthew Sklar. Most recently he teamed up with Morgan Kibby to compose the score for the Netflix series The Watcher.

## Selected filmography

As Composer
As Music editor

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 2024 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | 3 Body Problem: Judgment Day |
| 2023 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Stranger Things: Chapter Nine: The Piggyback |
| 2023 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special | Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: God Of Forgiveness, God Of Vengeance |
| 2022 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Stranger Things: Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab |
| 2022 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Score and Musical for Episodic Long Form Broadcast Media | Stranger Things: Chapter Nine: The Piggyback |
| 2020 | Nominated | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special | American Horror Story: Camp Redwood |
| 2020 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Music Score and Musical for Episodic Long Form Broadcast Media | Game of Thrones |
| 2019 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Music Score and Musical for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media | American Horror Story: The End |
| 2019 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Game of Thrones |
| 2018 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | Stranger Things |
| 2018 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Music Score and Musical for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media | Stranger Things |
| 2017 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing - Short Form Music in Television | Stranger Things |
| 2017 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Stranger Things |
| 2015 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Game of Thrones |
| 2014 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Game of Thrones |
| 2013 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | American Horror Story |
| 2012 | Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Game of Thrones |
| 2011 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing - Short Form Musical in Television | Glee |
| 2010 | Won | Motion Picture Sound Editors | Best Sound Editing - Short Form Music in Television | Glee |