# David Buckley

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’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 on films including American Hustle, 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. 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 nomination in 2017 for Outstanding Theme Music for his work on The Good Fight.

## Discography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 2008 | The Forbidden Kingdom | Rob Minkoff | Lionsgate The Weinstein Company | — |
| 2009 | Tell-Tale | Michael Cuesta | Scott Free Productions | — |
| 2009 | Blood Creek | Joel Schumacher | Lionsgate | — |
| 2010 | From Paris with Love | Pierre Morel | Lionsgate | — |
| 2010 | In the Land of the Free... | Vadim Jean | Gold Circle Films | Documentary films |
| 2010 | The Town | Ben Affleck | Warner Bros. Pictures | Composed with Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2011 | Trespass | Joel Schumacher | Millennium Entertainment | — |
| 2011 | Book of Dragons | Steve Hickner | DreamWorks Animation | Short film |
| 2012 | ATM | David Brooks | IFC Films | — |
| 2012 | Gone | Heitor Dhalia | Summit Entertainment | — |
| 2013 | Parker | Taylor Hackford | FilmDistrict | — |
| 2016 | Grimsby | Louis Leterrier | Columbia Pictures | Composed with Erran Baron Cohen |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Paul Greengrass | Universal Pictures | Composed with John Powell |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys | Shane Black | Warner Bros. Pictures | Composed with John Ottman |
| 2016 | The Master | Jon Saunders | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| 2017 | The Boy Downstairs | Sophie Brooks | FilmRise | |
| 2017 | Papillon | Michael Noer | Bleecker Street | |
| 2019 | Arctic Dogs | Aaron Woodley | Open Road Films | |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Ric Roman Waugh | Lionsgate Films | |
| 2020 | Greenland | Ric Roman Waugh | STX Entertainment | |
| 2020 | Unhinged | Derrick Borte | Solstice Studios | |
| 2021 | Nobody | Ilya Naishuller | Universal Pictures | |
| TBA | Greenland: Migration | Ric Roman Waugh | STXfilms | |

#### Additional music

| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | David Bowers Sam Fell | Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation | Composer of additional music Main score by Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2007 | The Number 23 | Joel Schumacher | New Line Cinema | Composer of additional music Main score by Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Chris Miller Raman Hui | DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images | Composer of additional music Main score by Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Ben Affleck | The Ladd Company Miramax Films | Composer of additional music Main score by Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2008 | Jolene | Dan Ireland | Entertainment One | Composer of additional music Main score by Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith | Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Animation | Composer of additional music Main score by Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2013 | American Hustle | David O. Russell | Annapurna Pictures Columbia Pictures | Composer of additional music Main score by Danny Elfman |
| 2014 | Big Eyes | Tim Burton | The Weinstein Company | Composer of additional music Main score by Danny Elfman |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale | Akiva Goldsman | Warner Bros. Pictures | Composer of additional music Main score by Hans Zimmer & Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades Of Grey | Sam Taylor-Johnson | Universal Pictures | Composer of additional music Main score by Danny Elfman |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman | Patty Jenkins | Warner Bros. Pictures | Composer of additional music Main score by Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2017 | Fifty Shades Darker | James Foley | Universal Pictures | Composer of additional music Main score by Danny Elfman |
| 2018 | Fifty Shades Freed | James Foley | Universal Pictures | Composer of additional music Main score by Danny Elfman |

### Television

| Year | Title | Original channel(s) aired | Notes |
| 2010–15 | The Good Wife | CBS | |
| 2012 | Coma | A&E | Miniseries |
| 2013 | Killing Lincoln | National Geographic Channel | Television film |
| 2015 | Proof | TNT | |
| 2016 | Mercy Street | PBS | Miniseries |
| 2016 | Killing Reagan | National Geographic Channel | Television film |
| 2016 | BrainDead | CBS | |
| 2017–19 | The Good Fight | CBS | Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Theme Music (2017) |
| 2017–18 | The Gifted | Fox | with John Ottman |
| 2019–present | Evil | CBS | |
| 2022–present | The Sandman | Netflix | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Notes |
| 2008 | Metal Gear Solid 4 | Konami | Konami | Additional Music |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | XPEC | Activision | |
| 2013 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | Infinity Ward Raven Software Neversoft | Activision | |
| 2015 | Batman: Arkham Knight | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Composed with Nick Arundel |
| 2016 | Batman: Arkham VR | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Composed with Nick Arundel |