# David Campbell (composer)

David Richard Campbell (born 7 February 1948) is a Canadian-American arranger, composer, and conductor. He has composed and arranged music for many films, including North Country (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), August: Osage County (2013), Annie (2014), Foxcatcher (2014), Rock of Ages (2012), Dreamgirls (2006), and Joy (2015). He has also worked on over 450 gold and platinum albums by artists of a wide range of genres, including The Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond, Metallica, Radiohead, Evanescence, Rush, Beyoncé, Muse, Michael Jackson, Aaliyah, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, Aerosmith, Juanes, Garth Brooks, and various albums by his son Beck.

## Early life and education

Campbell was born in Toronto, Ontario. His father, D. Warren Campbell, was from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was attending seminary in Toronto in order to become a Presbyterian minister. Campbell subsequently was assigned to a church in Pittsburgh, taking his family with him, before settling in Seattle. Campbell took up the violin at age 9. At age 12, he began venturing into orchestration, studying the works of Bartók, Schoenberg and Stravinsky.
In the late 1960s, after studying at Manhattan School of Music, Campbell moved from New York to Los Angeles and began studying pop music. He studied the music of The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, and The Rolling Stones, and he played bluegrass music for crowds in line for movies in Westwood Village.

## Career

At age 23, Campbell played on his first major album, Tapestry, by Carole King. This led to his first arranger role, for King's Rhymes and Reasons album. Campbell also played viola on recording sessions such as Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" and Bill Withers' "Lean on Me". Since then, he has gone on to arrange songs for such artists as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Dream Theater, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Jessie J, Juanes, Tim McGraw, Adele, Ricky Martin, Barbra Streisand, and Miley Cyrus.
As a composer, David has written music for many films including Joy, Paper Tigers and Colombia: magia salvaje. He has also arranged and orchestrated music for over 80 films including Annie (2014), Foxcatcher (2014), August: Osage County (2013), Rock of Ages (2012), Dreamgirls (2007), North Country (2005), and Brokeback Mountain (2005). In 2010 he worked with Nigel Godrich on the score for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. In 2016, he co-composed the 40-minute ballet Rules of the Game with Pharrell Williams.
David has guest-conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl for Faith Hill, Death Cab for Cutie, Ray LaMontagne, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, and The xx. He collaborated with Muse for the performance of "Survival", the official song of the London Olympics. He also collaborated with Beck for the Lincoln Motor Company ad campaign, "Hello, Again", which featured a live performance of Beck's "Sound and Vision" cover and included 167 live musicians playing simultaneously. In February 2009 Campbell arranged Radiohead's "15 Step" for the band's collaboration with the USC Marching Band at the 2009 Grammy Awards. He conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as arranged and orchestrated the music for Beck's Song Reader concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which featured many performers, including Childish Gambino, Juanes, Anne Hathaway, John C. Reilly, Jack Black, and Jarvis Cocker. He arranged and orchestrated for the Seattle Symphony and Pickwick's Sonic Evolution show on 6 June 2014.
In 2003, he served as conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra during their one-night performance with Kiss, which was released on the album Kiss Symphony: Alive IV. During the concert, Campbell and the members of the orchestra wore the iconic Kiss makeup along with the members of the band.
In 2018, for the LA Phil's 100th anniversary celebrations, David wrote arrangements for Chris Martin's and Corinne Bailey Rae's performances at Disney Hall, as well as Katy Perry's and Kali Uchis' performances at the Hollywood Bowl, all of which were conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
In 2019, he wrote arrangements for and conducted the LA Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Orchestra for Iron & Wine's 15th anniversary of Our Endless Numbered Days.
He created the song arrangements, dance arrangements, underscoring and orchestrations for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

## List of album arrangements and singles

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### 2024

* Joker: Folie à Deux (soundtrack) (big band, orchestra)
* Lady Gaga – Harlequin (big band, strings and production)
* Bon Jovi – Forever (Bon Jovi album) (strings)
* Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft (strings)
* Green Day – Saviors (strings and horns)
* Joe Bonamassa – Live at the Hollywood Bowl with Orchestra (orchestra)
* Andrea Bocelli – Duets (strings)

### 2023

* The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds (strings)
* Post Malone – Austin (strings)
* Dave Matthews Band – Walk Around the Moon (strings)
* Micah McLaurin – Diamonds (Micah McLaurin album) (orchestra)

### 2022

* Burna Boy – Love, Damini (orchestra)
* Beth Hart – A Tribute to Led Zeppelin (orchestra)
* Attacca Quartet – Classical Carols Covered Apple Music
* Neil Diamond – A Neil Diamond Christmas (orchestra and choir)
* Capital Theatre – "Fait Accompli" (strings)
* Beach House – Once Twice Melody (strings)
* Michael Bublé – Higher (strings)
* Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9 (strings)
* Elton John – The Lockdown Sessions (strings)
* Pentatonix – Holidays Around the World (strings)
* Eddie Vedder – Earthling (orchestra)
* Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny (strings)
* Backstreet Boys – A Very Backstreet Christmas (strings)
* Maria Bethânia & Pantanal" (strings)
* Billy Talent - Crisis of Faith (strings)

### 2021

* Adele – 30 (strings)
* Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (orchestra)
* Diane Warren – The Cave Sessions Vol. 1 (strings)
* Julia Michaels – Not in Chronological Order (strings)
* Jessie J – Women to the Front (strings)
* Kalen Anzai – Kimi to Boku no Uta (strings)
* Evanescence – The Bitter Truth (strings)
* Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood – "Shallow" (strings)
* Mau y Ricky – "Doleria" (strings)
* Allie Colleen Brooks – Stones (strings)
* Diane Warren & Laura Pausini – "Io Sì" (strings)
* Ben Platt – Born This Way 10th Anniversary (strings)
* Lake Street Dive – "Nobody's Stopping You Now" (strings)
* Cinderella – Soundtrack (orchestra)
* Billy Currington – "Words" (strings)
* Kaleo – Surface Sounds (strings)

### 2020

* Cam – The Otherside (orchestra)
* Ariana Grande – Positions (strings)
* Charlie Puth – Free (strings)
* Laura Pausini – Seen (strings)
* Kane Brown – John Legend - Last Time I Say Sorry (strings)
* Tommy Torres – Aprenderemos (strings)
* Carrie Underwood – My Gift (orchestra)
* Tim McGraw – Here On Earth (strings)
* Garth Brooks – Fun (strings)
* Bon Jovi – 2020 (strings)

### 2019

* Harry Styles – Fine Line (orchestra)
* Taylor Swift – Beautiful Ghosts (orchestra)
* Leonard Cohen – Thanks for the Dance (strings)
* Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings (strings)
* Melissa Etheridge – I Know You (strings)
* Freya Ridings – Freya Ridings (album) (strings)
* Cage the Elephant – Social Cues (strings)
* Luis Fonsi – Vida (strings)
* Tommy Torres – Tres Minutos (strings)
* Various Artists, Beck – Music Inspired by the Film Roma (strings)
* Ximena Sariñana – Cobarde (strings)
* Roger Daltrey – The Who's Tommy Orchestral (orchestra)

### 2018

* Hanson – String Theory (orchestra)
* Dave Matthews Band – Come Tomorrow
* Muse – Simulation Theory (brass, strings)
* Carlos Rivera – Guerra (strings)
* Lily Allen – No Shame (strings)
* Barbra Streisand – Walls (strings)
* Paul McCartney – Egypt Station (choir)
* Steve Perry – Traces (strings)
* The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (full orchestra)
* Roy Orbison – Unchained Melodies
* The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (strings)
* Sebastián Yatra, Tommy Torres – Atado Entre Tus Manos (single)
* Tommy Torres – Todo Me Requerda A Ti
* Tim McGraw – Gravity (strings)

### 2017

* Billy Raffoul – 1975
* Evanescence – Synthesis (orchestra)
* Beck – Colors
* Pauline Frechette – Follow My Heart
* Cheng Lin – King of Peace (strings)
* Café Tacuba – Jei Beibi (strings)
* Roger Waters – Is This the Life We Really Want? (strings)
* Tim McGraw – Faith Hill − The Rest of Our Life
* Antonio José – Tu Boca (strings)

### 2016

* M83 – Junk (orchestra, choir)
* Dream Theater – The Astonishing (orchestra, choir)
* Garth Brooks – Gunslinger (strings)
* Jacqui Hylton – Beautiful
* KT Tunstall – Kin
* Lady Antebellum – Heart Break (strings)
* Luis Fonsi – Ahi Estas Tu
* Tim McGraw – Faith Hill – Keep Your Eyes on Me
* Pharrell Williams – Rules of the Game (orchestra)

### 2015

* Alejandro Sanz – Sirope (strings)
* Of Monsters and Men – Beneath the Skin (brass, strings)
* Tim McGraw – Damn Country Music (strings)
* Tommy Torres – Ven (strings)
* Colombia Magia Salvaje – Soundtrack (orchestra)
* Joy – Soundtrack (orchestra)

### 2014

* Beck – Morning Phase (strings, brass)
* Christina Perri – Head or Heart (strings)
* D.A. Wallach – Glowing (strings, woodwinds, brass)
* David Bisbal – Tú y Yo (strings)
* Garth Brooks — Man Against Machine (strings)
* Jennifer Nettles – That Girl (strings, woodwinds, brass)
* OK Go – Hungry Ghosts (strings)
* Rascal Flatts – Rewind (strings)
* The Griswolds — Be Impressive (strings)
* Tim McGraw — Sundown Heaven Town (strings)
* Trisha Yearwood — PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit (strings)
* U2 — Songs of Innocence (Deluxe Edition)

### 2013

* Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King (strings, horns)
* Biffy Clyro – Opposites (strings, choir, brass, bagpipes)
* Bon Jovi – What About Now (strings)
* Christina Perri – A Thousand Years (strings, horns)
* David Bisbal − Tú y Yo (David Bisbal album) (strings)
* Dido – Girl Who Got Away (strings)
* Ghost – Infestissumam (choir, score editor)
* Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg (strings, choir)
* Jessie J – Alive (strings)
* Josh Groban – All That Echoes (strings, brass)
* Miley Cyrus – Bangerz (strings)
* Pink – The Truth About Love (strings)
* Tim McGraw – Two Lanes of Freedom (strings)
* Tommy Torres – 12 Historias (strings)

### 2012

* Alanis Morissette – Havoc and Bright Lights (woodwinds)
* Dwight Yoakam – 3 Pears (strings, brass)
* Grace Potter and the Nocturnals – The Lion the Beast the Beat (strings)
* Jason Mraz – Love Is a Four Letter Word (strings)
* King Charles – Loveblood (horns, strings)
* Marina and the Diamonds – Electra Heart (strings)
* Muse – The 2nd Law (strings, brass, choir)
* Rush – Clockwork Angels (strings)
* Shinedown – Amaryllis (strings)
* Taylor Swift – Red (strings)
* The Fray – Scars & Stories (strings)

### 2011

* Adele – 21 (strings)
* Antonio Carmona – De Noche (strings, woodwinds, horns)
* Avril Lavigne – Goodbye Lullaby (strings)
* Christina Perri – Lovestrong (strings, percussion)
* Demi Lovato – Unbroken (strings)
* Evanescence – Evanescence (strings)
* Journey – Greatest Hits 2
* Martina McBride – Eleven (strings)
* Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (orchestra, vocals)
* Trading Yesterday – More than This (strings)
* Unicorn – Z (brass, strings)
* Various artists – Listen to Me: Buddy Holly (strings, percussion)
* X Japan – "Jade" (orchestration with Yoshiki)

### 2010

* Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment (strings and horns)
* Adam Lambert – Time for Miracles (strings and horns)
* Alejandro Sanz – Paraiso Express (strings)
* Debi Nova – Luna Nueva (strings)
* Due Voci – Due Voci (strings and horns)
* Jimmy Eat World – Invented (strings)
* Meat Loaf – Hang Cool Teddy Bear (strings and percussion)
* Michael Jackson – Michael (strings)
* Miranda Cosgrove – Sparks Fly (strings)
* No Machine – Toast the Toaster (strings)
* The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St. (strings)
* Takako Matsu – Time for Music (strings, horns, woodwinds)
* We Are the Fallen – Tear the World Down (strings)

### 2009

* Ashley Monroe – Satisfied (strings)
* Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions (strings, brass, woodwinds)
* Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM (strings)
* Crash Kings – Crash Kings (strings)
* Daniel Merriweather – Love & War (strings)
* Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (strings)
* David Cook – David Cook (strings)
* Dido – Safe Trip Home (strings)
* Five for Fighting – Slice (strings)
* The Fray – The Fray (strings)
* Hoobastank – Fornever (strings)
* Laura Izibor – Let The Truth Be Told (strings)
* M. Ward – Hold Time (strings)
* Maroon 5 – His Way, Our Way (big band)
* Martina McBride – Shine (strings)
* Oksana Grigorieva – Beautiful Heartache (strings)
* Paolo Spoladore – Shiloh (choir, strings, horns, woodwinds, percussion)
* Paper Route – Absence (strings)
* PT Walkley – Mr. Macy Wakes Alone (strings)
* Rascal Flatts – Unstoppable (strings)
* Rascal Flatts – Unwrapped (strings and horns)
* Small Time Sleeper – Conversations
* Tim McGraw – Southern Voice (strings)
* Uncle Kracker – Happy Hour (strings)

### 2008

* Adam Green – Sixes and Sevens (strings, horns)
* A Fine Frenzy – One Cell in the Sea
* Augustana – Can't Love, Can't Hurt (strings)
* Ayumi Hamasaki – Guilty (strings)
* Beck – Modern Guilt (strings)
* Carly Simon – This Kind of Love (strings)
* Faith Hill – Joy To The World (big band, orchestral)
* Ferras – Aliens & Rainbows (strings)
* Hana Pestle – This Way (strings)
* I Nine – Heavy Weighs the King (strings)
* Lee Seung-Hwan – Tattoo
* Lenka – Lenka (strings)
* Leona Lewis – Spirit (Strings)
* Louis XIV – Slick Dogs and Ponies (strings)
* Metallica – Death Magnetic (strings)
* My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (strings)
* Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark (strings)
* Rhydian – Rhydian (strings)
* Shinedown – The Sound of Madness (strings)
* Simple Plan – Simple Plan (strings)
* Tommy Torres – Tarde O Temprano (strings)
* Trisha Yearwood – Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love (strings)
* Was (Not Was) – Boo! (strings)

### 2007

* Air – Pocket Symphony (strings)
* Ashley Tisdale – Headstrong (strings)
* Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn Thing (strings)
* Ayumi Hamasaki – Together When...
* Carina Ricco – Viaje Personal
* Celine Dion – Taking Chances (strings)
* Charlotte Gainsbourg – 5:55 (strings)
* David Vandervelde – The Moonstation House Band (strings)
* Enrique Iglesias – Insomniac (strings)
* Garth Brooks – The Ultimate Hits (strings)
* Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light (strings)
* Juanes – La vida... es un ratico (strings)
* Kid Rock – Rock n Roll Jesus (strings)
* Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight (strings)
* Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long (strings)
* Martina McBride – Waking Up Laughing (strings)
* Sara Bareilles – Little Voice (strings)
* Scorpions – Humanity Hour 1 (strings)
* The Spill Canvas – No Really, I'm Fine
* Sum 41 – Underclass Hero (strings)
* X Japan – Jealousy (strings)

### 2006

* Beck – The Information
* Beyoncé – B'Day
* Antonio Carmona – Vengo Venenoso
* Celestial Navigations – Connection: Chapter 5
* Celestial Navigations – Live at the Matrix (keyboards, strings, vocals)
* Charlotte Gainsbourg – The Songs That We Sing (strings)
* Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way (strings)
* Dreamgirls – Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture
* Evanescence – The Open Door (strings)
* Five for Fighting – Two Lights (strings)
* Frankie J – Priceless
* Goo Goo Dolls – Let Love In (strings)
* Jewel – Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
* Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways (strings)
* Josh Groban – Awake (strings)
* Juanes – Mi Sangre (strings)
* Julio Iglesias – Romantic Classics
* Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds (strings)
* Keith Urban – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
* Live – Songs from Black Mountain (strings)
* Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
* My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade (strings, horns)
* Nelly Furtado – Loose (strings)
* Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang (strings)
* Raul Malo – You're Only Lonely
* Sarah Kelly – Where the Past Meets Today

### 2005

* Alex Lloyd – Alex Lloyd
* Anastacia – Pieces of a Dream
* B. B. King – B.B. King & Friends: 80 (strings)
* Beck – Guero
* Billy Joel – My Lives
* Bon Jovi – Have a Nice Day
* David Crowder Band – A Collision (strings)
* Daniel Bedingfield – Second First Impression
* Eric Benét – Hurricane
* Fort Minor – The Rising Tied (strings)
* Gary Allan – Tough All Over
* Gustavo Santaolalla – Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* Gustavo Santaolalla – North Country: Music from the Motion Picture
* Idlewild – Not Just Sometimes But Always (strings)
* Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man – Motion Picture Soundtrack
* Lindsay Lohan – A Little More Personal (Raw)
* Lisa Marie Presley – Now What
* Liz Phair – Somebody's Miracle (strings)
* Mark Owen – How the Mighty Fall (strings, horns)
* The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute (strings, brass, piano, percussion)
* Melanie – Photograph
* Montgomery Gentry – Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999–2005
* Neil Diamond – 12 Songs (horns)
* Paul McCartney – Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (strings)
* The Prom Kings – The Prom Kings
* Robbie Williams – Intensive Care (strings)
* Sheryl Crow – Wildflower (strings)
* Steven Curtis Chapman – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (strings)

### 2004

* Alter Bridge – One Day Remains (strings)
* Ashlee Simpson – Autobiography (strings)
* Avril Lavigne – Under My Skin (strings)
* Charlotte Martin – On Your Shore
* Diana DeGarmo – Blue Skies
* Everlast – White Trash Beautiful
* Fantasia – Free Yourself
* Five for Fighting – The Battle for Everything
* Good Charlotte – The Chronicles of Life and Death
* Graham Colton Band – Drive
* James Otto – Days of Our Lives (strings)
* Jimmy Eat World – Futures
* Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway
* Lindsay Lohan – Speak
* Lit – Lit
* Lostprophets – Start Something (strings)
* New Found Glory – Catalyst (strings)
* Spymob – Sitting Around Keeping Score
* Tamyra Gray – The Dreamer
* Tim McGraw – Live Like You Were Dying (strings)
* Train – Alive at Last
* Van Hunt – Van Hunt
* Wilson Phillips – California

### 2003

* Alien Ant Farm – truANT
* The Bangles – Doll Revolution
* Blackstreet – Level II
* Cat Power – You Are Free
* Evanescence – Fallen
* Eve 6 – It's All in Your Head
* Kiss – Kiss Symphony: Alive IV
* Lamb – Between Darkness and Wonder
* Linkin Park – Meteora (strings)
* Lisa Marie Presley – To Whom It May Concern (strings)
* Macy Gray – The Trouble with Being Myself
* Maria – My Soul
* Memento – Beginnings
* Michelle Branch – Hotel Paper
* Nelly Furtado – Folklore
* Phil Collins – Brother Bear: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
* Revis – Places for Breathing
* Ricky Martin – Almas del Silencio
* Ruben Studdard – Soulful (strings)
* The Thrills – So Much for the City
* Year of the Rabbit – Year of the Rabbit

### 2002

* Beck – Sea Change
* Brandy – Full Moon (strings)
* Darren Hayes – Spin
* Def Leppard – X (strings)
* Faith Hill – Cry (strings)
* Good Charlotte – The Young and the Hopeless (strings)
* Laura Pausini – From the Inside
* LeAnn Rimes – Twisted Angel
* Mariah Carey – Charmbracelet (strings)
* Robin Williams – Live 2002
* Sixpence None the Richer – Divine Discontent (strings)
* The Wallflowers – Red Letter Days (strings)
* Taproot – Welcome (strings)
* 3 Doors Down – Away from the Sun (strings)

### 2001

* Aerosmith – Just Push Play (strings)
* Anastacia – Freak of Nature (strings)
* Brooks & Dunn – Steers & Stripes
* Jennifer Warnes – The Well
* Leonard Cohen – Ten New Songs
* Lit – Atomic (strings)
* Michael Jackson – Invincible (strings)
* Nikka Costa – Everybody Got Their Something (strings)
* Paul McCartney – Driving Rain (strings)
* Smash Mouth – Smash Mouth
* Train – Drops of Jupiter (strings)
* Alien Ant Farm - ANThology (strings)

### 2000

* BBMak – Sooner or Later
* Bon Jovi – Crush (strings)
* Duran Duran – Pop Trash (strings)
* Everlast – Eat at Whitey's (strings)
* Fuel – Something Like Human (strings)
* XXVII Olympiad – Official Music from the Opening Ceremony
* Green Day – Warning (strings)
* Poe – Poe
* Ricky Martin – Sound Loaded
* Sinéad O'Connor – Faith and Courage

### 1999

* Amanda Marshall – Tuesday's Child (strings)
* Beck – Midnite Vultures
* Counting Crows – This Desert Life
* Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton – Trio II (strings)
* Enrique Iglesias – Enrique
* Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – Aguila
* Macy Gray – On How Life Is
* Phil Collins – Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
* Reef – Rides
* Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin
* Stone Temple Pilots – No. 4
* Styx - Brave New World (conductor, strings)
* 21st Century Girls – 21st Century Girls

### 1998

* Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (strings)
* Beck – Mutations
* The Black Crowes – By Your Side
* Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy Up the Girl (strings)
* Hole – Celebrity Skin
* Jude – No One Is Really Beautiful (strings)
* Hootie & the Blowfish – Musical Chairs
* Richie Sambora – Undiscovered Soul

### 1997

* Aerosmith – Nine Lives
* Beck – Odelay B Sides
* Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume III
* Green Day – Nimrod
* Lee Seung-Hwan – Cycle
* Leonard Cohen – More Best of
* Kara's Flowers – The Fourth World
* Stanley Clarke – The Bass-ic Collection

### 1996

* Journey – Trial by Fire
* Cracker – The Golden Age
* Dead Man Walking – Dead Man Walking: The Score (choir)
* France Gall – France (strings)
* Joe Cocker – Organic
* John Berry – Faces
* Manowar – Louder Than Hell

### 1995

* 3T – Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
* Bon Jovi – These Days
* Bugs & Friends – Sing the Beatles
* Joshua Kadison – Delilah Blue
* Kris Kristofferson – A Moment of Forever
* Lee Seung-Hwan – "For 1,000 days"
* Medicine – Her Highness
* Melissa Manchester – If My Heart Had Wings
* Tina Arena – Don't Ask
* Various Artists – Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

### 1994

* Aerosmith – "Crazy"
* Bon Jovi – "Always"
* Bonnie Raitt – Longing in Their Hearts
* The Rolling Stones – Voodoo Lounge (strings)
* Willie Nelson – Healing Hands of Time

### 1993

* Aerosmith – "Amazing"
* Alexander O'Neal – Love Makes No Sense
* Celine Dion – The Colour of My Love
* David Crosby – Thousand Roads (strings)
* Jann Arden – Time for Mercy
* Maria McKee – You Gotta Sin to Get Saved
* Willie Nelson – Across the Borderline

### 1992

* Bernadette Peters – Bernadette
* Leonard Cohen – The Future (strings, backing vocals)
* Neil Diamond – The Christmas Album
* Roy Orbison – King of Hearts
* Vonda Shepard – Radical Light

### 1991

* Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart
* Alice Cooper – Hey Stoopid
* Bonnie Raitt – Luck of the Draw
* Neil Diamond – Lovescape
* Diana Ross – The Force Behind the Power
* The Temptations – Milestone
* The Smithereens – Blow Up
* X – Jealousy

### 1989

* Linda Ronstadt – Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind

### 1987

* Dolly Parton – Rainbow
* Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris – Trio

### 1986

* 10,000 Maniacs – In My Tribe

### 1983

* All the Right Moves – All the Right Moves Soundtrack

### 1981

* Art Garfunkel – Scissors Cut
* Rita Coolidge – Heartbreak Radio
* Robin Williamson – Songs of Love and Parting
* Gábor Szabó – Femme Fatale

### 1979

* Louise Goffin – Kid Blue
* Maria Muldaur – Open Your Eyes
* Badfinger – Airwaves
* David Castle – Love You Forever
* Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights
* Olivia Hussey – Melancholy Café / Arabesque
* Crystal Mansion – The Crystal Mansion

### 1978

* Andrew Gold – All This and Heaven Too
* Carole Bayer Sager – ... Too
* Poco – Legend
* John Hall – John Hall
* Laura Allan – Laura Allan
* Eddie Rabbitt – Variations
* Leo Sayer – Leo Sayer
* Rare Earth – Band Together
* Rare Earth – Grand Slam
* Dusty Springfield – It Begins Again
* Starland Vocal Band – Late Nite Radio
* James Vincent – Waiting For The Rain
* Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Pronto Monto

### 1977

* Art Garfunkel – Watermark
* Cat Stevens – Izitso
* Lucy Simon – Stolen Time
* James Taylor – JT
* Karla Bonoff – Karla Bonoff
* Linda Ronstadt – Simple Dreams
* Olivia Newton-John – Making a Good Thing Better
* Carole Bayer Sager – Carole Bayer Sager
* Wendy Waldman – The Main Refrain
* Jelly – A True Story

### 1976

* Jackson Browne – The Pretender
* JD Souther – Black Rose
* Jimmie Spheeris – Ports of the Heart
* Linda Ronstadt – Hasten Down the Wind
* Melanie – Photograph
* Pure Prairie League – Dance
* Mr Big – Photographic Smile
* Tom Snow – Tom Snow
* Richard Supa – Life Lines

### 1975

* Jimmie Spheeris – The Dragon Is Dancing
* Linda Ronstadt – Prisoner in Disguise
* Karen Alexander – Isn't It Always Love
* Emperor – Woman & The Time That It Takes
* Wings Livinryte– Your Love Keeps Me Off The Streets

### 1974

* Carole King – Wrap Around Joy
* Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a Wheel
* Rita Coolidge – Fall into Spring
* Jackson Browne – Late for the Sky

### 1973

* Carole King – Fantasy
* Jimmie Spheeris – Original Tap Dancing Kid
* Jackson Browne – For Everyman

### 1972

* Carole King – Rhymes & Reasons
* Jackson Browne – Jackson Browne (viola)
* Jimmie Spheeris – Isle of View

## Filmography

Partial list of films that David Campbell's work contributed to.
| Year | Film | Role | Directed by | Notes / Accolades |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | TBA | Todd Phillips | |
| 2022 | Promised Land | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Matt Lopez | |
| 2021 | Finch | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Miguel Sapochnik | |
| 2021 | Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles | Arranger, Orchestrator | Robert Rodriguez, Patrick Osborne | Nominated: Grammy Award Best Music Film & MTV Video Music Awards VMA Best Longform Video |
| 2021 | Cinderella | Arranger, Orchestrator | Kay Cannon | |
| 2020 | The Life Ahead | Arranger, Orchestrator | Edoardo Ponti | Wrote orchestral arrangement for "Seen" by Laura Pausini |
| 2020 | Mulan (2020) | Arranger, Orchestrator | Niki Caro | Wrote orchestra & choir arrangement for "Reflection" |
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Arranger, Orchestrator | Thea Sharrock | Wrote string arrangement for "Free" by Charlie Puth |
| 2019 | Cats | Orchestrator, additional Arranger | Tom Hooper | Wrote string arrangement for "Beautiful Ghosts" |
| 2019 | The Goldfinch | Orchestrator, Conductor | John Crowley | |
| 2018 | Roma | Arranger | Alfonso Cuarón | Wrote arrangement for "Tarantula" by Beck |
| 2018 | Free Solo | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi|, Jimmy Chin | Wrote arrangement for "Gravity" by Tim McGraw |
| 2017 | Thoroughbreds | Songwriter | Cory Finley | Co-wrote "Chameleon" by Rome Will Burn |
| 2017 | The Shack | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Stuart Hazeldine | Wrote arrangement for "Keep Your Eyes On Me" by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw |
| 2017 | Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Lili Fini Zanuck | |
| 2016 | In Search of Fellini | Composer | Taron Lexton | |
| 2015 | Demolition | Arranger | Jean-Marc Vallée | Wrote arrangement for "La Boheme" |
| 2015 | Joy | Composer (with West Thordson) | David O. Russell | The film was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture– Comedy or Musical |
| 2015 | Colombia, magia salvaje | Composer | Mike Slee | |
| 2015 | Paper Tigers | Composer: additional music | James Redford | |
| 2014 | Annie | Orchestrator | Will Gluck | |
| 2014 | Serena | Orchestrator | Susanne Bier | |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Richard Laxton | |
| 2014 | Foxcatcher | Orchestrator | Bennett Miller | |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Arranger | John Wells | |
| 2013 | World War Z | Orchestrator, Conductor | Marc Forster | |
| 2012 | Rock of Ages | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Adam Shankman | |
| 2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Edgar Wright | |
| 2008 | W. | Arranger | Oliver Stone | |
| 2008 | The Yellow Handkerchief | Arranger: Strings | Udayan Prasad | |
| 2007 | This Christmas | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Preston A. Whitmore II | |
| 2007 | Things We Lost in the Fire | Conductor | Susanne Bier | |
| 2007 | The Brothers Warner | Composer | Cass Warner | |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Sylvester Stallone | |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Arranger: Strings | Bill Condon | |
| 2006 | Flicka | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Michael Mayer | |
| 2005 | Rent | Conductor: Strings and Horns | Chris Columbus | |
| 2005 | North Country | Conductor | Niki Caro | |
| 2005 | Trust the Man | Orchestrator | Bart Freundlich | |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Arranger: Strings | Ang Lee | Gustavo Santaolalla won the Oscar for Best Original Score |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Orchestrator | Peter Berg | |
| 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Sean McNamara | |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Jay Russell | Wrote string arrangement for "Shine Your Light" by Robbie Robertson |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Sam Raimi | Wrote string arrangement for "Ordinary" by Train |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Will Finn, John Sanford | |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Arranger, Conductor | Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Wrote string arrangement for "Look Through My Eyes" by Phil Collins |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Mark Steven Johnson | Wrote string arrangements for "For You" by The Calling and Evanescence songs |
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Ron Clements, John Musker | Wrote string arrangement for "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)" by John Rzeznik |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Barry Sonnenfeld | Wrote string arrangement for "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" by Will Smith |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Phil Alden Robinson | Wrote string arrangement for "If We Could Remember" by Yolanda Adams |
| 2002 | The Sweetest Thing | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Roger Kumble | |
| 2002 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | Arranger, Conductor | Bradley Raymond | |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Joe Roth | Wrote string arrangement for "Some Hearts" by Kelly Levesque |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Michael Bay | Wrote string arrangement for "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill |
| 2000 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Ron Howard | Wrote string arrangement for "Where Are You Christmas?" by Faith Hill |
| 2000 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Orchestrator, Conductor | Michael Kalesniko | |
| 2000 | Duets | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Bruce Paltrow | Wrote string arrangement for "Cruisin'" by Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow |
| 2000 | The Prime Gig | Orchestrator, Conductor | Gregory Mosher | |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Joan Chen | Wrote string arrangement for "Beautiful" by Jennifer Paige |
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly | Conductor: Strings | David McNally | Wrote string arrangements for "Can't Fight the Moonlight", "The Right Kind of Wrong", and "But I Do Love You" by LeAnn Rimes |
| 2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Dominic Sena | Wrote string arrangement for "Painted on My Heart" by The Cult |
| 2000 | Amores perros | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Wrote string arrangements for Café Tacuba songs |
| 2000 | The Tigger Movie | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Jun Falkenstein | Wrote string arrangement for "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" by Kenny Loggins |
| 1999 | Anywhere but Here | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Wayne Wang | Wrote string arrangement for "Leaving's Not Leaving" by LeAnn Rimes |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Wes Craven | Wrote string arrangement for "Turn the Page" by Aaliyah |
| 1999 | Detroit Rock City | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Adam Rifkin | Wrote string arrangement for "Nothing Can Keep Me from You" by Kiss |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Garry Marshall | Wrote string arrangements for "Blue Eyes Blue" by Eric Clapton, "And That's What Hurts" by Hall & Oates, and "You Can't Hurry Love" by Dixie Chicks |
| 1999 | Big Daddy | Arranger, Conductor | Dennis Dugan | Wrote string arrangement for "What Is Life" by Shawn Mullins |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Arranger: Strings | Chris Buck, Kevin Lima | Phil Collins won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Song "You'll Be in My Heart" |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Arranger | Jay Roach | Wrote orchestra arrangements for "Espionage" by Green Day |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Tim Robbins | Wrote string arrangements for Marc Blitzstein songs |
| 1999 | The Other Sister | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Garry Marshall | Wrote string arrangement for "Loving You Is All I Know" by The Pretenders |
| 1999 | Message in a Bottle | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Luis Mandoki | Wrote string arrangement for "Only Lonely" by Hootie & the Blowfish |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Arranger | Willard Carroll | Wrote string arrangement for "Walk Into This Room" by Ed Kowalczyk and Neneh Cherry |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Tom Shadyac | Wrote string arrangement for "Faith of the Heart" by Rod Stewart |
| 1998 | Everything That Rises | Orchestrator, Conductor | Dennis Quaid | |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Michael Bay | Wrote string arrangement for "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by Chantal Kreviazuk |
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Forest Whitaker | Wrote string arrangements for "Chances Are" by Bob Seger and Martina McBride "What Makes You Stay" by Deana Carter "To Get Me to You" by Lila McCann "Smile" by Lyle Lovett |
| 1998 | Savior | Arranger, Orchestrator | Predrag Antonijević | |
| 1998 | City of Angels | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Brad Silberling | Wrote string arrangements for "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette and "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls |
| 1997 | Boogie Nights | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Paul Thomas Anderson | Wrote string arrangement for "Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Andrew Niccol | Wrote string arrangement for source music by Django Reinhardt |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Allison Anders | Wrote string arrangements for "Between Two Worlds" by Shawn Colvin, "Truth Is You Lied" by Jill Sobule, and songs by Kristen Vigard |
| 1996 | Unhook the Stars | Arranger | Nick Cassavetes | |
| 1996 | Phenomenon | Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator | Jon Turteltaub | Wrote string arrangements for "Crazy Love" by Aaron Neville and "Have a Little Faith in Me" by Jewel |
| 1996 | Movies Money Murder | Composer | Stephen Eckelberry, Arthur Webb | |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Orchestrator, Conductor | Tim Robbins | |
| 1995 | Boys on the Side | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Herbert Ross | Wrote strings arrangements for "You Got It" by Bonnie Raitt and "Somebody Stand by Me" by Stevie Nicks |
| 1995 | Mirage | Composer | Paul Williams | |
| 1994 | Color of Night | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Richard Rush | Wrote string arrangement for "The Color of the Night" by Lauren Christy |
| 1994 | Jimmy Hollywood | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Barry Levinson | Wrote string arrangement for "Let the Good Times Roll" by Robbie Robertson and Cassandra Wilson |
| 1994 | 8 Seconds | Arranger, Conductor | John G. Avildsen | Wrote string arrangement for "You Hung the Moon" by Patty Smyth |
| 1994 | Backbeat | Composer: additional music | Iain Softley | |
| 1993 | Calendar Girl | Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator | John Whitesell | Wrote string arrangement for "Out of My Dreams" by Aaron Neville |
| 1993 | Twenty Bucks | Orchestrator, Conductor | Keva Rosenfeld | |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Tim Robbins | |
| 1992 | Wayne's World | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Penelope Spheeris | Wrote string arrangement for "Feed My Frankenstein" by Alice Cooper |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells | Wrote string arrangement for "Dreams to Dream" by Linda Ronstadt |
| 1990 | Mermaids | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Richard Benjamin | Wrote string arrangements for Cher songs |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Tony Scott | Wrote string arrangement for "Show Me Heaven" by Maria McKee |
| 1989 | Chances Are | Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor | Emile Ardolino | Wrote string arrangement for "After All" by Cher and Peter Cetera |
| 1989 | Mind Games | Composer | Bob Yari | |
| 1988 | The Land Before Time | Arranger | Don Bluth | Wrote string arrangement for "If We Hold on Together" by Diana Ross |
| 1986 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Arranger, Conductor, Orchestrator | Brian Gibson | |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance | Conductor, Orchestrator | Martin Ritt | |
| 1985 | Stand Alone | Composer | Alan Beattie | |
| 1984 | Breakin' Through | Composer | Peter Medak | |
| 1984 | Night of the Comet | Composer | Thom Eberhardt | |
| 1983 | All the Right Moves | Composer | Michael Chapman | |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Orchestrator | Martin Rosen, Tony Guy | |
| 1982 | Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody | Composer | Fred Wolf | |
| 1980 | Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz | Composer: additional music | Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | |
| 1979 | Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies | Composer | Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | |
| 1979 | The Rose | Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator | Mark Rydell | |
| 1978 | Puff the Magic Dragon | Composer | Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Nomination: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Animation Program (music) |

## Personal life

Campbell has two sons and one daughter with Bibbe Hansen: musician Beck Hansen, artist Channing Hansen, and Alyssa Suede.
He is married to theatrical composer Pauline Frechette (aka Raven Kane).
Campbell is a long-time practicing Scientologist.
In 2012, he donated to Ron Paul's campaign in the United States Presidential election.