Daniel Pemberton

British composer (born 1977)

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Daniel Pemberton

Born|  (1977-11-03) 3 November 1977 (age 46)
United Kingdom
Genres| Film score, video game score, electronic, ambient, rock, jazz, funk
Occupation(s)| Composer, songwriter
Instruments| Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, percussion
Website| danielpemberton.com

Musical artist

Daniel Pemberton (born 3 November 1977) is an English composer and songwriter.[1][2]

## Life and career[edit]

In 1994, at the age of 16, Pemberton recorded his debut album, Bedroom, on a multitrack cassette recorder, which caught the attention of ambient musician Pete Namlook and was released on the latter’s Fax label as part of its sub-label series.

This album impressed TV director Paul Wilmshurst who asked 17-year-old Pemberton to score a TV documentary he was working on.[3] Following this he became a very in-demand composer for British television [4] eventually graduating into feature film [5] with his debut score to The Awakening from director Nick Murphy.

In 2013, Pemberton completed his breakthrough score of director Ridley Scott's film The Counselor. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.[6]

Since then he has worked on countless award winning films and songs with an array of highly notable film directors and artists, including Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin, Ridley Scott, David O. Russell, Darren Aronofsky, Guy Ritchie, Mick Jagger, Drake and Iggy Pop.

In 2021, he was named "Film Composer of the Year" by the World Soundtrack Awards[7] and International Film Music Critics Association.[8]

Pemberton was originally named the "Discovery of the Year" in 2014 at the World Soundtrack Awards[9] and nominated as "Film Composer of the Year" in 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[10]

Pemberton has been nominated for an Academy Award,[11] won an Emmy Award[12] and been nominated four times for a Golden Globe award and three times for a BAFTA Award. In 2021 he was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[13] for the song "Hear My Voice" from the film The Trial of the Chicago 7 which was performed and co-written with Celeste. Pemberton and Celeste performed the song during the 2021 Oscars Ceremony from the roof of the newly opened Academy Museum in Hollywood.[14] A new arrangement of the song was also used as a central part of the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games[15] featuring a 1,000-piece choir and guitar solos [16] from Black Sabbath founder Tony Iommi.

In 2016 his score for Steve Jobs was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.[17] In 2017 he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[18] for the song Gold from the film of the same name which he co-wrote with Iggy Pop, Danger Mouse and the director Stephen Gaghan. In 2019 his score for Motherless Brooklyn was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.[19] He won an Emmy for his work on the acclaimed Paralympic documentary Rising Phoenix creating a score and song working alongside numerous musicians and artists with disabilities.[20]

Pemberton's other notable works include the Ridley Scott-directed The Counselor (2013) and All the Money in the World (2017); the Danny Boyle-directed Steve Jobs (2015) and Yesterday (2019); the Guy Ritchie-directed The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017); the Aaron Sorkin-directed Molly's Game (2017), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), and Being the Ricardos (2021); Cuban Fury (2014); the French film Mal De Pierres (2016); the score to the American 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as the score to its 2023 sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Ocean's 8 (2018); Enola Holmes (2020); and The Rescue (2021), for which Pemberton won a Critics' Choice Award for Best Score.[21]

Earlier work includes The Awakening (2011); the live-action short Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012), directed by Francois Alaux and Herve De Crecy and edited by Pietro Scalia; Blood (2012); and In Fear and the television film Complicit (both 2013). Pemberton also scored director Gareth Edwards' breakthrough sci-fi short film Factory Farmed.[22]

Pemberton has also composed title tunes and incidental music for several award-winning television series including The Game, Prey, Ambassadors, Peep Show, Desperate Romantics, Space Dive, Occupation, Prisoners' Wives, Black Mirror, My Mad Fat Diary, Suburban Shootout, Hell's Kitchen, Great British Menu,[23] Hiroshima, Bad Lads' Army, That'll Teach 'Em, George Orwell: A Life in Pictures, The Yellow House, Monster Moves, Dirk Gently, Napoleon[24] and the first series of the 2010 revival of Upstairs Downstairs. He also has composed music for video games such as LittleBigPlanet, Kinect Adventures, LittleBigPlanet 2, The Movies and Trackmania Turbo. Using the alias The Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra, some of his television themes were released on the album TVPOPMUZIK in 2007, while his video game work—primarily that from LittleBigPlanet—was released on the album LittleBIGMusic.

For the 2020 Paralympics documentary film Rising Phoenix as well as working with disabled musicians on the score Pemberton also collaborated with disabled rappers Toni Hickman, Georgetragic and Keith Jones to create the end credits song "Rising Phoenix".[25] which was also used in the closing ceremonies of both the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Pemberton has also co-written songs such as "Jokes on You", the title track performed by Charlotte Lawrence from the film Birds of Prey; "Good Tonight" performed by Anthony Ramos and "Brand New Day" performed by the Heavy from the animated Dreamworks feature film The Bad Guys; and the title theme "Come With Me" performed by Yola from the second Netflix series of Green Eggs And Ham. He co-wrote and produced the end titles song "Time" from the movie Amsterdam with Drake and performed by Giveon[26] which was shortlisted for the 2023 Oscars. [27]

In 2022 Pemberton co-wrote and produced the title song "Strange Game" with Mick Jagger[28] for the Apple TV series Slow Horses.

## Film scores[edit]

### Film[edit]

Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes

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2009  | Enemies of the People | Rob Lemkin
Thet Sambath  | Old Street Films
International Film Circuit  |
2011  | The Awakening | Nick Murphy | StudioCanal
BBC Films |
2012  | Blood | Momentum Pictures
BBC Films |
2013  | In Fear | Jeremy Lovering  | StudioCanal |
Complicit | Niall MacCormick | Channel 4 |
The Counselor | Ridley Scott | Scott Free Productions
20th Century Fox |
2014  | Cuban Fury | James Griffiths | StudioCanal
Big Talk Productions |
2015  | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Guy Ritchie | Guy Ritchie/Lionel Wigram Films
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Davis Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Steve Jobs | Danny Boyle | Universal Pictures
Legendary Pictures
Scott Rudin Productions
The Mark Gordon Company
Entertainment 360
Decibel Films
Cloud Eight Films | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
2016  | From the Land of the Moon | Nicole Garcia | StudioCanal |
Gold | Stephen Gaghan | The Weinstein Company
Dimension | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
2017  | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Guy Ritchie  | Warner Bros. Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures
Weed Road Pictures
Safehouse Pictures
Ritchie/Wigram Productions
RatPac-Dune Entertainment |
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Peter Landesman | Sony Pictures Classics
Scott Free Productions |
Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin | STXfilms |
All the Money in the World | Ridley Scott  | Imperative Entertainment
Scott Free Productions
RedRum Films
TriStar Pictures |
2018  | Ocean's 8 | Gary Ross | Warner Bros. Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures | Replaced Nicholas Britell
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti
Peter Ramsey
Rodney Rothman | Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation
Marvel Entertainment
Arad Productions
Lord Miller Productions
Pascal Pictures  |
2019  | Yesterday | Danny Boyle  | Universal Pictures |
Motherless Brooklyn | Edward Norton | Warner Bros. Pictures | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
2020  | Birds of Prey | Cathy Yan | DC Films
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Enola Holmes | Harry Bradbeer | Legendary Pictures
PCMA Productions
Netflix |
The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin  | Paramount Pictures
Cross Creek Pictures
Marc Platt Productions
DreamWorks Pictures
ShivHans Pictures
Netflix | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Original Song
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Rising Phoenix | Ian Bonhote
Peter Ettedgui  | Netflix |
2021  | The Rescue | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Jimmy Chin | National Geographic Documentary Films
Greenwich Entertainment |
Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin  | Amazon Studios
Escape Artists | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
2022  | The Bad Guys[29] | Pierre Perifel | Universal Pictures
DreamWorks Animation Studios |
Brian and Charles | Jim Archer  | Focus Features (United States)
Universal Pictures (International) |
See How They Run | Tom George  | DJ Films
TSG Entertainment
Searchlight Pictures |
Amsterdam | David O. Russell | 20th Century Studios
Regency Enterprises | Replaced Hildur Guðnadóttir
Enola Holmes 2 | Harry Bradbeer  | Legendary Pictures
PCMA Productions
Netflix | Cameo appearance as orchestra conductor
2023  | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Joaquim Dos Santos
Kemp Powers
Justin K. Thompson  | Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation
Marvel Entertainment
Arad Productions
Lord Miller Productions
Pascal Pictures  |
Ferrari | Michael Mann | NEON |

### Television[edit]

Year | Title | Notes

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2003–2015  | Peep Show | Broadcast on Channel 4
2006  | Prehistoric Park | Broadcast on ITV
2010–2012  | Dirk Gently | Broadcast on BBC 4
2017  | Black Mirror | Episode: "USS Callister"
2019  | Brexit: The Uncivil War | TV movie, broadcast on Channel 4 and HBO
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Netflix miniseries, co-composer with Samuel Sim
Original Dark Crystal theme by Trevor Jones
2021  | Welcome to Earth | Disney+ series
2022–present  | The Afterparty | Apple TV+ series, co-composer with David Schweitzer for season 2
2022  | Slow Horses | Apple TV+ series, co-composer with Toydrum
2022  | Green Eggs and Ham | Netflix series, season 2 theme with Gary Go
Performed by Yola
Score composed by David Newman

### Short film[edit]

Year | Title | Director

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2008  | Factory Farmed | Gareth Edwards
2012  | Ghost Recon: Alpha | Francois Alaux
Herve de Crecy

### Video games[edit]

Year  | Title  | Developer(s)

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2005  | The Movies | Lionhead Studios
2008  | LittleBigPlanet | Media Molecule
2010  | Kinect Adventures! | Xbox Game Studios
2011  | LittleBigPlanet 2 | Media Molecule
2019  | Knights and Bikes | Foam Sword
Double Fine Productions

## Discography[edit]

* Bedroom (Fax +49-69/450464, 1994)

### Soundtrack releases[edit]

* Cries in the Wind ( the daniel pemberton TV orchestra ) ( little big planet October 21, 2008 / little big planet 2 January 18, 2011
* Yesterday (Universal Music & Capitol Records, 2019)
* Molly's Game (Sony Classical, 2018)
* All The Money In The World (Sony Classical, 2017)
* Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House (Filmtrax Ltd., 2017)
* King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (WaterTower Music, 2017)
* Gold (BMG, Original Score, 2017)
* From The Land Of The Moon (Mal De Pierres) (Les Productions Du Tresor, 2017)
* Steve Jobs (Backlot Music, 2015)
* The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Watertower, 2015)
* The Game (Moviescore Media, 2015)
* Cuban Fury (Decca Records, 2014)
* The Counselor (Milan Records, 2013)
* Blood (Moviescore Media, 2013)
* Space Dive (1812 Recordings, 2012)
* Dirk Gently (Moviescore Media, 2012)
* Space Dive (1812 Recordings, 2012)
* The Awakening (Moviescore Media/Screamworks, 2012)
* Desperate Romantics (1812 Recordings, 2012)
* LittleBIGMusic (1812 Recordings, 2011)
* The Haunted Airman (1812 Recordings, 2011)
* Upstairs Downstairs (1812 Recordings, 2010)
* Kinect Adventures (1812 Recordings, 2010)
* Monster Moves: Songs + Sounds (1812 Recordings, 2009)
* Heroes and Villains: Attila the Hun / Napoleon (Moviescore Media, 2009)
* TVPOPMUZIK (1812 Recordings, 2007)
* Prehistoric Park (1812 Recordings, 2006)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Official website biography". Danielpemberton.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
2. ^ "Daniel Pemberton". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
3. ^ "My Screen Life: UK composer Daniel Pemberton talks biggest mistake and 'Spider-Verse 2'".
4. ^ Moody, Paul (10 July 2009). "Paul Morley showing off ... Daniel Pemberton". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
5. ^ "The Awakening soundtrack review | Daniel Pemberton | movie-wave.net". 8 February 2012.
6. ^ "Daniel Pemberton Scoring Ridley Scott's 'The Counselor' – Film Music Reporter". Filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
7. ^ "Awards".
8. ^ Jon (18 February 2021). "IFMCA Award Winners 2020". International Film Music Critics Association. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
9. ^ "Daniel Pemberton Named Discovery of the Year by World Soundtrack Academy". ascap.com. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
10. ^ "World Soundtrack Awards 2016".
11. ^ "The 93rd Academy Awards | 2021".
12. ^ "Sports Emmys: TNT & ESPN Lead Networks as Seven Programs Score Two Wins Apiece – Full List". 9 June 2021.
13. ^ "Best Original Song 2020".
14. ^ "Celeste - Hear My Voice (Live from the Oscars 2021)". YouTube.
15. ^ "Commonwealth Games open with celebration of host Birmingham". theguardian.com.
16. ^ "TONY IOMMI to Perform at the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony". 20 July 2022.
17. ^ "Daniel Pemberton". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
18. ^ "Best Original Song 2016". Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
19. ^ "Winners & Nominees 2020 | Golden Globes".
20. ^ "Netflix's 'Rising Phoenix' wins two Sports Emmy Awards".
21. ^ "'Summer of Soul' Wins Best Documentary Feature & More at Critics Choice Documentary Awards". 15 November 2021.
22. ^ FACTORY FARMED. Retrieved 28 September 2014 - via YouTube.
23. ^ Moody, Paul (10 July 2009). "Paul Morley showing off ... Daniel Pemberton". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
24. ^ "Danielpemberton.com". Danielpemberton.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
25. ^ "'We sound like superheroes!' – the rappers inspired by the Paralympics". TheGuardian.com. September 2020.
26. ^ "'Amsterdam' Enlists Drake & Giveon For End-Credit Theme "Time," – Deadline". 16 September 2022.
27. ^ "Oscars 2023 Song Surprises – Billboard". 21 December 2023.
28. ^ "Mick Jagger's Improvised Riffs Led to the 'Slow Horses' Original Song "Strange Game" – Sound & Screen". 6 May 2022.
29. ^ @DANIELPEMBERTON (22 June 2021). "The news is now out there so this is probably a good time as any to say I've been working away for quite a while on a super fun big new animation feature from ⁦@Dreamworks and ⁦@UniversalPics:- "THE BAD GUYS" -" (Tweet) - via Twitter.

## External links[edit]

* Daniel Pemberton – official site
* Daniel Pemberton discography at Discogs
* Daniel Pemberton at IMDb
* Daniel Pemberton on Twitter
* Daniel Pemberton on scoring Ridley Scott's "The Counselor" at Film Music Reporter
* Daniel Pemberton feature by Paul Morley in The Guardian (2009)]
* Daniel Pemberton discussing his creative process at Think Work Play

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