David Campbell (composer)

David Campbell (composer)
David Campbell
Background information
Birth name David Richard Campbell
Born February 7, 1948 (1948-02-07) (age 63)
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Genres Rock, pop, country, alternative, indie rock, hip hop, r&b, blues, jazz, punk, rock en español, metal, classical
Occupations Arranger, composer, conductor
Instruments Viola, violin, piano
Years active 1971–present
Website http://www.davidmusic.com

David Richard Campbell (born February 7, 1948) is a Canadian-American arranger, composer and conductor. He has worked on over 450 gold and platinum albums including Death Magnetic (Metallica), Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park), KISS Symphony: Alive IV (KISS) Spirit (Leona Lewis), These Days (Bon Jovi), Fallen (Evanescence), and various albums by his son Beck.[1]

Career

David Campbell was born February 7, 1948 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Seattle at a young age and took up the violin at age 9. At 12 he began venturing into orchestration, studying the works of Bartók, Schoenberg and Stravinsky.

In the late '60s, 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.[2]

At the age of 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, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Radiohead, Leona Lewis, Juanes, Dixie Chicks, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Enrique Iglesias, Neil Diamond, and Sheryl Crow.[1][2] He also arranged strings for Scottish rock trio Biffy Clyro on their 2009 album Only Revolutions.

In addition to his pop music library, Campbell has also worked on many films, including Mind Games (1989), Dead Man Walking (1995), Brokeback Mountain (2005), North Country (2005), Dreamgirls (2007), and many others.[3] Most recently[when?] he worked with Nigel Godrich on the score for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.[4]

In recent years, he has conducted at the Hollywood Bowl for Faith Hill, Death Cab for Cutie, Ray LaMontagne, Beck, Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson.[5][6] In February 2009 Campbell arranged Radiohead's "15 Step" for the band's collaboration with the USC Marching Band at the 2009 Grammy Awards.[7]

Campbell will handle string arrangements for Evanescence's third studio album, "Evanescence".[8] He has also worked on Evanescence's multi-platinum albums Fallen and The Open Door.

His son is the American musician Beck Hansen[1].

He created song arrangements, dance arrangements, underscoring and orchestrations for the upcoming Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, and book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. The musical is being directed by Julie Taymor and opens December 21, 2010.[9]

List of album arrangements[1][10][11]

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
  • Louise Goffin - Kid Blue
  • Maria Muldaur - Open Your Eyes
  • Badfinger - Airwaves
1981
  • Art Garfunkel - Scissors Cut
  • Rita Coolidge - Heartbreak Radio
  • Robin Williamson - Songs of Love and Parting
1986
1987
  • Dolly Parton - Rainbow
  • Emmylou Harris - Trio
  • Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat
1989
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

References


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