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David Darling(1941-2021)

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  • Composer
  • Music Department
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David Darling (March 4, 1941 - January 8, 2021) was an American cellist and composer. In 2010, he won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. He performed and recorded with Bobby McFerrin, Paul Winter Consort, Ralph Towner and Spyro Gyra and released many solo albums. Among these were 15 recordings for ECM.
BornMarch 3, 1941
DiedJanuary 8, 2021(79)
BornMarch 3, 1941
DiedJanuary 8, 2021(79)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 5 nominations total

Known for

Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Al Pacino, Ted Levine, Wes Studi, Jerry Trimble, and Mykelti Williamson in Heat (1995)
Heat
8.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 1995
Brad Dourif and Dinah Manoff in Child's Play (1988)
Child's Play
6.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 1988
Samuel L. Jackson and Clifton Collins Jr. in One Eight Seven (1997)
One Eight Seven
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 1997
Russell Crowe and Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)
The Insider
7.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 1999

Credits

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Composer

  • A Feast of Uncertainty (2011)
    A Feast of Uncertainty
    8.6
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2011
  • 12th & Delaware (2010)
    12th & Delaware
    7.2
    • Composer
    • 2010
  • Ashes and Snow (2005)
    Ashes and Snow
    8.0
    • Composer
    • 2005
  • Going Under (2004)
    Going Under
    4.6
    • Composer
    • 2004
  • Kedma (2002)
    Kedma
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 2002
  • War Photographer (2001)
    War Photographer
    7.9
    • Composer
    • 2001
  • Lost Forever Everett Ruess (2000)
    Lost Forever Everett Ruess
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 2000
  • The Sacrifice: A Film About a Forest (1998)
    The Sacrifice: A Film About a Forest
    7.2
    • Composer
    • 1998
  • Ecological Design: Inventing the Future (1994)
    Ecological Design: Inventing the Future
    8.3
    • Composer
    • 1994
  • Maija-Liisa Majanlahti, Anitta Niemi, and Risto Tuorila in Kovaa maata (1994)
    Kovaa maata
    7.4
    TV Series
    • original music composed by
    • 1994
  • Beachmasters (1993)
    Beachmasters
    • Composer
    • 1993
  • Permeke (1985)
    Permeke
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1985

Music Department

  • American Experience (1988)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • musician: electric cello
    • 2010
  • 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006)
    10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
    7.4
    • musician: cello
    • 2006
  • El día que me quieras
    7.7
    Short
    • musician
    • 1997
  • Faraway, So Close! (1993)
    Faraway, So Close!
    7.2
    • musician: cello solo
    • 1993
  • William Hurt and Solveig Dommartin in Until the End of the World (1991)
    Until the End of the World
    6.8
    • musician: solo cello and additional improvisation
    • 1991

Personal details

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    • Deezer
  • Born
    • March 3, 1941
    • Elkhart, Indiana, USA
  • Died
    • January 8, 2021
    • Goshen, Indiana, USA(undisclosed)

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