Born in Bratislava, Slovakia, and raised in Munich, Germany by a lawyer and a mathematician, David immersed himself in all things music since childhood. While his roots are deep in classical piano, David toured Europe with progressive rock bands opening for acts such as Scorpions and Saga. His German college education in classical and jazz piano only strengthened his love for film scores and by 2012 he relocated to Los Angeles on a Fulbright Scholarship admitted to the famed Scoring for Motion Picture and Television Program at USC.
Directly following the SMPTV program, David had the privilege of writing additional music and orchestrating for Disney Junior, HULU, Netflix, Amazon and for the popular German film series “Fünf Freunde”. His robust orchestral themes and distinctive melodic approach can also be heard on Netflix’s “Chef’s Table” and “Home Game”, as well as Amazon’s “Brittany Runs a Marathon” and “The Wedding Invitation”, just to name a few.
Not just a film composer, David’s musicography extends to songwriting, producing and more. He has lent his orchestration skills to the 2018 Deadmau5 release of Where’s the Drop, arranging for 2018 America’s Got Talent Semi Finalists Angel City Chorale, collaborating with German Idol winner Marie Wegener and scoring a full symphonic orchestra work for the art installation “Stranger-Mankind” debuting in Munich in November 2021.
Whether scoring for a full orchestra or creating an intimate piece with a single piano, David has the spectral ability to tap into a project’s soul and lift it off the screen into your memory.
Recent projects include the feature film “Peace By Chocolate”, which is premiering at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and the documentary “Botero” brilliantly highlighting the life and works of legendary Columbian artist Fernando Botero.
