Daniel Pemberton

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2010–2019

In 2013, Pemberton completed his breakthrough score of director Ridley Scott's film The Counselor, which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. Pemberton was originally named the "Discovery of the Year" in 2014 at the World Soundtrack Awards and nominated as "Film Composer of the Year" in 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

In 2016 his score for Steve Jobs was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. In 2017 he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 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. 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.

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. 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.

2020–present

For the 2020 Paralympics documentary film Rising Phoenix as well as working with disabled musicians on the score Pemberton collaborated with disabled rappers Toni Hickman, Georgetragic and Keith Jones to create the end credits song "Rising Phoenix". which was used in the closing ceremonies of both the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Pemberton has 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 which was shortlisted for the 2023 Oscars.

In 2021, he was named "Film Composer of the Year" by the World Soundtrack Awards and International Film Music Critics Association. Pemberton has been nominated for an Academy Award, won an Emmy Award 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 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. A new arrangement of the song was also used as a central part of the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games featuring a 1,000-piece choir and guitar solos from Black Sabbath founder Tony Iommi.

In 2022 Pemberton co-wrote and produced the title song "Strange Game" with Mick Jagger for the Apple TV series Slow Horses. On July 26, 2025 during the San Diego Comic-Con Project Hail Mary directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller announced Daniel Pemberton as the music composer and producer. However a later interview with Soundsphere Magazine revealed that he had been contracted to compose the film's soundtrack in 2024.

Soundtrack releases

Project Hail Mary (Milan Records, 2026)

The Bad Guys 2 (Back Lot Music, 2025)

Ferrari (Milan Records, 2023)

The Afterparty: Season 2 (Madison Gate Records, 2023)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Classical, 2023)

Slow Horses: Season 2 (Apple Video Programming, 2023)

Enola Holmes 2 (Milan Records, 2022)

Amsterdam (Hollywood Records, 2022)

See How They Run (Hollywood Records, 2022)

Brian and Charles (1812 Recordings, 2022)

The Bad Guys (Back Lot Music, 2022)

The Afterparty: Season 1 (Madison Gate Records, 2022)

Welcome to Earth (National Geographic Partners, 2021)

Being the Ricardos (Lakeshore Records, 2021)

The Rescue (National Geographic Partners, 2021)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Varèse Sarabande, 2020)

Enola Holmes (Milan Records, 2020)

Rising Phoenix (1812 Recordings, 2020)

Birds of Prey (WaterTower Music, 2020)

Motherless Brooklyn (WaterTower Music, 2019)

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Vol. 1 (Cutting Edge Music, 2019)

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Vol. 2 (Cutting Edge Music, 2019)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Classical, 2018)

Ocean's 8 (WaterTower Music, 2018)

Molly's Game (Sony Classical, 2018)

Black Mirror: USS Callister (1812 Recordings, 2017)

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, 2017)

From The Land Of The Moon (Mal De Pierres) (Les Productions Du Tresor, 2017)

Steve Jobs (Back Lot 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)

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)

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