David Fleming

David Fleming is an American composer for films, television, and interactive media. He is known for collaborating with various Remote Control Productions composers including Hans Zimmer, Atli Örvarsson, Lorne Balfe, Steve Jablonsky and Tom Holkenborg. In 2024, he won the ASCAP Screen Music Award for Television Score of the Year for his work on HBO's The Last of Us with Gustavo Santaolalla. He is also known for scoring films and series such as Blue Planet II, Hillbilly Elegy, Americana, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Damsel, The Alto Knights and Superman.

Career Early career David Fleming studied musical composition at State University of New York at Purchase. From there, he started his career in New York advertising companies, creating music for ringtones and liquor commercials. He won the BMI Foundation's Pete Carpenter Fellowship and moved to Los Angeles where he began writing music for major films.

2017–present In 2017, Fleming co-composed the BBC series Blue Planet II (2017) alongside Hans Zimmer, starting a collaborative relationship that saw Fleming contribute to films like The Lion King (2019), Dune (2021), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and co-compose films together such as Hillbilly Elegy, The Unforgivable, and The Night Logan Woke Up. Their work on Blue Planet II earned the score award nominations with the Jerry Goldsmith Awards and the International Film Music Critics Awards.

In 2024, Fleming scored projects including Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Jim Henson Idea Man, for which he was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series and Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special, respectively. On June 7, 2024, Fleming performed his work to Mr. & Mrs. Smith at the Deadline Sound & Screen TV Event at Royce Hall at UCLA. Lead actor Donald Glover guided Fleming's score to focus on trust and the relationship between the characters. For Jim Henson Idea Man, Fleming wanted to carry the spirit of Jim Henson through the score. He also composed music for the film Damsel (2024).

Television Year Title Notes Ref. 2017 Blue Planet II 7 episodes 2022 The Night Logan Woke Up 5 episodes; with Hans Zimmer 2023–present The Last of Us 16 episodes; with Gustavo Santaolalla 2024 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 8 episodes 2026 Widow's Bay 10 episodes

Video games Year Title Notes Ref. 2026 Marvel's Wolverine

Other credits Year Title Role Composer(s) 2012–2023 Chicago Fire additional music Atli Örvarsson 2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters additional music Atli Örvarsson A Single Shot additional music Atli Örvarsson Evidence additional music Atli Örvarsson The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones additional music Atli Örvarsson 2014–2015 Chicago P.D. additional music Atli Örvarsson 2014 Son of God additional music Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe Divergent additional music Tom Holkenborg Transformers: Age of Extinction additional music Steve Jablonsky 2015 Last Knights additional music Satnam Ramgotra and Martin Tillman 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows additional music Steve Jablonsky 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight additional music Steve Jablonsky What Happened to Monday additional music Christian Wibe 2018 Believer additional music Hans Zimmer 2019 Dark Phoenix additional music Hans Zimmer The Lion King Arranger "Never Too Late", producer "Be Prepared" Hans Zimmer 2020 Wonder Woman 1984 additional music Hans Zimmer 2021 Dune: Part One additional music Hans Zimmer 2022 Top Gun: Maverick additional music Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer The Son additional music Hans Zimmer 2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. additional music Hans Zimmer 2024 Dune: Part Two additional music Hans Zimmer

Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. IFMCA Awards 2017 Best Original Score for a Documentary Film Blue Planet II Jerry Goldsmith Awards 2018 Best Documentary Score ASCAP Screen Music Awards 2024 Composers' Choice: Television Score of the Year The Last of Us Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2024 Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Mr. & Mrs. Smith Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Jim Henson Idea Man 2026 Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Widow's Bay Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2024 Best Original Score in a Documentary Jim Henson Idea Man