Dave Gale Music

Biog

Dave Gale - Media Composer, Arranger/Orchestrator & Producer

Dave Gale is an award-winning Composer, Arranger/Orchestrator and Producer of music for film, television and other media. He has composed for television across all the major UK and US channels and networks, as well as for feature film, radio, adverts, idents and production music libraries.

Winning an Emmy for his work on the BBC television series, 'Days that Shook the World', Dave went on to score for the BAFTA nominated and Emmy award-winning series, 'Simon Schama's Power of Art', and has worked on numerous other nominated/award-winning documentaries and films, leading 'Time Out' Magazine to describe his music as 'Distinctive'.

Having studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, one of Europe's leading conservatoires, Dave was immediately invited to return as a lecturer in Media Composition, Arranging, Orchestration & Music Production. He still holds the post of visiting Professor at the Guildhall and has visited many other Higher Education establishments, as a keynote speaker.

His passion for music embraces all forms, composing in numerous styles and idioms. He is equally comfortable composing electronically, acoustically and for ensembles of all sizes.

Working from his own private studio, near Guildford, on the outskirts of London, Dave continues to explore new and exciting directions in Music, both to picture and in music production. His extensive studio is equipped with industry standard music hardware and software, as well as a unique collection of both vintage and modern synthesisers. The live room also plays host to a 6" Bechstein Grand Piano. Above all, flexibility in creativity, for both acoustic work and electronic based sound design, is the essence of Dave's compositional work.

Selected Credits

Films/Documentaries

Days that Shook the World - Series 1, 2 & 3 (36 x 60') - BBC TV/History Channel
(Emmy Winner - Outstanding achievement in Music)

Simon Schama's Power of Art - Rembrandt (1 x 60') - BBC TV
(Emmy Winner - Best Arts Programme, Bafta Nominated - Specialist Factual Award)

C'est pas Moi, C'est l'autre - Accolade Films (Canadian/French Cinematic & DVD release)

Witness - The Maze (1 x 60') - Channel 4 (Nominated - Grierson Awards - Best Documentary)

DNA : The Price and the Promise (2 x 60') - Discovery (Winner - Bronze Medal - New York Festival, Nominated - Grierson Awards - Best Documentary)

The Long Goodbye (3 x 40') - BBC TV (Winner - RTS Educational Television Award)

Under the Sun - Taxi Dreams (1 x 50') - BBC TV (Winner - Cine Golden Eagle Award)

Timewatch - Las Vegas & the Mormons (1 x 50') - BBC TV

Timewatch - Grey Owl (1 x 50') - BBC TV

Panorama - The Terror Network (1 x 60') - BBC TV

Panorama - Are we next? (1 x 60') - BBC TV

Panorama - Still Chasing Saddam (1 x 60') - BBC TV

History Zone Films - Kings & Beasts (1 x 50') - BBC TV

If.... we could stop the Violence (1 x 60) - BBC TV

Alive/I Shouldn't be Alive (2 x 60') - Channel 4/Discovery US

911 - Clear the Skies    (1 x 50') - BBC TV

Blood on the Carpet (1 x 40') - BBC TV

Equinox - Bodyhunters (1 x 60') - Channel 4 

Equinox - Do Parents Matter? - Channel 4

The Tower (8 x 60') - Channel 4

Castle (6 x 60') - Channel 4

Soldier Poets (1 x 60') - Channel 4

Weapons that made Britain (6 x 30') - Channel 4

Witness - Surrendered Wives (1 x 60') - Channel 4

Omid Djalili - At home with the Crackheads (1 x 60') - Channel 4

Real Wizards - The Search for Harry's Ancestors (1 x 90') - Channel 4/Discovery

The Full Monica (1 x 60') - Channel 5

The Science of Lying (1 x 60') - Channel 5/Discovery

The Science of Pain (1 x 60') - Channel 5/Discovery

Elite Commandos (1 x 60') - Discovery

Popular TV/Series

Hollywood Confidential (15 x 60') - ITV

Guarding the Queen (3 x 60') - ITV

DIY Disasters (3 x 30') - ITV

Great British Summer (4 x 60') - BBC TV

Come Dine with Me (Incidental Music) - Channel 4

House Trapped (3 x 60') - Channel 4

Traffic (5 x 60') - BBC TV

Turning the Tables (8 x 30') - BBC TV

Boston Law (8 x 30') - BBC TV

The Joy of Text (1 x 50') - BBC TV

Vets to the Rescue (30 x 30') - BBC TV

Chicago Children's Hospital (6 x 60') - Channel 5/PBS

LAX - Channel 5/A & E Network

The Tattoo Hunter (10 x 60') - Discovery

Miami Animal Police - Series 1 & 2 (25 x 60') - Discovery/Animal Planet

The Real LAPD (12 x 30') - Channel 5/Discovery US

Legends - Jack Nicholson (1 x 60') - Channel 5

Legends - Harrison Ford (1 x 60') - Channel 5

Idents/Adverts

What's Cooking - (Ident/Trail) Channel 4

Haliborange Mr. Men - TV & Radio Ad campaign

Heart FM - (Ident/Trail)

BBC Local Radio - (Ident/Trail)

Radio

Deep Down & Dirty Rock and Roll (1 x 60') - BBC Radio 4 (Saturday Drama)