David Julyan
David Julyan is an English musician and score composer. He is best known for composing the scores for director Christopher Nolan's early films.
David Julyan
English score composer.

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- Name
- David Julyan
- Birthplace
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
- Occupation
- Musician, score composer
- Born
- 1967
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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David Julyan is an English musician and score composer. He is best known for composing the scores for director Christopher Nolan's early films.
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• Name — David Julyan • Birthplace — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England • Citizenship — British • Occupation — Musician, score composer • Years Active — 1996–present
Early life
Early life
David Julyan was born in 1967 in Cheltenham, England.
Other projects
Other projects
In 2006, he scored the horror movie The Descent and a UK feature, Outlaw. Julyan has also been invited to sit on film music discussion panels at various film festivals, including the BMI Music & Film Panel at the 2004 and 2006 Sundance Film Festivals and the 2002 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent panel on "How to Get Started in Film Music". An interview with him has been included in the book Moving Music.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 1996 — Larceny — Christopher Nolan — Short film • 1997 — Doodlebug — Christopher Nolan — Short film • 1998 — Following — Christopher Nolan — Feature film debut The music budget for the film was around $8 for a blank digital audio tape. • 2000 — Memento — Christopher Nolan • 2001 — The Secret Rulers of the World — Jon Ronson — TV series documentary Miniseries • 2002 — Insomnia — Christopher Nolan • Happy Here and Now — Michael Almereyda • 2004 — Spivs — Colin Teague • Inside I'm Dancing — Damien O'Donnell — Inside I'm Dancing is an oddity among Julyan's scores in that it includes no synthesizers. • 2005 — Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God — Gerry Lively • Matrioshki — Marc Punt Guy Goossens — TV miniseries • The Descent — Neil Marshall — The score includes a 70 piece orchestra and 16 piece female choir. • 2006 — The Last Drop — Colin Teague • The Prestige — Christopher Nolan • Simon Schama's Power of Art — David Belton — Documentary series One episode (he composed the score for the episode on Van Gogh) • 2007 — Outlaw — Nick Love • WΔZ — Tom Shankland • 2008 — Eden Lake — James Watkins • The Daisy Chain — Aisling Walsh • 2009 — The Descent Part 2 — Jon Harris • Heartless — Philip Ridley • 2011 — The Cabin in the Woods — Drew Goddard • 2012 — Playhouse Presents — Amanda Boyle — One episode • Blackout — Tom Green — TV miniseries • 2013 — The Silent War — David Belton — Documentary miniseries One episode • 2015 — Hidden — The Duffer Brothers • Second Origin — Bigas Luna • 2016 — Bachelor Games — Edward McGown • Broken Vows — Bram Coppens • 2017 — The Crucifixion — Xavier Gens
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