---
name: "David Carbonara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-carbonara"
fi1m_id: "david-carbonara"
imdb_id: "nm0136133"
tmdb_id: 5340
wikidata_id: "Q4473776"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T06:56:25.305230+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Carbonara

## Identity

David Carbonara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-carbonara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-carbonara
- **IMDb ID:** nm0136133
- **TMDB ID:** 5340
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4473776
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carbonara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4473776, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5340

Composer. Born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2000–2007
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carbonara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4473776, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136133/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5340

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)

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## Biography

David Carbonara is an American film and television composer. He is best known for scoring the AMC series *Mad Men* (2007–2015), for which he composed original music across all seven seasons and produced period songs that appeared in the show.

Born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Carbonara trained at Berklee College of Music. Earlier in his career he worked as a music editor on films including *Cop Land* (1997), *Chocolat* (2000) and *The Lake House* (2006). His other television credits include *Vegas* (2012–2013), *The Romanoffs* (2018) and the miniseries *The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe* (2015). Film scores include *Spanking the Monkey* (1994), *The Guru* (2002), *Are You Here* (2013) and *Some Girl(s)* (2013). He has also produced original songs for *The Last Tycoon*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, davidcarbonara.com, college.berklee.edu, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Chocolat* (2000), Fi1m 60, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/chocolat.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *They/Them/Us* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Carl Laemmle* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Congressman* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Are You Here* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Some Girl(s)* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Vegas* (2012), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2* (2008), Music Editor
- *Establishing Mad Men* (2008), Music
- *Advertising the American Dream* (2008), Music
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *The Lake House* (2006), Music Editor
- *Easter Sunday* (2005), Music
- *The Guru* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Queenie in Love* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Young Girl and the Monsoon* (2001), Music
- *Chocolat* (2000), Music Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/chocolat.md)
- *Amélia* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Fast Food Fast Women* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Cop Land* (1997), Music Editor
- *American Buffalo* (1996), Music Editor
- *Bleeding Hearts* (1995), Music Editor
- *Spanking the Monkey* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *The Night We Never Met* (1993), Music Editor
- *The Mambo Kings* (1992), Music Editor
- *Looping* (1992), Sound Editor

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