---
name: "David Earl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-earl-132987"
fi1m_id: "david-earl-132987"
imdb_id: "nm0247229"
tmdb_id: 132987
wikidata_id: "Q5233235"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:43:33.447240+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."
---

# David Earl

## Identity

David Earl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-earl-132987
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-earl-132987
- **IMDb ID:** nm0247229
- **TMDB ID:** 132987
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5233235
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Earl_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132987

Composer. Born 1 January 1951 in Stellenbosch.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1951, Stellenbosch
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Earl_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5233235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132987

## Biography

David Earl is a South African composer and pianist. Born in 1951 in Stellenbosch, he was educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town and moved to London in 1971, where he studied at Trinity College of Music.

He made his début as a composer in 1977 with a piano recital at Wigmore Hall. His works include several ballets, orchestral concertos and chamber music. Between 1982 and 1987 he composed scores for a number of British films and television productions, including *P'Tang Yang Kipperbang* (1982) and *Arthur's Hallowed Ground* (1986). He teaches in the UK.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang* (1982), Fi1m 72, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ptang-yang-kipperbang.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Arthur's Hallowed Ground* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang* (1982), Music — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/ptang-yang-kipperbang.md)

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