---
name: "David Fleming"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-fleming"
fi1m_id: "david-fleming"
imdb_id: "nm3650640"
tmdb_id: 1639821
wikidata_id: "Q116169963"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T13:04:19.580009+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 Fleming

## Identity

David Fleming

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-fleming
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-fleming
- **IMDb ID:** nm3650640
- **TMDB ID:** 1639821
- **Wikidata ID:** Q116169963
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fleming_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116169963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3650640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1639821

Composer. Born in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Dave Fleming
- **Frequently works with:** [Christian Sprenger](https://film.one/person/christian-sprenger.md), [Hiro Murai](https://film.one/person/hiro-murai.md), [Kaitlin Waldron](https://film.one/person/kaitlin-waldron.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 38 (1), 2020s 64 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 61 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Action 2, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $718m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fleming_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116169963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3650640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1639821

## Coming up

- *Man of Tomorrow* (2027-07-07), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85), [*Superman*](https://film.one/film/superman.md) (66)
- **Apple TV:** [*Widow's Bay*](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr. & Mrs. Smith*](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md) (73)
- **Disney+:** [*Americana*](https://film.one/film/americana.md) (64)
- **Netflix:** [*Hillbilly Elegy*](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md) (38)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Fleming is an American composer of film, television and interactive media scores. He studied musical composition at the State University of New York at Purchase and began his career in New York creating music for advertising before moving to Los Angeles.

He has collaborated extensively with composers including Hans Zimmer and Atli Örvarsson. His credits include co-composing the score for the BBC series *Blue Planet II* (2017) with Zimmer, *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020) and *The Unforgivable* (2021), and co-composing the HBO series *The Last of Us* (2023–) with Gustavo Santaolalla. He co-composed the score for the film *Superman* (2025) with John Murphy and the series *Widow's Bay* (2026).

Fleming won the ASCAP Screen Music Award for Television Score of the Year in 2024 for *The Last of Us* and a Primetime Emmy Award in 2024 for *Jim Henson: Idea Man*.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Widow's Bay* (2026), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *Americana* (2025), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/americana.md)
- *Superman* (2025), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/superman.md)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024), Fi1m 73, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md)
- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *The Son* (2022), Fi1m 43, Additional Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-son.md)
- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Fi1m 38, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)
- *The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones* (2013), Fi1m 38, Additional Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mortal-instruments-city-of-bones.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Man of Tomorrow* (2027), Original Music Composer
- *My Father's Soul* (2026), Music
- *Widow's Bay* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *Anaconda* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Eternity* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Americana* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/americana.md)
- *Superman* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/superman.md)
- *The Alto Knights* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Jim Henson Idea Man* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Damsel* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md)
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Original Music Composer, Additional Music — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *The Night Logan Woke Up* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Son* (2022), Additional Music — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/the-son.md)
- *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022), Additional Soundtrack, Additional Music — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun-maverick.md)
- *The Unforgivable* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *South of Heaven* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Dune* (2021), Additional Music — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020), Additional Music — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-woman-1984.md)
- *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/hillbilly-elegy.md)
- *Dark Phoenix* (2019), Additional Music
- *Oceans: Our Blue Planet* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Blue Planet II* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *What Happened to Monday* (2017), Additional Music
- *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), Additional Music — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows* (2016), Additional Music
- *The Perfect Guy* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Additional Music — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones* (2013), Additional Music — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mortal-instruments-city-of-bones.md)
- *Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters* (2013), Additional Music
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, Additional Music

## Gallery

- ![David Fleming](https://film.one/media/person/8273/gallery-e9b67ea2a4f5.jpg) David Fleming — Image via TMDB
- ![David Fleming](https://film.one/media/person/8273/gallery-512bdc38a7e7.jpg) David Fleming — Image via TMDB

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