---
name: "David Ridley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-ridley"
fi1m_id: "david-ridley"
imdb_id: "nm8252801"
tmdb_id: 2498627
wikidata_id: "Q120801200"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T21:18:11.667349+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 Ridley

## Identity

David Ridley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-ridley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-ridley
- **IMDb ID:** nm8252801
- **TMDB ID:** 2498627
- **Wikidata ID:** Q120801200
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120801200, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8252801/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2498627

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Philip Barantini](https://film.one/person/philip-barantini.md), [Stephen Graham](https://film.one/person/stephen-graham.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120801200, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8252801/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2498627

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Adolescence*](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Boiling Point*](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md) (77)

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

## Biography

David Ridley is a British composer, producer and musical director based in London. He frequently works as part of the duo Aaron May & David Ridley.

Ridley and May met while studying composition at the University of Bristol and began collaborating on screen projects in 2017. Their credits include the feature *Villain* (2020) and its follow-up television series *Boiling Point* (2021 and 2023), both directed by Philip Barantini, the Netflix series *Adolescence* (2025), *Malpractice* (2023–2025) and the documentary *Arsène Wenger: Invincible* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, may-ridley.com, prsformusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Adolescence* (2025), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md)
- *Boiling Point* (2021), Fi1m 77, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Enola Holmes 3* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Adolescence* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md)
- *The Girl with the Haunted Vagina* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Accused* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Malpractice* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Boiling Point* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/boiling-point.md)
- *Villain* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Miss Brill* (2014), Original Music Composer

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