---
name: "David Robbins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-robbins"
fi1m_id: "david-robbins"
imdb_id: "nm0730321"
tmdb_id: 10364
wikidata_id: "Q10264444"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "29 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:05:13.465618+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 Robbins

## Identity

David Robbins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-robbins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-robbins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0730321
- **TMDB ID:** 10364
- **Wikidata ID:** Q10264444
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Robbins_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264444, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10364

Producer. Born 29 January 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 29 January 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1995–1997
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Robbins_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264444, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10364

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dead Man Walking*](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md) (84)

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

## Biography

David Robbins is an American composer. Born on 29 January 1955 in Los Angeles, California, he is the brother of actor and director Tim Robbins. He has composed scores and provided music supervision and arrangement for numerous films and television productions.

Robbins is known for his work on *Dead Man Walking* (1995), for which he composed the score and served as music supervisor, *Bob Roberts* (1992), *Gattaca* (1997), *Savior* (1998), *Cradle Will Rock* (1999), *King of California* (2007) and *War, Inc.* (2008). He has also contributed to projects including *The Brink* (2015) and *Welcome to Me* (2015).

He serves as music director and sound systems manager for the Actors' Gang theatre company in Los Angeles. Robbins has received awards for his film and theatre work, including the Georges Delerue Award for *Bob Roberts* at the Ghent Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Gattaca* (1997), Fi1m 80, Music Arranger, Music Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Fi1m 84, Music, Music Supervisor, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Adopting Audrey* (2022), Music
- *The Brink* (2015), series, Music
- *Welcome to Me* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Altina* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Little Murder* (2011), Music
- *Casino Jack and the United States of Money* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *9000 Needles* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *War, Inc.* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *King of California* (2007), Music
- *The Exonerated* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Mirror Wars: Reflection One* (2005), Music
- *Meet Market* (2004), Music
- *Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Prime Gig* (2001), Music
- *Cradle Will Rock* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Independent Lens* (1999), series, Music
- *Everything That Rises* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Savior* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Gattaca* (1997), Music Arranger, Music Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *Dead Man Walking* (1995), Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man-walking.md)
- *Twenty Bucks* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Bob Roberts* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Ted & Venus* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Too Much Sun* (1991), Original Music Composer

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