---
name: "David Sardy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-sardy"
fi1m_id: "david-sardy"
imdb_id: "nm2867565"
tmdb_id: 54420
wikidata_id: "Q326604"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T01:25:12.473639+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 Sardy

## Identity

David Sardy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-sardy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-sardy
- **IMDb ID:** nm2867565
- **TMDB ID:** 54420
- **Wikidata ID:** Q326604
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sardy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2867565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54420

Composer. Born 1 January 1967 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1967, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Abigail Breslin](https://film.one/person/abigail-breslin.md), [Emma Stone](https://film.one/person/emma-stone.md), [Gavin Polone](https://film.one/person/gavin-polone.md), [Jesse Eisenberg](https://film.one/person/jesse-eisenberg.md), [Paul Wernick](https://film.one/person/paul-wernick.md), [Rhett Reese](https://film.one/person/rhett-reese.md), [Ruben Fleischer](https://film.one/person/ruben-fleischer.md), [Woody Harrelson](https://film.one/person/woody-harrelson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 52 (1), 2020s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 59 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Horror 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $388m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Sardy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2867565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54420

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Zombieland*](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md) (78), [*Zombieland: Double Tap*](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md) (52)

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## Biography

David Sardy is an American film composer, musician, songwriter and record producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he first came to prominence as the leader of the 1990s noise rock band Barkmarket before moving into production work with alternative and hard rock artists.

Sardy has scored numerous feature films, including *21* (2008), *Zombieland* (2009), *End of Watch* (2012), *Sabotage* (2014), *Bright* (2017), *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019) and *The Beekeeper* (2024). He has frequently collaborated with director David Ayer and co-composed the score for *The Beekeeper* with Jared Michael Fry. He has also composed for the television series *The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmmusicreporter.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Beekeeper* (2024), Fi1m 60, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beekeeper.md)
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Fi1m 52, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Zombieland* (2009), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Long Gone Heroes* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Beekeeper* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-beekeeper.md)
- *The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *One Day as a Lion* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Little Dixie* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *A Lot of Nothing* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Candy Land* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Good Mourning* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Ida Red* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Bright* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Monster Trucks* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Sabotage* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *End of Watch* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Premium Rush* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Zombieland* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland.md)
- *21* (2008), Music Supervisor, Original Music Composer
- *Autopsy* (2000), Director

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