---
name: "David Stal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-stal"
fi1m_id: "david-stal"
imdb_id: "nm3382177"
tmdb_id: 2599608
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:48:31.756401+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 Stal

## Identity

David Stal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-stal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-stal
- **IMDb ID:** nm3382177
- **TMDB ID:** 2599608
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3382177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2599608

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3382177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2599608

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hacks*](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md) (83)

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

## Biography

David Stal is a composer working in film and television. He studied composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and completed its Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television certificate programme, receiving the Joe and Alice Harnell Scholar Award.

Since 2017 he has collaborated with composer Carlos Rafael Rivera, providing additional music on series including *Godless* (2017) and *The Queen’s Gambit* (2020). On the HBO series *Hacks* (2021–), he contributed additional music to the first season and has served as co-composer from the second season onwards.

Stal has composed scores for features including *Axcellerator* (2020) and *Breakup Season* (2024). He has received Primetime Emmy nominations for his work on *Hacks*.

*Sources: imdb.com, davidstal.com, awardsradar.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hacks* (2021), Fi1m 83, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Breakup Season* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Monsieur Spade* (2024), series, Additional Music
- *A Fargo Christmas Story* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Lessons in Chemistry* (2023), series, Additional Music — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lessons-in-chemistry.md)
- *Hacks* (2021), series, Original Music Composer, Scoring Mixer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), series, Additional Music — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *Axcellerator* (2019), Music
- *Do Not Be Deceived* (2019), Music
- *Blood, Sweat and Lies* (2018), Music

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-stal