---
name: "David Whitaker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-whitaker-67903"
fi1m_id: "david-whitaker-67903"
imdb_id: "nm0006852"
tmdb_id: 67903
wikidata_id: "Q1177147"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 January 1931"
died: "11 January 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:03:39.193254+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 Whitaker

## Identity

David Whitaker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-whitaker-67903
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-whitaker-67903
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006852
- **TMDB ID:** 67903
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1177147
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Whitaker_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1177147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67903

Composer. Born 6 January 1931 in Surrey, England, UK. Died 11 January 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 January 1931, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 11 January 2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Whitaker_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1177147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67903

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Sword and the Sorcerer*](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md) (45)

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## Biography

David Whitaker was a British composer and conductor. Born in Surrey in 1931, he studied piano, composition and conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

He scored numerous films in the 1970s and 1980s, including several for Hammer Films such as *Scream and Scream Again* (1970), *Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde* (1971) and *Vampire Circus* (1972). His other credits include *Lawman* (1971), *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982) and later scores for *With a Friend Like Harry...* (2000) and *Lemming* (2005). Whitaker died in Oxfordshire in 2012.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982), Fi1m 45, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Lemming* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *With a Friend Like Harry...* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md)
- *Death Wish II* (1982), Conductor, Music Arranger, Additional Music
- *Dominique* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Playbirds* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Vampira* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *That's Your Funeral* (1972), Music
- *Danny Jones* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Vampire Circus* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Lawman* (1971), Conductor
- *Threesome* (1970), Conductor, Music
- *Livin' Easy* (1970), Music Director
- *Eyewitness* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Sweet Hunters* (1970), as Compositor
- *Scream and Scream Again* (1970), Music
- *Run Wild, Run Free* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Desperados* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Hammerhead* (1968), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River* (1968), Original Music Composer

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