Early career David Fleming studied musical composition at
State University of New York at Purchase. From there, he started his career in New York advertising companies, creating music for ringtones and liquor commercials. He won the
BMI Foundation's Pete Carpenter Fellowship and moved to Los Angeles where he began writing music for major films.
2017–present In 2017, Fleming co-composed the
BBC series
Blue Planet II (2017) alongside
Hans Zimmer, starting a collaborative relationship that saw Fleming contribute to films like
The Lion King (2019),
Dune (2021), and
Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and co-compose films together such as
Hillbilly Elegy,
The Unforgivable, and
The Night Logan Woke Up. Their work on
Blue Planet II earned the score award nominations with the Jerry Goldsmith Awards and the International Film Music Critics Awards. In 2024, Fleming scored projects including
Mr. & Mrs. Smith and
Jim Henson Idea Man, for which he was nominated for
Primetime Emmy Awards for
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series and
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special, respectively. On June 7, 2024, Fleming performed his work to
Mr. & Mrs. Smith at the
Deadline Sound & Screen TV Event at Royce Hall at UCLA. Lead actor
Donald Glover guided Fleming's score to focus on trust and the relationship between the characters. For
Jim Henson Idea Man, Fleming wanted to carry the spirit of
Jim Henson through the score. He also composed music for the film
Damsel (2024). ==Filmography==