David Holmes Biography

Fast Facts

• Won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Original Score for "Hunger" in 2009
• Was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement for "Buffalo Soldiers" in 2003
• Won two BMI Film Music Awards for "Ocean's Eleven" in 2002 and "Ocean's Twelve" in 2005
• His first hit song was "De Niro" as a member of the Disco Evangelists with Ashley Beedle and Lindsay Edwards in 1992
• First became a DJ at a club in Belfast at the age of 15, where he played rare soul and R&B songs
• First began composing for film on the 1997 TV movie "Supply & Demand․"
• Quote: "I think of it as like you're dealing with pure emotion in music․․․And I think if you can do that well, you can actually create something that is quite timeless because you're dealing with the human psyche, you're dealing with people․"
• Quote: "I try to find unusual records and it doesn't matter what genre they are․ I'm always digging․ I travel all the time and pick up records everywhere I go․"
• Best known as a musician and film composer who has worked on "Zoolander" and the "Ocean's Eleven" series
• Started the band Free Association, which he describes as "a freak show," with Steve Hilton, Sean Reveron, and Petra Jean Phillipson