David Julyan

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David Julyan is an English musician and film score composer. He composed the scores to several Christopher Nolan films including Memento and Insomnia, a collaboration that began with the short film Larceny. Recently he scored the horror movie The Descent and Nolan's 2006 feature, The Prestige. Julyan has also been invited to sit on film music discussion panels at various film festivals, including the BMI Music & Film Panel at the 2004 & 2006 Sundance Film Festivals^{[1] [2]} and the 2002 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent panel on "How To Get Started In Film Music" ^[3]. An interview with him has been included in the book Moving Music.

[edit] Credited Scores

• Doodlebug (1997, short film)
• Following (1998, movie) The music budget for the film was around $8 for a blank DAT tape.
• Memento (2000, movie)
• The Secret Rulers of the World (2001, TV)
• Insomnia (2002, movie)
• Happy Here and Now (2002, movie)
• Spivs (2004, movie)
• Inside I'm Dancing - US title "Rory O'Shea Was Here" (2004, movie) An oddity among Julyan's scores in that it includes no synthesizers. ^[4]
• The Last Drop (2005, movie)
• Matroesjka's (2005, TV)
• Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005, movie)
• The Descent (2006, movie) Score includes a 70 piece orchestra and 16 piece female choir. ^[5]
• The Trojan Cow (future release, movie)
• The Prestige (2006, movie)

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.bmi.com/special/sundance2006/news/panel.asp
2. ^ http://www.bmi.com/special/sundance2004/panel.asp
3. ^ http://www.davidjulyan.com/update.html
4. ^ http://www.davidjulyan.com/scores.html
5. ^ http://www.davidjulyan.com/scores.html

[edit] External links

• Official site
• David Julyan at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of Insomnia Soundtrack at Music From the Movies