BIOGRAPHY

David Majzlin is an Emmy® and two-time Telly Award-winning composer and music producer known for his emotionally rich scores, clever songwriting, and unique collaborations with filmmakers and artists around the world.

His score for Bel Canto (directed by Oscar nominee Paul Weitz, starring Oscar winner Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe) featured five-time Grammy Award-winning soprano Renée Fleming and his work on Sins of My Father (HBO - Nicolas Entel, dir.) received an Emmy nomination alongside Didi Gutman of the band Brazilian Girls. He has worked with a wide array of visionary directors including MacArthur Fellow Christina Ibarra (Las Marthas), Peabody Award-winner Robert Rooy (Deej), Pulitzer Prize-winner David Turnley (Shenandoah), and Nancy Buirski on HBO’s multiple-Emmy-winning The Loving Story. He has also had a number of collaborations over the years with director Jordan Horowitz on Painless (Nichols finalist), Lalito 10 (Emmy win), Jack and Sam (IDA Shortlist - Sarah Silverman, Julianna Margulies, EPs), and multiple Award-winner, Angel of Nanjing, which was featured twice in Elle Magazine’s list of “Films Guaranteed to Make You Cry.”

He also scored Breaking The Silence for Academy Award-nominated director, Lorena Muñoz (I'm Gilda) which was in the Netflix top 10 for several weeks. Other notable and unique projects include works for Amazon’s Golden Globe-winning series Mozart in the Jungle (Sony Classical), Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (MGM), The Joneses (Starring Demi Moore and David Duchovny), Sunshine Cleaning (starring Emily Blunt and Amy Adams), and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer (starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor).

His versatility can be heard in hundreds of film and television projects spanning multiple genres. An accomplished songwriter and music producer, Majzlin blends a cinematic style with contemporary sensibilities. He is a three-time Hollywood Independent Music Award nominee, a three-time finalist in the Great American Song Contest, and a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Majzlin has also collaborated with a diverse range of artists across genres – from celebrated film composers Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, The Invisible Man) and Paul Cantelon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) to music icons such as Lou Reed and punk legend Harley Flanagan (Cro-Mags).

In the theater world, Majzlin collaborated with Tony Award-winner Michael Aronov (Oslo, The Americans) on his sold-out one-man show Manigma, he served as music producer for a number of seasons with New York City’s Rude Mechanicals Theater Company, including the first original rock musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale starring Omar Metwally (The Affair, Mr. Robot). His score for Beautiful Monsters, commissioned by Helios Dance Company (Laura Gorenstein Miller, choreographer), premiered to a packed Royce Hall and he has collaborated on a number of works with choreographer Sasha Spielvogel of Labyrinth Dance Company, NYC).

An avid film enthusiast with a love of acting and process, Majzlin has lent his expertise on sets by coaching actors portraying musicians in films such as The Music Never Stopped (starring J.K. Simmons and Julia Ormond) and Greetings from Tim Buckley (starring Imogen Poots and Penn Badgley) to help deliver authentic musical performances and he is active in many educational aspects of the film music community. He has designed and taught cross-disciplinary courses for composers, music producers, and filmmakers at institutions such as New York Film Academy, UCLA Extension, and Brooklyn College and was a selected writer for the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop and several Society of Composers & Lyricist Sync Sessions (Nashville, Los Angeles).

Upcoming projects include Valensky: The Musical, an animated musical for Panda Corner, American Coliseum for Live Nation, and producing upcoming releases for recording artists Sara Milonovich, Brendalynn, Drea Albert, Chris Lind, Ganna Sorbat and Tytanic.

David holds a Master’s degree in Film and Media Literacy from New York University, where he studied under renowned media theorist Neil Postman.

Noteworthy:

Emmy® Award win - Lalito 10 (Co-Producer, Blue Bus Productions)

Emmy® Award nomination - Sins of My Father (HBO)

Hollywood Music in Media Award nomination - Jack and Sam

Hollywood Independent Music Award nomination - Ashes and The Name

Hollywood Independent Music Award nomination - Nevermind

Hollywood Independent Music Award nomination - Champion

Jackson Wild Media Award Nomination - Epic Yellowstone (Smithsonian Channel)

Society of Composers & Lyricists Nomination - Jack and Sam

Union des Compositeurs de Musiques de Films Award - Stille

Unsigned Only Awards finalist - Loud In The Back

Unsigned Only Awards winner - Nevermind

International Songwriting Competition runner up - Loud In The Back

The Great American Song Contest finalist - Nevermind

The Great American Song Contest finalist - The Waiting Song

The Great American Song Contest finalist - Sweater Swap

SCL Nashville Sync Sessions song participant

SCL Nashville Symposium song participant

SCL Los Angeles Sync Sessions song participant

ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop writer participant