David Kudell

David Kudell is an American composer of orchestral music.

He is well-known for being selected the winner of 2020’s hugely popular Westworld Scoring Competition, which garnered entries from over 11,000 composers and was judged by JJ Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and Ramin Djawadi. His groundbreaking score, blending orchestral and video game sounds, shook up the composer community with its originality.

Based in the Los Angeles area, David composed the score for the 2024 film Paging Mr. Darcy with co-composer Anne-Kathrin Dern.

He contributed additional music to the video game Metro: Awakening (2024), and the Netflix film The Claus Family 2 (2021).

His highly thematic and memorable musical style can be heard on his album of orchestral music, Reel One, available on all streaming platforms. His follow-up album will debut in 2026.