David Arcus is a Toronto-based composer for film and television and a Juno-nominated producer. Though classically trained, his work today straddles many genres and he is equally at home writing for string orchestra or coaxing ungodly sounds out of distorted synths and samplers. Whatever it takes to tell the story and bring the director’s vision to life.

He has scored numerous award-winning films including Knuckleball (2018, with Michelle Osis) starring Michael Ironside, Fire Song (2015) which premiered at TIFF and Great Great Great (2017), which won best feature film at the Canadian Film Fest. He has scored 2 seasons of the Eli Roth-produced horror series The Haunted Museum for Discovery+ with Michelle Osis and Terry Benn. In 2017, his nominated score was performed live by the Tonhalle Orchestra as part of the International Scoring Competition at the Zurich International Film Festival.

He’s a graduate of the Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Centre and he holds a degree in composition from the University of Toronto.