Daniel Pemberton (born 3 November 1977) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning English composer and songwriter. Life and career In 1994, at the age of 16, Pemberton recorded his debut album, Bedroom, on a multitrack cassette recorder, which caught the attention of ambient musician Pete Namlook and was released on the latter’s Fax label as part of its sub-label series. This album impressed TV director Paul Wilmshurst who asked 17-year-old Pemberton to score a TV documentary he was working on. Following this he became a very in-demand composer for British television eventually graduating into feature film with his debut score to The Awakening from director Nick Murphy. In 2013, Pemberton completed his breakthrough score of director Ridley Scott's film The Counselor. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. Since then he has worked on countless award winning films and songs with an array of highly notable film directors and artists, including Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin, Ridley Scott, David O. Russell, Darren Aronofsky, Guy Ritchie, Mick Jagger, Drake and Iggy Pop. In 2021, he was named "Film Composer Of The Year" by the World Soundtrack Awards and International Film Music Critics Association. Pemberton was originally named the "Discovery of the Year" in 2014 at the World Soundtrack Awards and nominated as "Film Composer of the Year" in 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2022. Pemberton has been nominated for an Academy Award, won an Emmy Award and been nominated four times for a Golden Globe award and three times for a BAFTA Award. In 2021 he was nominated for the Academy Award For Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song Hear My Voice from the film The Trial of the Chicago 7 which was performed and co-written with Celeste. Pemberton and Celeste performed the song during the 2021 Oscars Ceremony from the roof of the newly opened Academy Museum in Hollywood. A new arrangement of the song was also used as a central part of the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games featuring a 1000 piece choir and guitar solos from Black Sabbath founder Tony Iommi. In 2016 his score for Steve Jobs was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. In 2017 he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song Gold from the film of the same name which he co-wrote