David Helpling
Introduction '''David Helpling''' is a California based guitarist and keyboardist, recording artist and film composer specializing in  ambient music and electronic music. He started his solo career with ''Between Green and Blue'' and ''Sleeping On The Edge Of The World''. After composing the soundtrack to the film ''Trade Offs'' in 2003 Helpling released four albums, collaborating with fellow ambient recording artist Jon Jenkins, before releasing several solo tracks and three new solo albums: ''A Sea Without Memory'' (made exclusively with electric guitars, 2018), ''Rune'' (2019), and ''IN'' (2022).
Musical career Helpling is a self-taught musician, whose debut release, ''Between Green and Blue'', was a finalist for the 1997 INDIE Album-Of-The-Year award. In 1999, Helpling released his second album, ''Sleeping on the Edge of the World''. Among other musical influences such as U2 and Björk, one of Helpling's main inspirations is film music. Elliot Goldenthal, Edward Shearmur and David Julyan are among his favorites. As a full-time composer, Helpling has written music for several films, one of which, ''Trade Offs'', immersed him in the music of India. The score features several guest artists, including vocalist Nidhi Bhatmuley, who also performs on his 2022 album, IN. Other film assignments include Cold Storage (2009), directed by Tony Elwood, for which Helpling scored a fully orchestral soundtrack using only computers.
Collaboration Helpling and Jon Jenkins initially became a working partnership after being contacted by filmmaker Chris Cumming via Helpling's record company Spotted Peccary. After working on the score to Cumming's film "False Summit" the pair discovered they had a mutual respect for and interest in each other's music. Starting with ''Treasure'' the two worked as true collaborators; both contributing equally to composing, arranging the tracks and engineering the recordings. This collaboration continued as the two embarked on completing two follow-up albums, ''The Crossing'' and ''Found'' winning the 2013 ZMR Music Award for Best Electronic Album;, the three albums constituting a sonic trilogy. He continued his collaboration with Indian musicians on the album IN (2022), which involves vocalist Nidhi Bhatmuley and esraj player Benjy Wertheimer. Loop cellist Matthew Schoening also features on the album.David Helpling
Film composition Helpling is also a composer for film, and has also provided several themes, scores, and ambient beds for numerous television, corporate, and interactive projects. His production company is named DHM Music Design.
Other projects "As the World Falls Away" is a  time-lapse video filmed and produced by Shawn Malone and set to Helpling's music. According to WILX, it "went viral" in 2014.The video "North Country Dreamland", shot and produced by Malone, was set to "Lifted" from the album ''The Crossing''.The video "Radiance", shot and produced by Malone, was set to Helping's music.The animated video "You Already Are", produced by Joe Abreu, was set to the track of the same name from the album IN.
Discography  year title label 1996 Between Green and Blue Spotted Peccary 1999  Sleeping On The Edge Of The World  Spotted Peccary 2003  Trade Offs  Deep Exile 2006  Cold Storage Deep Exile 2007 Treasure  Spotted Peccary  with Jon Jenkins 2009 Beyond Words  Deep Exile  with Jon Jenkins 2010  The Crossing  Spotted Peccary  with Jon Jenkins 2013  Found  Spotted Peccary  with Jon Jenkins2017  A Sea Without Memory  Spotted Peccary2019  RUNE  Spotted Peccary2022  IN  Spotted Peccary'''Compilations''' year  title  label 1997 Stormchaser  Spotted Peccary 1997 Where The Sky Meets The Sea Echodiscs 2007 The Knowing  Cue Records
See also *List of ambient music artists
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