David James Nielsen was born in Calgary, AB, Canada and entered the musical world playing piano starting at age six. He began composing at age 15 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree in music from the University of Calgary. From 1997 to 2003, David served as Composer-In-Residence for Pleiades Theatre/Vertigo Mystery Theatre in Calgary, and composed the musical scores for approximately twenty-eight theatrical plays.

In 2003, David earned a certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television from the University of Southern California, where he was honored with the Harry Warren Scholarship Award. His teachers there included Academy Award nominee, David Raksin, Golden Globe nominee, Christopher Young, Jack Smalley and Grammy Award winner, Joe Harnell. David currently lives in Los Angeles and has scored or provided music for several films including,TALES FROM BEYOND, HAUNTING VILLISCA, THE BIG TABLE, ARMORED FURY, MAN VS. WOMAN, THE LITTLE DOCUMENTARY THAT COULDN'T, and SMALL TOWN FOLK. In February of 2007, David won the REEL MUSIC 2 Competition for his music to a film clip from THE SHEIK which was performed by Victoria Symphony, in Victoria, BC, Canada.

In 2004, David was nominated for a Best Original Score Award for his music to the feature film ARMORED FURY at the AMPIA Awards in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. David also has worked as orchestrator and synthesizer programmer for the popular TV series,STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, and as an additional music composer, orchestrator, and synth programmer for two A&E television movies, FAITH OF MY FATHERS and FLIGHT 93. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.