Bio

David Kneupper is an award-winning composer and sound designer currently living in Los Angeles, specializing in original music for museums, theme parks, film and the concert stage.

A seven-time recipient of the Themed Entertainment Association's prestigious THEA Award for Outstanding Achievement, his music can be heard daily in dozens of museum exhibits and themed attractions across the United States, Europe and Asia.

David holds a Master of Music Theory and a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University, and has composed extensively for Universal Studios, the Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros., Six Flags and many others.

A successful entrepreneur, David is former President of Soundelux, the Academy Award®-winning film sound company in Hollywood.

In addition to entertainment projects, David composes actively for the concert stage. Recent commissions include West Texas Suite and Civil War Suite for full orchestra, Peach Creek for concert band and Waves for string orchestra. His Passacaglia and Fugue Rondo received its Carnegie Hall debut in 1993.

David is also an award-winning sound designer. A member of the Motion Pictures Sound Editors Guild, his feature film credits as sound supervisor include What Dreams May Come, U-Turn, Sudden Death, Terminal Velocity, Bad Company among many others.

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