David Wingo

{{short description|American songwriter and composer}}

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David Wingo is an American film and television composer. He is known for his collaborations with directors David Gordon Green and Jeff Nichols.

Career

Wingo began his career writing film scores for his childhood best friend, director David Gordon Green, including George Washington (2000) and All the Real Girls (2003).{{cite web |url= https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-david-wingo/page-1/|title=15 Questions with David Wingo| publisher= 15 Questions |access-date=March 19, 2023}}{{cite web |url= http://magazine.scoreit.org/david-wingo//|title=David Wingo: The Hit (Making) Man behind Barry|date=25 September 2019 | publisher= Score It Magazine |access-date=March 19, 2023}} His score for Take Shelter (2011), was nominated for a Discovery Of The Year Award at the World Soundtrack Awards.{{cite web |url= http://filmmusicreporter.com/2012/09/06/world-soundtrack-awards-discovery-of-the-year-nominations-announced/|title=World Soundtrack Awards Discovery of the Year Nominations Announced| publisher= Film Music Reporter |access-date=March 19, 2023}} As the composer of the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), he was nominated for the 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score).{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/2019-creative-arts-emmys-winners-list-1202173604/ |title=Complete Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2019 Winners List: 'Game of Thrones' Torches Competitors |first=Libby |last=Hill |website=IndieWire |date=September 14, 2019 |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614221342/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/2019-creative-arts-emmys-winners-list-1202173604/ |url-status=live }} He has also recorded three albums with his band, Ola Podrida.{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Marisa|title=Ola Podrida - Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ola-podrida-mn0000638805/biography|work=AllMusic|accessdate=March 19, 2023}}{{cite web|last=Deusner|first=Stephen|title=Ola Podrida play More than Movie Music|url=http://www.paste.com/issues/week-104/articles/ola-podrida-more-than-movie-music|work=Paste|accessdate=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215153205/http://www.paste.com/issues/week-104/articles/ola-podrida-more-than-movie-music|archive-date=15 December 2013|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

2000

| George Washington

| David Gordon Green

| rowspan=3| Co-composed with Michael Linnen

2001

| Manic

| Jordan Melamed

2003

| All the Real Girls

| David Gordon Green

2006

| The Guatemalan Handshake

| Todd Rohal

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rowspan=2| 2007

| Snow Angels

| David Gordon Green

| Co-composed with Jeff McIlwain

Great World of Sound

| Craig Zobel

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2009

| Gentlemen Broncos

| Jared Hess

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2010

| Gerrymandering

| Jeff Reichert

| Documentary film

rowspan=2| 2011

| Take Shelter

| Jeff Nichols

|

The Sitter

| David Gordon Green

| Co-composed with Jeff McIlwain

2012

| Mud

| Jeff Nichols

|

rowspan=2| 2013

| Prince Avalanche

| rowspan=2| David Gordon Green

| Co-composed with Explosions in the Sky

Joe

| Co-composed with Jeff McIlwain

rowspan=2| 2014

| Alex of Venice

| Chris Messina

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Manglehorn

| David Gordon Green

| Co-composed with Explosions in the Sky

rowspan=2| 2015

| Maggie

| Henry Hobson

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Our Brand Is Crisis

| David Gordon Green

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rowspan=2| 2016

| Midnight Special

| rowspan=2| Jeff Nichols

|

Loving

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2017

| Brigsby Bear

| Dave McCary

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2018

| State Like Sleep

| Meredith Danluck

| Co-composed with Jeff McIlwain

2019

| The Report

| Scott Z. Burns

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rowspan=2|2023

| The Exorcist: Believer

| David Gordon Green

| Co-composed with Amman Abbasi

The Bikeriders

| Jeff Nichols

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=Television=

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Year

! Title

! Notes

2018–2020

| Kidding

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2018–2023

| Barry

| 2019: Emmy nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series

2021–2023

| Mayans M.C.

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Doug |title=David Wingo: film music, indie rock, and the future |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2013-05-24/great-world-of-sound/ |website=Austin Chronicle |date=May 24, 2013}}