Daniel Pemberton, composer (Slow Horses, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Concord).

Daniel Pemberton is an Academy Award-nominated English composer and songwriter. In 1994, at the age of 16, he recorded an album in his bedroom using a multitrack cassette recorder. It caught the attention of the music producer Pete Namlook, who released it on his label, leading to a flurry of soundtrack commissions. In the years that followed, my guest wrote music for TV shows including Peep Show , The Dark Crystal , Enola Holmes , and Slow Horses . But it’s his feature film work for which he is best known. He has collaborated with many of the world’s leading directors, composing for Ridley Scott's The Counselor , Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs , Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , Michael Mann’s Ferrari , and Aaron Sorkin’s T he Trial of the Chicago 7 –– for which he was nominated for an Oscar . He has also composed the soundtrack for the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , and several video games including LittleBigPlanet and Concord . In 2009, the Guardian 's Paul Moody said of my guest: “few know his name but millions hear his music almost every day.” Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.