Renowned composer David Arnold will close the 2025 Output Belfast

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 17th Sep 2025
Last updated 17th Sep 2025

Output Belfast , Ireland’s largest music conference, is delighted to reveal its closing sessions for 2025.

Closing the conference will be an in-conversation event with one of the UK’s most pre-eminent film composers David Arnold.

David’s work can be heard across 5 of the James Bond films including the iconic first outing for Daniel Craig - “Casino Royale” (for which he wrote the theme tune - “You Know My Name” with Chris Cornell) music for the Benedict Cumberbatch fronted “Sherlock” series (with composer Michael Price) the “2 Fast 2 Furious” soundtrack from the global Fast and Furious franchise, and most recently the Amazon series “Good Omens”.

Away from the film world, David Arnold maintains a career as a successful record producer and songwriter, having worked with a wide range of contemporary artists including Iggy Pop, Bjork, Lethal Bizzle, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Don Black and Pulp.He also was Musical Director for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In the world of film music David Arnold is an iconoclastic presence, winning Grammy, Emmy and Ivors Awards for his canon of work, and we are delighted to welcome him to Output Belfast alongside Ivor Novello award-winning composer and musician Hannah Peel.

Output Belfast closing Keynote takes place 4-5pm Thursday 25 September at The Mac Belfast.

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