DAVID COULTER

Composes for the stage theater, dance, and film and builds whole evenings out of sound. His work moves between writing a score and shaping the room it lives in, drawn always to the place where music meets the visual. The instinct underneath it all is the same: to find the sound a moment is missing, and give it somewhere to happen.

“David Coulter paints pictures with sound...”

— The Guardian

“Coulter’s musical saw is an otherworldly voice, ethereal and evocative.”

— Financial Times

“Extraordinary. Mesmerizing to watch and hear.”

— Robert Wilson

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Collaborations

  • The Pogues: six years recording and touring internationally with the iconic Celtic punk band.

  • Test Department: He was an active member of this influential British industrial rock outfit.

  • The Rogues Gallery Band: Formed alongside actor Tim Robbins for international touring and sea-shanty performance projects

  • Tom Waits: Longtime collaborator, specifically serving as music director for high-profile projects like The Black Rider and Rain Dogs Revisited.

  • Damon Albarn / Gorillaz: Contributed to the opera Monkey: Journey to the West and tracks like "Pirate Jet".

  • Jarvis Cocker: Worked on live performance collaborations and the song "Eyes That Say 'I Love You'".

  • Yoko Ono: Acted as a live performer and musical director for events like Double Fantasy Live.

  • Marianne Faithfull: Joined her backing band for extensive international tours.

  • Joe Strummer: Recorded with the legendary frontman of The Clash.

  • Pete Townshend: Contributed session work for The Who's iconic guitarist.

  • Laurie Anderson: Collaborated on recordings and experimental tracks like "Kadóna".

  • Boy George / The Communards: Provided instrumentation for prominent British pop and synth-pop acts.

  • Kronos Quartet: Partnered on custom commissions, including avant-garde performances at the Barbican.

  • Richard Hawley / Philip Selway (Radiohead): Supported their solo touring and live recording projects

  • Michael Gira: Collaborated with the Swans frontman on the album Gantse Mishpuchah.

  • Charlemagne Palestine: Released the drone/minimalist collaborative album Maximin.

  • Marc Ribot: Celebrated jazz/avant-garde guitarist who appeared on Coulter's solo debut, INterVENTION.

  • Eve Couturier & Jean-Jacques Palix: Formed a long-standing creative partnership for French projects like Un Bruit Qui Court.

  • Talvin Singh & Nitin Sawhney: Brought his multi-instrumental sound to prominent Asian Underground electronic producers.

  • Julia Kent & Sebastian Rochford: Released collaborative ambient and avant-garde EPs like From Isolation 6

Composer of “Ghosts”

staring Uma Thurman

Coulter performed live on stage, positioned behind a massive glass wall where he served as a literal and figurative "spectral" visual anchor