David Arkenstone
- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
After moving to California from his hometown of Chicago at age 10,
David Arkenstone immersed himself in music. He spent high school and
college playing keyboards and guitars in a variety of bands and
performance groups, then traveled across the country playing popular
music. When he discovered the lush arrangements and exotic approach of
Kitaro, Arkenstone ventured into New Age music and began to worked on
developing his own unique sound. The increasing synergy between musical
instruments and computer technology also inspired him, and when the two
could finally communicate to each other, Arkenstone knew his time had
come. Using computers, he could now hear a great deal of what he could
only imagine. The majority of his works are created partly or entirely
on his Macintosh computer, along with synthesizers, guitars, and
various other instruments. Blending rock, global, and cinematic
elements into his unique New Age sound, Arkenstone has composed many
albums, with such standout works as IN THE WAKE OF THE WIND and THE
CELTIC BOOK OF DAYS. He has also contributed original music to a
handful of films and television documentaries, something appropriate
enough seeing as how much of his music often acts a soundtrack anyway,
following the events of original stories that are often included in
many of his albums.