David Arcus
David Arcus is an award-winning composer for film and television. He has scored films that have premiered at SXSW, TIFF, Fantasia Film Fest, Hot Docs, and the Zurich International Film Festival. His score for the 2026 feature documentary Black Zombie earned international praise (Austin Chronicle, UK Film Review) following the film's premiere at SXSW. Arcus specializes in drama, documentary, animation and horror. He is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Slaight Music Residency and holds a degree in composition from the University of Toronto.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Composer
- 7 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are David Arcus' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch David Arcus' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for David Arcus' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Black Zombie(2026)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Night of the Reaper(2025)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Dark Match(2024)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Samurai Frog Golf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
CRACK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Mystery Mountain Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Lloyd Loses Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
True Fiction(2019)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Rick Mercer: 'Take Action' Figures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Like and Follow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Knuckleball(2018)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Great Great Great(2017)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Fire Song(2015)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Noise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2015 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Black Zombie (2026)
Highest rated
Black Zombie (2026)
Most popular right now
Dark Match (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do David Arcus' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Cult Classics.
- Cult Classic3
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the sound and music 60/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does David Arcus work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Arcus' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michelle Osis shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Adam Garnet JonesShared titles: Great Great Great (2017), Fire Song (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Adam Garnet Jones
Actors
- Julian Black AntelopeShared titles: True Fiction (2019), Knuckleball (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Julian Black Antelope
Composers and editors
- Michelle OsisShared titles: Dark Match (2024), True Fiction (2019), Knuckleball (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Michelle Osis
- Michael PierroShared titles: Great Great Great (2017), Fire Song (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Pierro
Producers
- Michael PetersonShared titles: Dark Match (2024), True Fiction (2019), Knuckleball (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Peterson
- Lars LehmannShared titles: True Fiction (2019), Knuckleball (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Lars Lehmann
- Laurie VenningShared titles: True Fiction (2019), Knuckleball (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Laurie Venning