# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-arkenstone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:25:40.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-arkenstone"
name: "David Arkenstone"
slug: "david-arkenstone"
description: "David Arkenstone is an American composer and performer. His music is primarily instrumental, with occasional vocalizations. Most of Arkenstone's music falls into the new age category; however, he also worked in other genres, including even a heavy metal soundtrack for Emperor: Battle for Dune video game. His music has been described as 'soundtracks for the imagination'. Throughout his career, Arkenstone released over 50 albums and composed music for video games, including World of Warcraft, and for television, including NBC's Kentucky Derby. Arkenstone has been nominated for Grammy Awards five times."
tagline: "American composer and performer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David-Arkenstone-Portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-07-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.99309333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/davidarkenstone"
    handle:    "davidarkenstone"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/david.arkenstone/"
    handle:    "david.arkenstone"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/davidarkenstone"
    handle:    "davidarkenstone"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035047/"
    handle:    "nm0035047"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "21Uejbf0dmBe3tEOUhWWt0"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidarkenstone.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديڤيد اركينستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "デヴィッド・アーカンストーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arkenstone"
    title: "David Arkenstone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/50a45c3d-b54b-4fd5-bb83-5046e4ff6813"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2714506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544697"
    title: "David Arkenstone "
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump