David Sardy

David Stuart Sardy (born 1967), more commonly known as D. Sardy, is an American composer, musician, songwriter, and multiple Grammy winning record producer. He came to prominence as the leader of 1990s noise rock band Barkmarket before turning mostly to production work, often with alternative rock, hard rock, electronic related genres, and then to scoring feature films.

Biography

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sardy was active as a singer, songwriter and guitarist (most notably with his group Barkmarket), but since the mid-1990s, he has been more active as a producer, writer, composer and mixer. He has worked with an eclectic mix of rock, punk, alternative, electronic and industrial rock performers, and critics have called him a "Hardcore super-producer."

In 2006, Sardy won six ARIA Awards for his work with Jet and again in 2008, three more ARIA awards for Wolfmother; he has also received five Grammy Awards (for Toots and the Maytals, Rodrigo y Gabriela, OK Go, Wolfmother and Marilyn Manson) and multiple Brit Awards for Oasis. He was Grammy-nominated again in 2007 for LCD Soundsystem's ''Sound of Silver'' and in 2010 for the Band of Horses album ''Infinite Arms''.

Sardy has been involved with some of the most popular licensed music for film and advertising. Although never writing directly for commercials, he has produced music used in many campaigns, including 3 key iPod campaigns: Jet, Wolfmother, and The Ting Tings.

He produced Oasis' seventh studio album, ''Dig Out Your Soul'', in 2008. This was Sardy's second time working with the band, having produced their 2005 album ''Don't Believe the Truth'' and he worked with Noel Gallagher again in 2011 with ''Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds''.

Sardy scored the Stage 6 Films logo for Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as the films '' 21'' and ''Zombieland'', and the drama ''End of Watch'', written and directed by David Ayer, all of which went to number one at the US box office. More recently, Sardy contributed work to ''The Green Hornet'', '' Lawless'', and ''Eat Pray Love'' and scored ''Premium Rush'', '' Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'', ''Sabotage'', and '' The Beekeper'' working once again with director David Ayer.

In 2019, Sardy produced a new studio album by The Who. And in 2020 Co wrote and produced a new Modest Mouse album called The Golden Casket

Sardy's sister Marcia Schofield played keyboards for the British band The Fall.

Film scores

Productions

Sardy has produced and mixed on the following albums, among others:
* 1989: ''Arena of Shame'' by Carey's Problem (producer)
* 1991: '' Vegas Throat'' by Barkmarket (producer)
* 1991: ''White Noise'' by Cop Shoot Cop (mixing on "Chameleon Man")
* 1992: '' Manic Frustration'' by Trouble (mixing)
* 1993: ''Gimmick'' by Barkmarket (producer)
* 1993: ''Curb Your Dogma'' by Spongehead (producer)
* 1994: ''Brainwash'' by Spongehead (producer)
* 1994: '' Lardroom'' by Barkmarket (producer)
* 1994: ''Release'' by Cop Shoot Cop (mixing on all except "Ambulance Song", producer)
* 1995: '' Johnny Mnemonic (Music from the Motion Picture)'' (producer on "3 AM Incident" by Cop Shoot Cop)
* 1995: ''One Hot Minute'' by Red Hot Chili Peppers (mixing)
* 1995: '' Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon'' (mixing on " I Found Out" by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* 1995: '' Peacekeeper'' by Barkmarket (producer)
* 1996: '' Twister: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (mixing on "Melancholy Mechanics" by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
* 1996: '' Undisputed Attitude'' by Slayer (producer, mixing)
* 1996: '' L. Ron'' by Barkmarket (mixing)
* 1996: ''Music for Our Mother Ocean'' (producer on "Army of Me" by Helmet)
* 1996: ''Tragic'' by Orange 9mm (producer)
* 1997: ''Aftertaste'' by Helmet (producer)
* 1997: ''Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon'' by Skeleton Key (producer, mixing)
* 1998: ''Water & Solutions'' by Far (producer)
* 1998: '' System of a Down'' by System of a Down (mixing)
* 1998: ''Imprint'' by Vision of Disorder (producer, mixing)
* 1998: '' Chef Aid: The South Park Album'' (mixing)
* 1998: ''Much Against Everyone's Advice'' by Soulwax (producer, mixing)
* 1998: ''Boogie-Children-R-Us'' by Evil Superstars (producer, mixing)
* 1999: '' 60 Second Wipe Out'' by Atari Teenage Riot (mixing on "No Success")
* 1999: '' Big Daddy: Music from the Motion Picture'' (mixing on "Instant Pleasure" by Rufus Wainwright)
* 1999: '' Detroit Rock City: Music from the Motion Picture'' (mixing on "Highway to Hell" by Marilyn Manson)
* 1999: '' Northern Star'' by Melanie C (mixing on "Ga Ga")
* 1999: '' MTV Celebrity Deathmatch'' (mixing on "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" by Marilyn Manson)
* 1999: ''The Last Tour on Earth'' by Marilyn Manson (mixing)
* 1999: ''Believo!'' by Enon (producer, mixing)
* 1999: "Fly South" by Enon (mixing)
* 2000: ''Counterbalance'' by Harmful (producer, mixing)
* 2000: '' Nativity in Black'' (producer and mixing on " Into the Void" by Monster Magnet)
* 2000: '' Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia'' by The Dandy Warhols (mixing on all except "Cool Scene" and "Shakin'", additional production)
* 2000: ''The Hour of Bewilderbeast'' by Badly Drawn Boy (mixing on "Pissing in the Wind")
* 2000: '' The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of'' by Starlight Mints (producer, mixing)
* 2000: ''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)'' by Marilyn Manson (producer, mixing)
* 2000: '' Renegades'' by Rage Against the Machine (mixing on "The Ghost of Tom Joad" and "Street Fighting Man")
* 2000: ''Dracula 2000'' (producer and mixing on " The Metro" by System of a Down)
* 2001: ''Songs from a Bad Hat'' by Mauro Pawlowski (producer, mixing)
* 2001: '' Top Dollar'' by Toby Dammit (mixing)
* 2001: '' Golden State'' by Bush (producer, mixing)
* 2002: ''Music for the Last Day of Your Life'' by Dragpipe (producer, mixing)
* 2002: ''Ideas Above Our Station'' by Hundred Reasons (producer, mixing)
* 2002: ''New Detention'' by Grinspoon (mixing on "Chemical Heart")
* 2002: ''High Society'' by Enon (producer)
* 2002: ''Life on Other Planets'' by Supergrass (mixing)
* 2002: '' The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse'' by Jay-Z (mixing on "Guns & Roses")
* 2003: ''Tell Them Hi'' by Campfire Girls (producer and mixing on all except "Make It", "Day Before", and "Fancy Shirt")
* 2003: ''No Push Collide'' by Serafin (producer, mixing)
* 2003: ''Above the Noise'' by The Revolution Smile (producer)
* 2003: ''Get Born'' by Jet (producer, mixing)
* 2003: ''Unearthed'' by Johnny Cash (mixing)
* 2004: ''Bows + Arrows'' by The Walkmen (producer on "The Rat")
* 2004: '' Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge'' by Hundred Reasons (producer, mixing)
* 2004: '' Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2'' (producer and mixing on "Hold On" by Jet)
* 2004: ''Decadence'' by Head Automatica (mixing)
* 2004: '' Alive & Amplified'' by The Mooney Suzuki (mixing)
* 2004: ''Let's Bottle Bohemia'' by The Thrills (producer, mixing)
* 2004: ''Future Perfect'' by Autolux (mixing)
* 2005: '' Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence'' by Enon (producer and mixing on "Marbles Explode", mixing on "Party Favor")
* 2005: ''Elevator'' by Hot Hot Heat (producer, mixing)
* 2005: ''Don't Believe the Truth'' by Oasis (mixing)
* 2005: '' Oh No'' by OK Go (mixing)
* 2005: ''A Bigger Bang'' by The Rolling Stones (mixing on "Rough Justice")
* 2005: ''Hearts and Unicorns'' by Giant Drag (producer on "Wicked Game")
* 2005: ''Wolfmother'' by Wolfmother (producer, mixing)
* 2005: '' Goal! (Music from the Motion Picture)'' (mixing on "Morning Glory" (D. Sardy Mix) by Oasis