David Campbell (composer)

David Richard Campbell (born February 7, 1948) is an arranger, composer and conductor. He has worked on over 450 gold and platinum albums including 21 (Adele), Futuresex/Lovesounds (Justin Timberlake), The 2nd Law (Muse), Invincible (Michael Jackson), Spirit (Leona Lewis), Aaliyah (Aaliyah), Fallen and The Open Door (Evanescence), Meteora (Linkin Park), B'Day (Beyoncé), Bangerz (Miley Cyrus), The Astonishing (Dream Theater), and various albums by his son Beck.

Career
Campbell was born in Toronto, Ontario. His father, D. Warren Campbell, was from Winnipeg, Manitoba, but was attending seminary in Toronto in order to become a Presbyterian minister. Campbell subsequently was assigned to a church in Pittsburgh, taking his family with him, before settling in Seattle when Campbell was 10. Campbell took up the violin at age 9. At age 12, he began venturing into orchestration, studying the works of Bartók, Schoenberg and Stravinsky.

In the late 1960s, after studying at Manhattan School of Music, Campbell moved from New York to Los Angeles and began studying pop music. He studied the music of The Beatles, Leonard Cohen and The Rolling Stones, and he played bluegrass music for crowds in line for movies in Westwood Village.

At age 23, Campbell played on his first major album, Tapestry, by Carole King. This led to his first arranger role, for King's Rhymes and Reasons album. Campbell also played viola on recording sessions such as Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" and Bill Withers' "Lean on Me". Since then, he has gone on to arrange songs for such artists as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Radiohead, Leona Lewis, Juanes, Dixie Chicks, Adele, Ricky Martin, Neil Diamond and Sheryl Crow.

As a composer, David has written music for many films including Joy, Paper Tigers and Colombia: magia salvaje. He has also arranged and orchestrated music for over 80 films including Annie (2014), Foxcatcher (2014), August: Osage County (2013), Rock of Ages (2012), Dreamgirls (2007), North Country (2005) and Brokeback Mountain (2005). In 2010 he worked with Nigel Godrich on the score for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

In recent years, he has conducted at the Hollywood Bowl for Faith Hill, Death Cab for Cutie, Ray LaMontagne, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson and The xx. He collaborated with Muse for the performance of "Survival", the official song of the London Olympics. He also collaborated with Beck for the Lincoln Motor Company ad campaign, "Hello, Again", which featured a live performance of Beck's "Sound and Vision" cover and included 167 live musicians playing simultaneously. In February 2009 Campbell arranged Radiohead's "15 Step" for the band's collaboration with the USC Marching Band at the 2009 Grammy Awards. He conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as arranged and orchestrated the music for Beck's Song Reader concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which featured many performers, including Childish Gambino, Juanes, Anne Hathaway, John C. Reilly, Jack Black and Jarvis Cocker. He arranged and orchestrated for the Seattle Symphony and Pickwick's Sonic Evolution show on June 6, 2014.

In 2003, Campbell served as conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra during their one-night performance with Kiss, which was released on the album Kiss Symphony: Alive IV. During the concert, Campbell and the members of the orchestra wore the iconic Kiss makeup along with the members of the band.

He created song arrangements, dance arrangements, underscoring and orchestrations for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

Personal life
Campbell has two sons and one daughter: musician Beck Hansen, artist Channing Hansen, and musician Alyssa Suede.

He is married to theatrical composer Pauline Frechette (aka Raven Kane).

His father was a Presbyterian minister but Campbell himself has been a Scientologist for over 45 years.

In 2012, he donated to Ron Paul's campaign in the United States Presidential election.

Filmography
Partial list of films that David Campbell's work contributed to.

List of album arrangements
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 * 2016


 * Dream Theater – The Astonishing (orchestra, choir)
 * M83 – Junk (brass, woodwinds, strings)


 * 2015


 * Of Monsters and Men – Beneath the Skin (brass, strings)
 * Tim McGraw – Damn Country Music (strings)
 * Tommy Torres – Ven (strings)
 * Alejandro Sanz – Sirope (strings)


 * 2014


 * Beck – Morning Phase (strings, brass)
 * Garth Brooks — Man Against Machine (strings)
 * Trisha Yearwood — PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit (strings)
 * Christina Perri – Head or Heart (strings)
 * D.A. Wallach – Glowing (strings, woodwinds, brass)
 * Garth Brooks – Man Against Machine (strings)
 * OK Go – Hungry Ghosts (strings)
 * Jennifer Nettles – That Girl (strings, woodwinds, brass)
 * Rascal Flatts – Rewind (strings)
 * Tim McGraw — Sundown Heaven Town (strings)
 * David Bisbal – Tú y Yo (strings)
 * The Griswolds — Be Impressive (strings)
 * U2 — Songs of Innocence Deluxe edition


 * 2013


 * Dido – Girl Who Got Away (strings)
 * Ghost – Infestissumam (choir, score editor)
 * Biffy Clyro – Opposites (strings, choir, brass, bagpipes)
 * Bon Jovi – What About Now (strings)
 * Pink – The Truth About Love (strings)
 * Josh Groban – All That Echoes (strings, brass)
 * Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King (strings, horns)
 * Jessie J – Alive (strings)
 * Miley Cyrus – Bangerz (strings)
 * Tommy Torres – 12 Historias (strings)
 * Tim McGraw – Two Lanes of Freedom (strings)
 * Christina Perri – A Thousand Years (strings, horns)
 * Taylor Swift – Red (strings)
 * Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg (strings, choir)


 * 2012


 * Alanis Morissette – Havoc and Bright Lights (woodwinds)
 * Jason Mraz – Love Is a Four Letter Word (strings)
 * Marina and the Diamonds – Electra Heart (strings)
 * Grace Potter and the Nocturnals – The Lion the Beast the Beat (strings)
 * Muse – The 2nd Law (strings, brass, choir)
 * Rush – Clockwork Angels (strings)
 * Shinedown – Amaryllis (strings)
 * Dwight Yoakam – 3 Pears (strings, brass)
 * Taylor Swift – Red (strings)
 * King Charles – Loveblood (horns, strings)
 * The Fray – Scars & Stories (strings)


 * 2011


 * Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (orchestra, vocals)
 * Avril Lavigne – Goodbye Lullaby (strings)
 * X Japan – "Jade" (orchestration with Yoshiki)
 * Trading Yesterday – More than This (strings)
 * Antonio Carmona – De Noche (strings, woodwinds, horns)
 * Adele – 21 (strings)
 * Journey – Greatest Hits 2
 * Unicorn – Z (brass, strings)
 * Christina Perri – Lovestrong (strings, percussion)
 * Various artists – Listen to Me: Buddy Holly (strings, percussion)
 * Martina McBride – Eleven (strings)
 * Evanescence – Evanescence (strings)
 * Demi Lovato – Unbroken (strings)


 * 2010


 * Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment (strings and horns)
 * Adam Lambert – Time for Miracles (strings and horns)
 * Alejandro Sanz – Paraiso Express (strings)
 * Debi Nova – Luna Nueva (strings)
 * Due Voci – Due Voci (strings and horns)
 * Jimmy Eat World – Invented (strings)
 * Meat Loaf – Hang Cool Teddy Bear (strings and percussion)
 * Miranda Cosgrove – Sparks Fly (strings)
 * No Machine – Toast the Toaster (strings)
 * The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street (strings)
 * Takako Matsu – Time for Music (strings, horns, woodwinds)
 * We Are the Fallen – Tear the World Down (strings)
 * Michael Jackson – Michael (strings)


 * 2009


 * Ashley Monroe – Satisfied (strings)
 * Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions (strings, brass, woodwinds)
 * Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM (strings)
 * Crash Kings – Crash Kings (strings)
 * Daniel Merriweather – Love & War (strings)
 * "Red"
 * Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (strings)
 * David Cook – David Cook (strings)
 * Dido – Safe Trip Home (strings)
 * Five for Fighting – Slice (strings)
 * The Fray – The Fray (strings)
 * Hoobastank – Fornever (strings)
 * Laura Izibor – Let The Truth Be Told (strings)
 * M. Ward – Hold Time (strings)
 * Maroon 5 – The Way You Look Tonight (big band)
 * Martina McBride – Shine (strings)
 * Oksana Grigorieva – Beautiful Heartache (strings)
 * Paolo Spoladore – Shiloh (choir, strings, horns, woodwinds, percussion)
 * Paper Route – Absence (strings)
 * PT Walkley – Mr. Macy Wakes Alone (strings)
 * Rascal Flatts – Unstoppable (strings)
 * Rascal Flatts – Unwrapped (strings and horns)
 * Small Time Sleeper – Conversations
 * Tim McGraw – Southern Voice (strings)
 * Uncle Kracker – Happy Hour (strings)


 * 2008


 * Adam Green – Sixes and Sevens (strings, horns)
 * A Fine Frenzy – One Cell In the Sea
 * Augustana – Can't Love, Can't Hurt (strings)
 * Ayumi Hamasaki – Guilty (strings)
 * Beck – Modern Guilt (strings)
 * Carly Simon – This Kind of Love (strings)
 * Celine Dion – "Alone" (arranger)
 * Faith Hill – Joy To The World (big band, orchestral)
 * Ferras – Aliens & Rainbows (strings)
 * Ferras – Hollywood's Not America (strings)
 * Hana Pestle – This Way (strings)
 * I Nine – Heavy Weighs The King (strings)
 * Lee Seung-Hwan – Tattoo
 * Lenka – Lenka (strings)
 * Leona Lewis – Spirit (Strings)
 * Louis XIV – Slick Dogs and Ponies (strings)
 * Metallica – Death Magnetic (strings)
 * My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges (strings)
 * Neil Diamond – Home Before Dark (strings)
 * Rhydian – Rhydian (strings)
 * Shinedown – The Sound of Madness (strings)
 * Simple Plan – Simple Plan (strings)
 * Tommy Torres – Tarde O Temprano (strings)
 * Trisha Yearwood – Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love (strings)
 * Was (Not Was) – Boo! (strings)


 * 2007


 * Air – Pocket Symphony (strings)
 * Ashley Tisdale – Headstrong (strings)
 * Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn Thing (strings)
 * Ayumi Hamasaki – Talkin' 2 Myself
 * Ayumi Hamasaki – Together When...
 * Carina Ricco – Viaje Personal
 * Celine Dion – Taking Chances (strings)
 * Charlotte Gainsbourg – 5:55 (strings)
 * David Vandervelde – The Moonstation House Band (strings)
 * Enrique Iglesias – Insomniac (strings)
 * Garth Brooks – The Ultimate Hits (strings)
 * Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light (strings)
 * Juanes – La vida... es un ratico (strings)
 * Kid Rock – Rock n Roll Jesus (strings)
 * Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight (strings)
 * Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long (strings)
 * Martina McBride – Waking Up Laughing (strings)
 * Sara Bareilles – Little Voice (strings)
 * Nelly Furtado – In God's Hands (strings)
 * Scorpions – Humanity Hour 1 (strings)
 * The Spill Canvas – No Really, I'm Fine
 * Sum 41 – Underclass Hero (strings)
 * X Japan – Jealousy (strings)


 * 2006


 * Beck – The Information
 * Beyoncé – B'Day
 * "Listen"
 * Antonio Carmona – Vengo Venenoso
 * Celestial Navigations – Connection: Chapter 5
 * Celestial Navigations – Live at the Matrix (keyboards, strings, vocals)
 * Charlotte Gainsbourg – The Songs That We Sing (strings)
 * Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way (strings)
 * "Not Ready to Make Nice"
 * Dreamgirls – Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture
 * Evanescence – The Open Door – (strings)
 * Five for Fighting – Two Lights (strings)
 * Frankie J – Priceless
 * Goo Goo Dolls – Let Love In (strings)
 * Jewel – Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
 * Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways (strings)
 * Josh Groban – You Are Loved (Don't Give Up) (strings)
 * Josh Groban – Awake (strings)
 * Juanes – Mi Sangre (strings)
 * Julio Iglesias – Romantic Classics
 * Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds (strings)
 * Keith Urban – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
 * Live – Songs from Black Mountain (strings)
 * Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
 * "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
 * My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade (strings, horns)
 * "Welcome to the Black Parade" (strings, percussion)
 * Nelly Furtado – Loose(strings)
 * Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang (strings)
 * Raul Malo – You're Only Lonely
 * Sarah Kelly – Where the Past Meets Today
 * Tim McGraw – Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2


 * 2005


 * Alex Lloyd – Alex Lloyd
 * Anastacia – Pieces of a Dream
 * B. B. King – B.B. King & Friends: 80 (strings)
 * Beck – Guero
 * Billy Joel – My Lives
 * Bon Jovi – Have a Nice Day
 * David Crowder Band – A Collision (strings)
 * Daniel Bedingfield – Second First Impression
 * "The Way"
 * Eric Benét – Hurricane
 * Fort Minor – The Rising Tied (strings)
 * Gary Allan – Tough All Over
 * Good Charlotte – We Believe
 * Gustavo Santaolalla – Brokeback Mountain Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 * Idlewild – Not Just Sometimes But Always (strings)
 * Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man – Motion Picture Soundtrack
 * Lindsay Lohan – A Little More Personal (Raw)
 * Lisa Marie Presley – Now What
 * Liz Phair – Somebody's Miracle (strings)
 * The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute (strings, brass, piano, percussion)
 * "The Widow" (strings, brass)
 * Melanie – Photograph
 * Montgomery Gentry – Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999–2005
 * Neil Diamond – 12 Songs (horns)
 * North Country – Music from the Motion Picture
 * Paul McCartney – Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (strings)
 * The Prom Kings – The Prom Kings
 * Robbie Williams – Intensive Care (strings)
 * Sheryl Crow – Wildflower (strings)
 * Smash Mouth – All Star Smash Hits
 * Steven Curtis Chapman – "Remembering You" (strings)


 * 2004


 * Alter Bridge – One Day Remains (strings)
 * Ashlee Simpson – Autobiography (strings)
 * Avril Lavigne – Under My Skin (strings)
 * Charlotte Martin – On Your Shore
 * Diana DeGarmo – Blue Skies
 * Diana DeGarmo – "Dreams"
 * Everlast – White Trash Beautiful
 * Fantasia – Free Yourself
 * Five for Fighting – The Battle for Everything
 * Good Charlotte – Chronicles of Life and Death
 * Graham Colton Band – Drive
 * Jimmy Eat World – Futures
 * Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway
 * "Because of You"
 * Linda Ronstadt – Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas
 * Lindsay Lohan – Speak
 * Lit – Lit
 * Lostprophets – Start Something (strings)
 * New Found Glory – Catalyst (strings)
 * The Smithereens – From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
 * Spymob – Sitting Around Keeping Score
 * Tamyra Gray – The Dreamer
 * Tim McGraw – Live Like You Were Dying (strings)
 * Train – Alive at Last
 * Van Hunt – Van Hunt
 * Wilson Phillips – California
 * 10,000 Maniacs – Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown


 * 2003


 * Alien Ant Farm – truANT
 * The Bangles – Doll Revolution
 * Blackstreet – Level II
 * Cat Power – You Are Free
 * Def Leppard – Long, Long Way to Go
 * Evanescence – Fallen
 * "Bring Me to Life"
 * Eve 6 – It's All in Your Head
 * Kiss – Kiss Symphony: Alive IV
 * Lamb – Between Darkness and Wonder
 * Linkin Park – Meteora (strings)
 * Lisa Marie Presley – To Whom It May Concern (strings)
 * Macy Gray – The Trouble with Being Myself
 * Maria – My Soul
 * Memento – Beginnings
 * Michelle Branch – Hotel Paper
 * Nelly Furtado – Folklore
 * Phil Collins – "Look Through My Eyes"
 * Revis – Places for Breathing
 * Ricky Martin – Almas del Silencio
 * Ruben Studdard – Flying Without Wings
 * Ruben Studdard – Soulful (strings)
 * The Thrills – So Much for the City
 * Year of the Rabbit – Year of the Rabbit


 * 2002


 * Anastacia – Freak of Nature (strings)
 * Beck – Sea Change
 * Darren Hayes – Spin
 * Def Leppard – X (strings)
 * Faith Hill – Cry (strings)
 * Good Charlotte – The Young and the Hopeless (strings)
 * Laura Pausini – From The Inside
 * LeAnn Rimes – Twisted Angel
 * Mariah Carey – Charmbracelet (strings)
 * Robin Williams – Live 2002
 * Sixpence None The Richer – Divine Discontent (strings)
 * The Wallflowers – Red Letter Days (strings)
 * Taproot – Like (strings)
 * 3 Doors Down – Away from the Sun (strings)
 * "Away from the Sun"
 * "Here Without You"


 * 2001


 * Aerosmith – Just Push Play (strings)
 * "Jaded"
 * Brooks & Dunn – Steers & Stripes
 * Jennifer Warnes – The Well
 * Leonard Cohen – Ten New Songs
 * Lit – Atomic (strings)
 * Michael Jackson – Invincible (strings)
 * Nikka Costa – Everybody Got Their Something (strings)
 * Paul McCartney – Driving Rain (strings)
 * Ricky Martin – "Shake Your Bon-Bon" (strings)
 * Train (band) – Drops of Jupiter (strings)
 * Alien Ant Farm - ANThology (strings)


 * 2000


 * BBMak – Sooner or Later
 * Bon Jovi – Crush (strings)
 * Duran Duran – Pop Trash (strings)
 * "Someone Else Not Me"
 * Everlast – Eat at Whitey's (strings)
 * Fuel – Something Like Human (strings)
 * XXVII Olympiad – Official Music from the Opening Ceremony
 * Green Day – Warning (strings)
 * Poe – Poe
 * Sinéad O'Connor – Faith and Courage


 * 1999


 * Amanda Marshall – Tuesday's Child (strings)
 * Beck – Midnight Vultures
 * Counting Crows – This Desert Life
 * Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton – Trio II (strings)
 * Enrique Iglesias – Enrique
 * Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – Aguila
 * Macy Gray – On How Life Is
 * Phil Collins – "You'll Be in My Heart"
 * Reef – Rides
 * Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin
 * Stone Temple Pilots – No. 4
 * Styx - Brave New World (conductor, strings)
 * 21st Century Girls – 21st Century Girls


 * 1998


 * Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
 * Alanis Morissette – Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (strings)
 * Beck – Mutations
 * The Black Crowes – By Your Side
 * Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy Up the Girl (strings)
 * "Iris"
 * Hole – Celebrity Skin
 * Jude – No One Is Really Beautiful (strings)
 * Hootie & the Blowfish – Musical Chairs
 * Richie Sambora – Undiscovered Soul


 * 1997


 * Aerosmith – Nine Lives
 * "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
 * "Pink"
 * Beck – Odelay
 * "Jack-Ass"
 * Billy Joel – "To Make You Feel My Love"
 * Green Day – Nimrod
 * Lee Seung-Hwan – Cycle
 * Leonard Cohen – More Best of
 * Stanley Clarke – The Bass-ic Collection


 * 1996


 * Journey – Trial by Fire
 * Cracker – The Golden Age
 * Dead Man Walking – Dead Man Walking The Score (choir)
 * France Gall – France (strings)
 * Joe Cocker – Organic
 * John Berry – Faces
 * Manowar – Louder Than Hell
 * Tina Arena – Don't Ask
 * 3T – "Anything" (strings)
 * 3T – "Why" (strings)


 * 1995


 * Bon Jovi – These Days
 * Bugs & Friends – Sing the Beatles
 * Joshua Kadison – "Delilah Blue"
 * Kris Kristofferson – A Moment of Forever
 * Lee Seung-Hwan – "For 1,000 days"
 * Medicine – Her Highness
 * Melissa Manchester – If My Heart Had Wings
 * Tina Arena – Show Me Heaven
 * Various Artists – Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen


 * 1994


 * Aerosmith – "Crazy"
 * Bon Jovi – "Always"
 * Bonnie Raitt – Longing in Their Hearts
 * The Rolling Stones – Out of Tears (strings)
 * Willie Nelson – Healing Hands of Time


 * 1993


 * Aerosmith – "Amazing"
 * Aerosmith – "Shut Up and Dance"
 * Alexander O'Neal – Love Makes No Sense
 * Celine Dion – The Colour of My Love
 * David Crosby – Thousand Roads (strings)
 * Jann Arden – Time for Mercy
 * Maria McKee – You Gotta Sin to Get Saved
 * Willie Nelson – Across the Borderline


 * 1992


 * Bernadette Peters – Bernadette
 * Leonard Cohen – The Future (strings, backing vocals)
 * Neil Diamond – Christmas Album
 * Roy Orbison – King of Hearts
 * Vonda Shepard – Radical Light


 * 1991


 * Aaron Neville – Warm Your Heart
 * Alice Cooper – Hey Stoopid
 * Bonnie Raitt – Luck of the Draw
 * Neil Diamond – Lovescape
 * Diana Ross – The Force Behind the Power
 * The Temptations – Milestone
 * X – Jealousy


 * 1989


 * Linda Ronstadt – Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind


 * 1987


 * Dolly Parton - Rainbow
 * Emmylou Harris - Trio
 * Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat


 * 1986


 * 10,000 Maniacs – In My Tribe


 * 1981


 * Art Garfunkel - Scissors Cut
 * Rita Coolidge - Heartbreak Radio
 * Robin Williamson - Songs of Love and Parting


 * 1979


 * Louise Goffin - Kid Blue
 * Maria Muldaur - Open Your Eyes
 * Gábor Szabó - Femme Fatale
 * Badfinger - Airwaves


 * 1978


 * Andrew Gold - All This & Heaven Too
 * Carole Bayer Sager – Too
 * John Hall - John Hall
 * Laura Allan - Laura Allan
 * Leo Sayer – Leo Sayer


 * 1977


 * Art Garfunkel – Watermark
 * Cat Stevens – Izitso
 * Dan Fogelberg - Nether Lands
 * James Taylor – JT
 * Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff
 * Linda Ronstadt – Simple Dreams
 * Olivia Newton-John – Making a Good Thing Better


 * 1976


 * Jackson Browne – The Pretender
 * J. D. Souther – Black Rose
 * Jimmie Spheeris – Ports of the Heart
 * Linda Ronstadt – Hasten Down the Wind
 * Melanie – Photograph
 * Pure Prairie League – Dance


 * 1975


 * Jimmie Spheeris – Dragon is Dancing
 * Linda Ronstadt – Prisoner in Disguise


 * 1974


 * Carole King – Wrap Around Joy
 * Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a Wheel
 * Rita Coolidge – Fall Into Spring


 * 1973


 * Carole King – Fantasy
 * Jimmie Spheeris – Original Tap Dancing Kid


 * 1972


 * Carole King – Rhymes & Reasons
 * Jackson Browne – Jackson Browne
 * Jimmie Spheeris – Isle of View