Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon (b. 1981) is a composer and performer renowned for his five studio albums of innovative electronic music, his live performances in both contemporary and classical settings, and his extensive body of work in film scores.

Deacon has premiered compositions at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and collaborated with artists and institutions including Kronos Quartet, Sō Percussion, The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic, and Justin Peck with the New York City Ballet. Deacon recently composed the music for NYC Ballet's Mystic Familiar, choreographed by Justin Peck. He also performed alongside artists such as Sting and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's virtual concert Space Songs, and is known for his other national performances including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts. Deacon has also toured internationally with popular recording artists including Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Future Islands, and The Flaming Lips.

Deacon is currently scoring Little Brother, directed by Matt Spicer for Netflix. His other original film scores include Twixt (Francis Ford Coppola – 20th Century), Rat Film (Theo Anthony), Time Trial (Finlay Pretsell), Well Groomed (Rebecca Stern – HBO), And We Go Green (Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville – Hulu), Strawberry Mansion (Kentucker Audley & Albert Birney), All Light Everywhere (Theo Anthony), Ascension (Jessica Kingdon – Paramount), Hustle (Jeremiah Zagar – Netflix), Great Photo Lovely Life (Amanda Mustard – HBO), King of Clones (Aditya Thayi – Netflix), The Thinking Game (Greg Kohs), Rez Ball (Sydney Freeland – Netflix), Venom: The Last Dance (Kelly Marcel – Sony/Marvel), Vitalik: An Ethereum Story (Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple), and Andre Is An Idiot (Tony Benna – A24).

Television scores include Philly D.A. (Yoni Brook), Wedding Season (Oliver Lyttelton – Disney), Sex Diaries (HBO), The Changeling (Kelly Marcel – Apple), The Perfect Wife (Michael Beach Nichols – Hulu), Omnivore (Cary Joji Fukunaga – Apple), What's Next: The Future With Bill Gates (Netflix), The Price of Milk (Yoni Brook and Nicholas Bruckman), Mr. & Mrs. Murder (Hulu), and Task (Brad Ingelsby – HBO).

Narrative features in which Deacon's songs appear include the Greta Gerwig comedy Lola Versus, the Anne Hathaway musical drama Song One (in which he also appears as himself), and the 2020 Amazon Studios release Chemical Hearts. Deacon's songs have also been licensed for series such as Dark, Limitless, Teen Wolf, and the Vice/HBO production The Future of Work, as well as commercials for Apple TV, Nokia, and Crayola.

Deacon's most recent studio album is Mystic Familiar (2020, Domino Recording Company), featuring the lead single "Sat by a Tree," the video for which stars comedian Aparna Nancherla. His albums Spiderman of the Rings and Bromst were both named Best New Music by Pitchfork, and his album Gliss Riffer received 4-star reviews from outlets such as AllMusic and The Guardian. The animated video for Deacon's breakout song "When I Was Done Dying," made in conjunction with Adult Swim, has recorded over five million views.

FILM:

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The Haunting of Pennhurst (Upcoming)

Director: Mike Attie | Katarina Poljak | Nathan R. Stenberg

Studio: Naked Edge Films

Producers: Mike Attie | Daniel J. Chalfen | Katarina Poljak | Nathan R. Stenberg

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Little Brother (Upcoming)

Director: Matt Spicer

Studio: Netflix

Producers: David Bernad | Ruben Fleischer

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Venom: The Last Dance

Director: Kelly Marcel

Studio: SONY / Marvel

Producers: Avi Arad / Matt Tolmach / Hutch Parker

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Rez Ball

Director: Sydney Freeland

Studio: Netflix

Producers: Spencer Beighley / Wayne Carmona / Maverick Carter

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Chili Finger

Director: Edd Benda | Stephen Helstad

Studio: Archstone Entertainment

Producers: Jo Henriquez | Sam Sandweiss

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Time and Water

Director: Sara Dosa

Studio: National Geographic

Producers: Jameka Autry | Shane Boris | Sara Dosa | Elijah Stevens

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The Thinking Game

Director: Greg Kohs

Studio: Google

Producers: Gary Krieg

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King of Clones

Director: Aditya Thayi

Studio: Peddling Pictures / Netflix

Producers: Syahirah A. Karim / Matthew Sanderson

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Great Photo, Lovely Life - Emmy Nominated for Best Documentary 

Directors: Rachel Beth Anderson / Amanda Mustard

Studio: ARK Media / HBO 

Producer: Amanda Mustard

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Hustle

Director: Jeremiah Zagar

Studio: Happy Madison Productions / Netflix

Producers: Joe Roth / Jeff Kirschenbaum / Zack Roth / Lebron James / Maverick Carter

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Ascension - Oscar Nominated for Best Documentary 

Director: Jessica Kingdon

Studio: MTV Documentary

Producers: Jessica Kingdon / Kira Simon-Kennedy / Nathan Truesdell 

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All Light, Everywhere - Sundance Special  Jury award for Experimentation in Nonfiction

Director: Theo Anthony

Studio: Sandbox Films

Producers: Jonna McKone / Sebastian Pardo / Riel Roch Decter

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Strawberry Mansion

Director: Kentucker Audley / Albert Birney

Studio: Cartuna / Ley Line Entertainment

Producers: Emma Hannaway / Matisse Rifai / Taylor Shung / Sarah Winshall

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And We Go Green

Director: Fisher Stevewns / Malcolm Venville

Studio: Hulu

Producers: Zakaria Alaoui / Jennifer Davisson / Leonardo DiCaprio

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Well Groomed

Director: Rebecca Stern

Studio: HBO

Producers: Dana Kalmey / Justin Levy / Matthew C. Mills

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Time Trial

Director: Finlay Pretsell

Studio: Cinema Delicatessen

Producers: Sonja Henrici

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Rat Film

Director: Theo Anothy

Studio: Memory

Producers: Sebastian Pardo / Riel Roch Decter

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Twixt

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Studio: 20^th Century Fox

Producers: Francis Ford Coppola

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TELEVISION:

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Task

Director: Jeremiah Zagar

Creator: Brad Ingelsby

Studio: HBO

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The Dark Wizard

Director: Peter Mortimer | Nick Rosen

Producer: Olivia Ahnemann (producer) | Zachary Barr (producer) | Halle Johns (produc

Studio: HBO

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What’s Next: The Future With Bill Gates 

Directors: Alex Braverman / Nicola Marsh

Producers: Rachel Rapkin / Jonathan Formica

Studio: Netflix

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Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini

Director: Michael Beach Nichols

Producers: Erin Lee Carr / Allison Berkley / Rob Ford

Studio: Hulu

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Omnivore

Episode: Banana

Director: David Charles Rodriguez

Studio: Apple

Creators: Cary Joji Fukunaga / Matt Goulding / René Redzepi 

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The Changeling

Director: Jonathan Van Tulleken / Melina Matsoukas 

Studio: Annapurna / Apple TV+

Showrunner: Kelly Marcel

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Monster Factory

Directors: Galen Summer / Naiti Gámez

Studio: Public Record / Apple TV+

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Wedding Season

Directors: George Kane / Laura Scrivano

Studio: Dancing Ledge Productions / Disney+

Producers: Dan Kay / Sarah J. Donohue

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Sex Diaries

Director: Jenny Carchman

Studio: Vox Media Studios / HBO

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Philly D.A. - 2022 Peabody Award 

Director: Yoni Brook / Ted Passon / Nicole Salazar

Studio: Independent Lens

Producers: Michael Gottwald / Josh Penn / Nicole Salazar

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BALLET:

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Become A Mountain

Choreographer: Justin Peck

World Premiere: Juilliard School Of Dance

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The Times Are Racing

Choreographer: Justin Peck

Company: New York City Ballet

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