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

The Haunting of Pennhurst (Upcoming)
Production Company: Naked Edge Films
Directors: Mike Attie, Katarina Poljak & Nathan R. Stenberg
Producers: Mike Attie, Daniel J. Chalfen, Katarina Poljak & Nathan R. Stenberg

Little Brother
Production Company: Netflix
Director: Matt Spicer
Producers: David Bernad & Ruben Fleischer

Venom: The Last Dance
Production Company: SONY / Marvel
Director: Kelly Marcel
Producers: Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach & Hutch Parker

Rez Ball
Production Company: Netflix
Director: Sydney Freeland
Producers: Spencer Beighley, Wayne Carmona & Maverick Carter

Chili Finger
Production Company: Archstone Entertainment
Directors: Edd Benda & Stephen Helstad
Producers: Jo Henriquez & Sam Sandweiss

Time and Water
Production Company: National Geographic
Director: Sara Dosa
Producers: Jameka Autry, Shane Boris, Sara Dosa & Elijah Stevens

The Thinking Game
Production Company: Google
Director: Greg Kohs
Producer: Gary Krieg

King of Clones
Production Company: Peddling Pictures / Netflix
Director: Aditya Thayi
Producers: Syahirah A. Karim & Matthew Sanderson

Great Photo, Lovely Life — Emmy Nominated for Best Documentary
Production Company: ARK Media / HBO
Directors: Rachel Beth Anderson & Amanda Mustard
Producer: Amanda Mustard

Hustle
Production Company: Happy Madison Productions / Netflix
Director: Jeremiah Zagar
Producers: Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Zack Roth, LeBron James & Maverick Carter

Ascension — Oscar Nominated for Best Documentary
Production Company: MTV Documentary
Director: Jessica Kingdon
Producers: Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy & Nathan Truesdell

All Light, Everywhere — Sundance Special Jury Award for Experimentation in Nonfiction
Production Company: Sandbox Films
Director: Theo Anthony
Producers: Jonna McKone, Sebastian Pardo & Riel Roch Decter

Strawberry Mansion
Production Company: Cartuna / Ley Line Entertainment
Directors: Kentucker Audley & Albert Birney
Producers: Emma Hannaway, Matisse Rifai, Taylor Shung & Sarah Winshall

And We Go Green
Production Company: Hulu
Directors: Fisher Stevens & Malcolm Venville
Producers: Zakaria Alaoui, Jennifer Davisson & Leonardo DiCaprio

Well Groomed
Production Company: HBO
Director: Rebecca Stern
Producers: Dana Kalmey, Justin Levy & Matthew C. Mills

Time Trial
Production Company: Cinema Delicatessen
Director: Finlay Pretsell
Producer: Sonja Henrici

Rat Film
Production Company: Memory
Director: Theo Anthony
Producers: Sebastian Pardo & Riel Roch Decter

Twixt
Production Company: 20th Century Fox
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola

TELEVISION

Task
Production Company: HBO
Director: Jeremiah Zagar
Creator: Brad Ingelsby

The Dark Wizard
Production Company: HBO
Directors: Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen
Producers: Olivia Ahnemann, Zachary Barr & Halle Johns

What’s Next: The Future With Bill Gates
Production Company: Netflix
Directors: Alex Braverman & Nicola Marsh
Producers: Rachel Rapkin & Jonathan Formica

Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini
Production Company: Hulu
Director: Michael Beach Nichols
Producers: Erin Lee Carr, Allison Berkley & Rob Ford

Omnivore — “Banana”
Production Company: Apple
Director: David Charles Rodriguez
Creators: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Matt Goulding & René Redzepi

The Changeling
Production Company: Annapurna / Apple TV+
Directors: Jonathan Van Tulleken & Melina Matsoukas
Showrunner: Kelly Marcel

Monster Factory
Production Company: Public Record / Apple TV+
Directors: Galen Summer & Naiti Gámez

Wedding Season
Production Company: Dancing Ledge Productions / Disney+
Directors: George Kane & Laura Scrivano
Producers: Dan Kay & Sarah J. Donohue

Sex Diaries
Production Company: Vox Media Studios / HBO
Director: Jenny Carchman

Philly D.A. — 2022 Peabody Award
Production Company: Independent Lens
Directors: Yoni Brook, Ted Passon & Nicole Salazar
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Josh Penn & Nicole Salazar

BALLET

Become A Mountain
Choreographer: Justin Peck
World Premiere: Juilliard School of Dance

The Times Are Racing
Choreographer: Justin Peck
Company: New York City Ballet

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