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Daniel Light (2011)

Daniel James Licht (born March 1957 in Detroit , Michigan ; † August 2, 2017 ) was an American composer who became famous for his film composition for the television series Dexter .

Life

After graduating from Hampshire College in Massachusetts in 1974 with a degree in jazz and world music composition, Licht moved to New York , where he tried to establish himself in the creative scene on the Lower East Side . He established himself quickly and not only played with jazz musicians such as Don Cherry , Jaki Byard or Dave Amram , he also used New York to travel through countries such as Germany , Holland , Japan and Indonesia as a composer for theater performances and dance ensembles studied the traditional music there. After Licht had already composed the music for some commercials , it was his former classmate Christopher Young who asked him to compose the score for the horror film Children of the Night .

Since then, Licht has mainly worked as a film composer for thriller, action and horror films from the B-film area such as Kinder des Zorns 2 - Tödliche Harvest , Hellraiser IV - Bloodline , Thinner - The Curse and Quatermain and the Treasure of King Solomon . However, he only gained greater fame through his participation in the crime series Dexter and most recently in the television series Body of Proof . On January 28, 2012, Licht received the composer of the year award at the third Russian Horror Film Awards in Moscow .

Licht died of complications from cancer on August 2, 2017. He left behind his wife and son.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

TV Shows

  • 2005-2006: Jake in Progress (12 episodes)
  • 2005–2006: Kitchen Confidential (8 episodes)
  • 2006-2013: Dexter
  • 2008: Cashmere Mafia (4 episodes)
  • 2011-2013: Body of Proof
  • 2014: The Red Road

Video games

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Licht on radaris.com (English), accessed December 7, 2011
  2. ↑ variety.com, accessed August 4, 2017
  3. ↑ Mermelstein, David article Variety- Daniel Licht . Variety . October 2, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  4. ^ FY 2012 Alumni Donors to Hampshire College at hampshire.edu , accessed January 22, 2012
  5. ^ Licht, Daniel: Dan Licht bibliography . DanLicht.com. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Attila Tihanyi, Zsolt Biro, Gergely Hubai: Daniel Licht, Prince of Darkness on filmzene.net from March 11, 2008 (English), accessed on December 7, 2011
  7. ↑ Debi Moore (The Woman in Black): Spend an Evening with Dexter and Silent Hill Composer Daniel Licht on dreadcentral.com from April 25, 2012, accessed on April 26, 2012
  8. ↑ Mark Morton: Modern Horror Soundtrack Master: An interview with DEXTER composer Daniel Licht on examiner.com of October 30, 2010 (English), accessed December 7, 2011
  9. ↑ Mike Gencarelli: Interview with Daniel Licht on mediamikes.com from March 25, 2011 (English), accessed on December 7, 2011
  10. ↑ Debi Moore (The Woman in Black): 2012 Russian Horror Film Awards Honorees Include Composer Daniel Licht on dreadcentral.com from December 21, 2011 (English), accessed December 21, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Light, daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Light, Daniel James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , United States
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 2017