Michael Daniel's Music Portfolio

Below are a few samples of some of my film scoring projects. I am currently in the midst of coposing the score for the feature film, Blood Rush, produced by Sweet Home Films, directed by Evan Marlowe MD, and produced and written by Kerry Finlayson. The film should be finished and released in early 2012!

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A student film I scored while at UNCSA, directed by Rami Elias, about a man who strangles his girlfriends. Story of a Murderer	This is a USC student film I scored directed by Scott Drucker. This film was about two high school girls who, despite both being victims of prejudice, come together to save the lives of the students who discriminated against them. Tardeek
This piece was my pitch for the UNCSA fourth year student film Truckstop Massacred, directed by Tyler Cook. The film was a salute to classic slasher horror films. As such, I composed a score that was a salute to the classic slasher film scores. Truckstop Massacred	This was a generic genre exercsie for a "dramatic film." The Violin solo was performed by Aaron LaVallee and the Flute solo was performed by Catherine Tsao. The End of Innocence
After two years of working on student films, at last, a comedy! I had almost forgotten that films could be light-hearted. This was an entertaining UNCSA fourth year student film titled Stormy Weather directed by Ben Wolf. Stormy Weather	The following two pieces are selections from my graduate thesis project at UNCSA, scored to the student film Asphyxia, directed by Jesse Pilkes. The solos were performed by Tamara Douglas-Morris (Cello), Thom Proctor (Bassoon), and Franziska Brunner (Clarinet). Waking Darkness; Still Life These pieces are featured in the album, Love Stories and Other Compositions

Film Clips

This was a movie I animated when I was fifteen. In the original cut, I used the original Mission: Impossible theme, but later re-mixed it with the current version. Mission: Improbable - Short FIlm

This is a scene from my graduate thesis project, Asphyxia.
Asphyxia
This piece is featured in the album, Love Stories and Other Compositions

This was one of the student films I scored while at UNCSA.

Sanctuary of Horror

This is a scene from a pitch for one of the fourth year films at UNCSA, directed by Jarrett Eitner. This film was about a Russian girl who was sold into slavery as a young girl then escapes to America to seek the assistance of a reporter she met as a young girl.

Neena This piece is featured in the album, Love Stories and Other Compositions

For our first semester at NCSA, we scored music to several pre-existing main title sequences. The following is the piece I wrote for the main title of Dolores Claiborne. Dolores Claiborne

This is a scene from the New York Film Academy-Los Angeles student film, Shh, directed by Michaela Hughes. Shh

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