Dan Weniger
| Student Type: | Private Lessons |
| Location: | California, USA |
| E-mail: | dan@danweniger.com |
| Website: | danweniger.com |
| mp3 | CBS Egypt_Main Title 2.mp3 |
Dan Weniger studied Film Scoring & Composition at Berklee College of Music, graduating in 2003. Dan now works out of Santa Monica, California as a composer for film and television. He has worked with artists such as Phillip Giffin, Heitor Pereira, Francis Buckley, Matthias Weber, Clair Marlo, Ace Baker, Gary Novak and Judd Miller.
Dan also worked with a renowned film and television composer Philip Giffin on the MGM feature film Soul Plane as a music arranger, orchestrator, and engineer, and is currently working on the WB TV series, "Summerland."
Dan has over a 100 minutes of music playing on television, and has written several hours of music for a music library "Invisible Hand Productions," through BMG (Germany).
As a skilled musician on the guitar, Dan has also enjoyed teaching guitar for a number of years, and is still an active teacher.
| FILM & TELEVISION | ||
| "Tutankhamun & The Golden Age of the Pharoahs" CBS, TV special |
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| "SOUL PLANE" Arranger/Engineer Feature film, MGM Starring: Snoop Dogg & Tom Arnold |
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| "SUMMERLAND" Arranger/Engineer TV Series, WB |
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| "EYES" Arranger/Engineer TV series, ABC |
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| "BMG (Germany)" Music Library |
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DISCOGRAPHY |
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| DSJ: "DSJ" & Sam Deushler 2003 |
Co-written with Justin Purtil | |
| MIND DUST: "Dust" 2000 |
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| BEG TO DIFFER: "Bleak Outlook" 1997 |
Writer/Producer | |
EDUCATION |
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| Berklee College of Music: Dual major in Film Scoring & Composition Private guitar training: 1995-2000, Tom Hess-Guitar Teacher |
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OTHER PROJECTS |
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| PLAYSPACE Video game promo |
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| "HORNBOW HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE" Short film |
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| "SURROGATE" Short film |
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| "INHERITANCE" Short film |
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| "MARKDOWN" Short film |
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| "Portraits" Short film |
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| "Speechless" Short film |
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SONGS AIRED ON |
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| -Access Hollywood -Superstation: "Speed & Spike" & "Ultimate" -"America's Most Wanted" -Foxnet: "Positive Hope" & "700 Club" -ABC Family: "Time Stops" & "Sweat & Blood" |
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