Daniel Licht is an American film composer and musician

Musician

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, best known for composing the score for Showtime TV drama series, Dexter

Dexter (TV series)

Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...

.

Biography

Daniel Licht attended Hampshire College

Hampshire College

Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...

, in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 and graduated in composition

Musical composition

Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...

, jazz

Jazz

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, and world music

World music

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. Licht moved to New York City

New York City

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 and established himself as a musical artist in the Lower East Side

Lower East Side

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 creative music scene. He would travel to Germany

Germany

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, Holland, and Northern Europe

Northern Europe

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 to perform and compose music for theatre and dance companies. He created scores for such companies as Mercedes Benz, Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

, and A. T. & T.

He then moved to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 and pursued a career in film scoring

Film score

A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...

, at the suggestion of his former classmate, Christopher Young. His first major project was the 1991 feature film Children of the Night. His composition earned him his first soundtrack CD release. He soon became spotted by macabre director, Clive Barker

Clive Barker

Clive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...

 and would compose for several of his films.

Licht scored all seasons of Dexter

Dexter (TV series)

Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...

, which he considers to be one of his "more visible projects" but is reluctant to refer to it as his big break.

Credits

Works

Year	Title	Notes
1991	Children of the Night
1992	Final Embrace
1992	Double Vision Double Vision (1992 film) -Plot:The telepathy between identical twins: conventional Caroline lives with her dad and is engaged; Lisa is hard-drinking, devil-may-care, living in London as a high-class call girl. Caroline has horrid dreams of Lisa dying, so she flies to London to help...
1992	Amityville 1992 Amityville 1992 Amityville: It's About Time is the sixth installment to the Amityville Horror saga. It was released direct-to-video in 1992 by Republic Pictures Home Video...
1992	Severed Ties
1992	Inside Out III
1992	Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice is the sequel to the 1984 movie Children of the Corn. This sequel, directed by David F. Price, stars Terence Knox, Ryan Bollman, Ned Romero, and Paul Scherrer. The film was released in theatres by Dimension Films in January 1993, with the video release...
1992	Inside Out IV
1993	Acting on Impulse Acting on Impulse (film) Acting on Impulse is a 1993 film starring Linda Fiorentino, Nancy Allen and C. Thomas Howell. The film is also known under the alternate titles Secret Lives and Eyes of a Stranger...
1993	Infested
1993	Where Are We? Our Trip Through America
1993	Amityville: A New Generation Amityville: A New Generation Amityville: A New Generation is the seventh installment in the Amityville Horror saga. It was released direct to video in 1993. Republic Pictures released this movie in R-rated and unrated versions...
1993	A Girls' Guide to Sex
1994	The Hard Truth
1995	Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest is the third film in the Children of the Corn series, based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King...
1995	Zooman
1996	Woman Undone
1996	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
1996	The Winner
1996	Thinner Thinner (film) Thinner is a 1996 horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell with the screenplay by Tom Holland. The film is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.-Plot:...
1996	Bad Moon Bad Moon Bad Moon is a 1996 American horror film written and directed by Eric Red and produced by James G. Robinson. The plot involves a family man who struggles to overcome his curse....
1998	The Patron Saint of Liars
1998	Brave New World Brave New World (film) Brave New World is a 1998 television movie loosely based on Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. The film stars Peter Gallagher and Leonard Nimoy...
1998	Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! is a 1998 made for TV horror movie, made for the Fox TV channel.In 2005, Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! was released on DVD in Germany under the title Marabunta...
1998	Permanent Midnight Permanent Midnight Permanent Midnight is a 1998 biographical romantic comedy-drama film directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. The film is based on Jerry Stahl's autobiographical book of the same name, and tells the story of Stahl's rise from a small-time television writer to his success as a comedy writer...
1998	Thirst
1999	Splendor Splendor (1999 film) Splendor is a film directed by Gregg Araki starring Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar, Kelly Macdonald and Eric Mabius. The film narrates the lives of the characters Veronica Abel and Zed , and how a relationship forms between these three characters that is equivalent to a...
1999	Don't Look Under the Bed Don't Look Under the Bed Don't Look Under The Bed is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It is also the Disney Channel's second and final attempt at a horror film released by Disney...
1999	Execution of Justice Execution of Justice Execution of Justice is an award-winning ensemble play by Emily Mann chronicling the case of the People vs. Dan White. White assassinated San Francisco mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk in November 1978...
2000	Cabin by the Lake Cabin by the Lake Cabin by the Lake is a black comedy/horror TV movie released in 2000. It tells the story of Stanley, played by Judd Nelson, a script writer who begins killing girls for research for a movie he is writing, where the villain does the same thing.-Plot:...
2000	Hendrix
2001	Anatomy of a Hate Crime
2001	Cowboy Up
2001	Soul Survivors Soul Survivors Soul Survivors is a 2001 psychological thriller film starring Melissa Sagemiller as a college student named Cassie, whose boyfriend Sean died in a car accident that resulted from her driving after a night of partying...
2001	Off Season Off Season Off Season is a 2001 TV movie directed by Bruce Davison, and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Rory Culkin, Hume Cronyn, Adam Arkin, and Bruce Davison...
2002	Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story
2003	Oliver Beene Oliver Beene Oliver Beene is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 9, 2003. The show was created by Howard Gewirtz. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene , in first person perspective...
2004	ABC's of Newborn Baby Care
2004	King Solomon's Mines King Solomon's Mines (2004 film) King Solomon's Mines is a 2004 two-part TV miniseries loosely based on the novel King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard and previous film versions...
2005	Icon Icon (film) Icon is a Hallmark Channel original television film directed by Charles Martin Smith and based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth. The film premiered on the network May 30, 2005...
2005–2006	Jake in Progress Jake in Progress Jake in Progress is an American comedy series broadcast on ABC from 2005 to 2006. Created by Austin Winsberg, the show was originally conceived as a real-time comedy; the first season was to show the first date of Jake and a woman. This was dropped during development, and the show became more...
2005–2006	Kitchen Confidential Kitchen Confidential (TV series) Kitchen Confidential is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 19, 2005 on the Fox network, based on Anthony Bourdain's New York Times bestselling book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly...
2008	Cashmere Mafia Cashmere Mafia Cashmere Mafia is an American television dramedy which ran on ABC from January 6, 2008 to February 20, 2008. The series was created by Kevin Wade, who also served as executive producer alongside Darren Star, Gail Katz, Jeff Rake and Michael Pressman, with Susie Fitzgerald co-executive producing....
2008	The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn baby, who has Down syndrome to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and...
2008	Gym Teacher: The Movie
2009	Maneater Maneater (2009 miniseries) Maneater is a 2009 television miniseries starring Sarah Chalke. It was directed by Timothy Busfield and written by Suzanne Martin and Gigi Levangie...
2010	Dumbstruck
2010	Wake
2010	Romantically Challenged Romantically Challenged Romantically Challenged is a comedy television series, which ran on ABC from April 19, 2010 to May 17, 2010. It is set in Pittsburgh and created by Ricky Blitt, who is also the show's head writer. The show stars Alyssa Milano. ABC officially canceled the series on May 16, 2010...
2006–present	Dexter Dexter (TV series) Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
2011	Body of Proof Body of Proof Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios. Starring Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt, the series premiered on March 29, 2011 on ABC....
2011	Silent Hill: Downpour
TBA	Silent Hill: Book of Memories

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