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About Dan Heath:

Having trained as a classical and jazz pianist for most of his life, Dan expanded on his passion for music to earn two degrees in film scoring and composition. Upon completing his formal education, Dan went on to work for composer Hans Zimmer, followed by Blake Neely. 

Dan is perhaps best known for his work in pop music, having arranged most of the breakout Lana Del Rey album, Born to Die, and the entirety of the successful follow-up, The Paradise Edition. Daniel is credited with producing and co-writing several hit singles, including, Blue Jeans, Ultraviolence, Once Upon a Dream, Bel Air, and the Golden Globe nominated title track for the Tim Burton film, Big Eyes. Once upon a Dream was the closing credit song as well as a different version he composed for the marketing campaign . He recently started collaborating with Drew Macfarlane from Glass Animals , and is continuing to work developing artists such as Aaron Hibell and Sadie Fine.

As an independent artist, his work has been recorded by the Budapest Symphony and the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as featured in several films, television series, and advertisements.

He composed the music for the film Gully. Samples of His music from the score were used in the soundtrack featuring Snoh Aalegra, Dua Lipa, and Gary Clark Junior. He just finished scoring a documentary titled “Helen” produced by Chris Pratt, and is now composing a Docu-series called “Foundation,” For Religion Of Sports.

A comprehensive list of his extensive work can be found below, including the Burberry 2017 Christmas campaign .

Here are some links to some of his favorite Scores he’s done

Lighter Score Examples

Darker Score Examples