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Mason K. Daring (born September 21, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician and composer of scores for film and television. He has worked on nearly all the films directed by John Sayles, adapting his style to fit whatever period in which the film is set. [1]
Sep 4, 2001 · Film composer Mason Daring has explored many paths on the way to his current career -entertainment lawyer, folk singer, cabbie and truck driver, and commercial film director. But his professional life has always returned to the world of music.
Jan 31, 2023 · Mason Daring graduated cum laude as a music major in 1971 from Amherst College. He grabbed his first guitar in the 7th grade and had his first band, The Squires, in the 8th grade.
Mason Daring is a composer, musician, producer, and author who makes his home in both Marblehead, MA and Pawlet, VT.
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 low-budget American science fiction film, written and directed by John Sayles. The film, starring Joe Morton as an escaped extraterrestrial slave trying to find a new life on Earth, is in the public domain.
The creator of the lilting Irish folk score of The Secret of Roan Inish also composed the zydeco dances for Passion Fish, the mountain music and Italian popular song of Matewan, the Country & Western, rhythm & blues and Mexican folk music of Lone Star.
MASON DARING on MUSIC OF THE HEART 'I had not worked with Wes Craven before. It was serendipitous. We got together on the suggestion of the music supervisor. Wes and I got on like a house on fire. Wes used to be an English professor, and I did too, so we played word games. We'd place bets on the meanings of obscure words. He's also a terrific ...
