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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. Biography
Jan 31, 2023 · Mason Daring. 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. At Amherst, his first band was called Things That Go Bump in The Night and his final college band, Daring, Jones, Southworth and McNeer, signed with ...
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. Born into the family of a GE lifer, Daring’s childhood was spent criss-crossing the Northeast as his ...
Lone Star [3] is a 1996 American neo-Western mystery film written, edited, and directed by John Sayles and set in a small town in South Texas. The ensemble cast features Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey and Elizabeth Peña and deals with a sheriff's investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors.
Mason Daring is a composer, musician, producer, and author who makes his home in both Marblehead, MA and Pawlet, VT. In addition to composing scores for film and TV he performs occasionally with Jeanie Stahl, writes a column for the Marblehead Reporter under the sobriquet Weary Pilgrim, and is working on a first novel of crime fiction. His ...
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 ...
Matewan. Matewan ( / ˈmeɪtwɒn /) is a 1987 American independent [2] [3] drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles. [4] The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of ...
