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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]
October 26, 1945. ( 1945-10-26) Running time. 101 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Love Letters is a 1945 American romantic film noir directed by William Dieterle from a screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on the novel Pity My Simplicity by Christopher Massie.
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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 ...
Anyone who knows the films of John Sayles will have heard a lot of Mason Daring's music, though perhaps without realising it. This isn't because Daring's scores are colourless or undistinguished - quite the reverse, indeed. But as a composer, he displays the chameleon ability to feel his way into an amazingly wide range of musical idioms ...
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 ...
Sep 4, 2001 · Sayles had heard Daring's recordings, and at the end of editing came to Mason with an offer to write the music score for the film - for a total budget of $700 dollars. The film was a critical success, and when Sayles started his next film, Lianna, he returned to Mason for both the legal and musical work. Daring turned down the legal work but ...
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 ...
