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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.
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.
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.
Mason Daring: Bending the Music. 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.
Mason Daring's nearly 20 years as a professional composer have yielded truly diverse credits. He is in the enviable position of being the composer of choice for one of America's premiere filmmakers, the independent writer/director John Sayles.
Apr 9, 2013 · Mason Daring is a guitarist, keyboardist, trumpeter, and composer of scores for film and television. He is also a professor of the Master in Scoring for Film, Television and...
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Daring CD 4001(Promotional release only -out of print) As with film composition, record production is not about compromise - it's about opportunity. When I think about my time with the artists you're about to meet, I don't think in terms of privilege - I think in terms of joy.
