Dan Wool | |
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![]() Dan Wool performing in "Longplayer" 2010 | |
Background information | |
Genres | Film Score, Sound Design |
Occupations | Composer, audio engineer, music producer, sound designer, theme park audio media designer |
Website | PrayForRain.com |
Dan Wool is an American composer and sound designer based in San Francisco. He is known for his work across feature films, television, themed entertainment, dance, and experimental installations. Wool has composed music for over 45 feature films and numerous television projects, and was a longtime member of the soundtrack group Pray for Rain . [1]
Wool began his film scoring career Sid and Nancy (1986), directed by Alex Cox. [2] He continued collaborating with Cox on nine films, including Straight to Hell (1987), Death and the Compass (1996), and Tombstone-Rashomon (2017).
He was a principal member of Pray for Rain , a San Francisco-based music collective that specialized in film and television soundtracks. [1]
Wool has composed music for network television films and episodic series for ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and HBO. [3]
From 2010 to 2021, Wool collaborated with visual effects artist and filmmaker Phil Tippett, composing the score for Tippett’s stop-motion experimental film Mad God (2022). [4] The film was released in 2021, and its soundtrack was distributed by Waxwork Records in 2022. [5] [6]
In 2023, Wool was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production for his work on Mad God. [7]
Wool also composed the score for OUT THERE, a 2018 experimental short film by Tippett and Lucy Raven that was screened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. [8]
Wool has provided sound design, original music, and on-site mixing for several immersive theme park rides and attractions. Notable clients include Tippett Studio, Sunac Group, and Wanda Group. [9] [10] [11]
His work includes the "Fly Chongqing" and "Fly Sichuan" dome attractions in China, created in partnership with Tippett Studio. [12]
Wool has composed and designed sound for several dance companies and choreographers, including:
In October 2010, Wool participated in Jem Finer's 1000-year-long composition Longplayer , performed live at YBCA and sponsored by the Long Now Foundation. [14]
He composed a sound installation for the A+D Museum in Los Angeles titled “Windshield Perspective” (May–July 2013). [15]
From 2015 to 2018, Wool composed music for the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Team. [16]
As a producer and engineer, Wool has collaborated with:
(feature film composer credits except as indicated)