Dean Hurley

Dean Hurley
Background information
Genres	Ambient avant-garde rock jazz film score
Occupations	Composer record producer musician sound designer re-recording mixer sound supervisor sound mixer supervising sound editor songwriter
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Sacred Bones Records Boomkat Editions

Dean Hurley is an American composer, record producer, musician, sound designer, re-recording mixer, and songwriter. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the third season of Twin Peaks . ^[4] He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Lynch. ^{[5] [6]} Hurley has worked on many different types of films as a film score composer, sound supervisor, sound designer, re-recording mixer, sound mixer, and supervising sound editor. Notably he composed the film score of the 2023 feature film Divinity , along with DJ and record producer DJ Muggs. ^[7]

He produced for the Veils on their album Total Depravity (2016). In 2017, Hurley released the album Anthology Resource Vol. 1: △△ , which features original material created for Twin Peaks, and in 2019 he released Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond on Sacred Bones Records. ^{[8] [9]} He has worked with a variety of musicians aside from Lynch and the Veils, such as Romance, John Carpenter, Chromatics, Sky Ferreira, Zola Jesus, Gloria de Oliveira, Dlina Volny, Donovan, Trouble, Chrystabell, Jaye Jayle, Jorja Chalmers, Tiny Ruins, Sam Gendel, among others.

Select filmography

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
2023	Divinity	Composer, along with DJ Muggs	Feature film
2020	Happily	Sound designer and re-recording mixer	Feature film
2020	Looks That Kill	Composer	Feature film
2019	Flying Lotus Feat. David Lynch: Fire Is Coming	Sound designer	Video short
2018	Stuntman	Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer	Documentary
2018	What Did Jack Do?	Composer and re-recording mixer	Short film
2017	Twin Peaks (season 3)	Sound mixer and supervising sound editor	TV series
2017	The Putin Interviews	Re-recording mixer	TV series
2015	The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert	Re-recording mixer	TV special
2014	Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer	Feature film
2014	Duran Duran: Unstaged	Sound mixer	Video short
2012	Change Begins Within	Re-recording mixer	TV special
2011	Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage	Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer	Feature film
2010	Dior: Lady Blue Shanghai	Composer	Short film
2009	My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done	Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer	Feature film
2008	Fight or Die	Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer	TV series
2006	Making 'The New World	Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer	Documentary
2006	Inland Empire	Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer	Feature film

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2018	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special	Twin Peaks	[10]
	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie		[11]
	Nominated	Cinema Audio Society Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movie or Mini-Series		[12]
	Nominated	Motion picture Sound Editors	Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Music Score and Musical for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media

Discography

Solo albums

• Days of Thunder and Rain, self-released (2014)
• Anthology Resource Vol. 1 , Sacred Bones Records (2017)
• Anthology Resource Vol. II, Sacred Bones Records (2019)
• Concrete Feather, Boomkat Editions (2020)

Solo singles

• "Our Day Will Come", Sacred Bones Records (2022)

Collaborative albums

• Inland Empire (Original Soundtrack) (by David Lynch), DLMC (2007)
• The Air is on Fire (by David Lynch), DLMC (2007)
• Crazy Clown Time (by David Lynch), Sunday Best (2010)
• This Train (by David Lynch and Chrystabell), La Rose Noire (2011)
• The Big Dream (by David Lynch), Sunday Best (2013)
• Somewhere in the Nowhere (by David Lynch and Chrystabell), Meta Hari (2016)
• In Every Dream Home a Heartache (with Romance), Ecstatic (2022)
• Oceans of Time (with Gloria de Oliveira), Sacred Bones Records (2022)
• River of Dreams (with Romance), Ecstatic (2023)
• Cellophane Memories (by Chrystabell and David Lynch), Sacred Bones Records (2024)

Appearances and remixes

• Ghost of Love by David Lynch, David Lynch Music Company (2007)
• "Dark Night of the Soul" by Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch from Dark Night of the Soul , Capitol Records (2010)
• "Bad the John Boy" by David Lynch, Sacred Bones Records (2013)
• "I'm Waiting Here" by David Lynch and Lykke Li, Sacred Bones Records (2013)
• "Night (Zola Jesus and Dean Hurley remix)" from Lost Themes by John Carpenter, Sacred Bones Records (2015)
• "Dream Wave" by Tiny Ruins, Bella Union (2016)
• "Snake Eyes" by Trouble from Twin Peaks: Music from the Limited Event Series , Rhino Records (2017)
• "Slow 30s Room" (with David Lynch) from Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack , Rhino Records (2017)
• "Blue Girl (Dean Hurley remix)" from Camera by Chromatics, Italians Do It Better (2018)
• The Flame of Love by David Lynch and Jack Cruz, Sacred Bones Records (2020)
• "Saturday (Dean Hurley remix)" from Shadow (Remixes) by Chromatics, Italians Do It Better (2021)

Production discography

• The Big Dream – David Lynch (2013)
• Taiga – Zola Jesus (2014)
• Total Depravity – The Veils (2016)
• "I Am the Shaman" – Donovan (2021)

References

1. ""Twin Peaks" Sound Supervisor Dean Hurley Announces New Album". pitchfork.com. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
2. "Dean Hurley: Anthology Resource Vol. 1". popmatters.com. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
3. "Twin Peaks: An Interview with Music Director Dean Hurley". rhino.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
4. "Awards & Nominations". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
5. "Dean Hurley is David Lynch's long time sound and music collaborator". abc.net.au. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
6. "Sound Comes First: Inside David Lynch's Bunker, Where He Started Creating the 'Twin Peaks' Sound Design Over 7 Years Ago". indiewire.com. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
7. "DJ Muggs and Dean Hurley". sacredbonesrecords.com. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
8. "Dean Hurley explores life after death on Philosophy of Beyond". factmag.com. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
9. "Dean Hurley ANTHOLOGY RESOURCE VOL. II: PHILOSOPHY OF BEYOND Review". thequietus.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
10. "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special - 2018". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
11. "Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie - 2018". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
12. "CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY NOMINATIONS FOR THE 54th ANNUAL CAS AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING FOR 201". cinemaaudiosociety.org. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.

External links

• Dean Hurley at IMDb