Dan Wool
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.
Career
Film and television
Wool began his film scoring career Sid and Nancy, directed by Alex Cox. He continued collaborating with Cox on nine films, including Straight to Hell, Death and the Compass, and Tombstone-Rashomon.
He was a principal member of Pray for Rain, a San Francisco-based music collective that specialized in film and television soundtracks.
Wool has composed music for network television films and episodic series for ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and HBO.
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. The film was released in 2021, and its soundtrack was distributed by Waxwork Records in 2022.
In 2023, Wool was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production for his work on Mad God.
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 in New York City.
Themed Entertainment
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.
His work includes the "Fly Chongqing" and "Fly Sichuan" dome attractions in China, created in partnership with Tippett Studio.
Dance, Theatre, and Installations
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.
He composed a sound installation for the A+D Museum in Los Angeles titled “Windshield Perspective”.
From 2015 to 2018, Wool composed music for the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Team.
Music Production
As a producer and engineer, Wool has collaborated with:
Awards and recognition
Filmography
Dead Souls Territory: Immersive VR Humanzee Eventos En El Campo Phil Tippett's Mad God Fly Sichuan score composition for Fly Ride Fly Chongqing score composition for Fly Ride Inclinations Phil Tippett's Mad God Part 3 OUT THERE Tombstone Rashomon Dream of Anhui score composition for Fly Ride Phil Tippett's Mad God Part 2 Racing to Zero Phil Tippett's Mad God Part 1 Hog's Tooth The Inheritance The Mayor The Caretaker Sin Pais Immigration Tango Repo Chick 5 Westerns Dispatches from Nicaragua Walker DVD ElementSearchers 2.0 Journeyman Missing Scenes ''Producer, Music and Sound Design for Repo Man Anniversary Edition DVD ElementRepo Code Music for Repo Man Anniversary Edition DVD ElementHarry Zen Stanton Music for Repo Man Anniversary Edition DVD ElementDeath and the Compass Commentary for UK DVDDalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra Mike Hama - Private Detective: Mike Hama Must Die! Never Trust a Serial Killer The Wednesday Woman A Hard Look Way Past Cool Score MixerLate Last Night Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Three Businessmen The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery Nightmare in Big Sky Country Since You've Been Gone Standoff Perfect Body Any Mother's Son Perversions of Science TV SeriesThe Three Lives of Karen Pretty Poison Sweet Dreams Death and the Compass ... a.k.a. Muerte y la Brújula, La The Winner A Boy Called Hate Her Last Chance She Fought Alone ... a.k.a. Scared by LoveMy Dubious Sex Drive White Mile Car 54, Where Are You? Floundering Love, Cheat & Steal Key West TV Series Roadside Prophets Death and the Compass for UK broadcastThe Linguini Incident Zandalee No Secrets Trust Me Tales from the Crypt TV Series Straight to Hell Sid and Nancy''
Dead Souls 5.1 channel mixYou're Doing Great 5.1 channel mixJurassic World: The Experience 18.1 channel mixHumanzee 5.1 channel mixSage 2 channel mixWalking In The Age Of Uncertainty 5.1 channel mixEventos En El Campo 5.1 channel mixFly Sichuan 20.1 channels. Mixed on-site Tianfu, China Produced by Tippett StudioFly Chongqing 20.1 channels. Mixed on-site Chengdu, China Produced by Tippett StudioInclinations 2 channel mixOUT THERE 5.1 channel mixDream of Anhui 20.1 channels. Mixed on-site Hefei, China Produced by Tippett StudioThe Hack 2 channel mix5 Westerns 2 channel mixRepo Code ''Repo Man Anniversary Edition DVD Element. 2 channel mixHarry Zen Stanton for Repo Man Anniversary Edition DVD Element.'' 2 channel mix
Performing arts and sound installation credits
Here. Take It Commissioned score composition and sound design for Liss Fain Dance. Presented in 8.1 ch sound at Z Space. Choreographer Liss FainOUT THERE Sound-design composition and mix for on-going experimental film by Lucy Raven and Phil Tippett. Preliminary screening at EMPAC. Premiere screening at MOMA Where Good Souls Fear Commissioned score composition for Disability Dance Works. Choreographer Alice SheppardTacit Consent Commissioned score and sound-design composition for Liss Fain Dance. Presented in 20.1 ch sound at YBCA. Choreographer Liss Fain Co-presentation with Yerba Buena Center for the ArtsTacit Consent Visual and sound installation at YBCA in collaboration with set-designer, Matthew Antaky and sound-installation and projection-designer Frédéric O. Boulay Co-presentation with Yerba Buena Center for the ArtsUnder An Untouchable Sky Commissioned score composition for Alice Sheppard. Choreographer Alice SheppardA Space Divided Commissioned score composition, sound and music supervisor for Liss Fain Dance. Presented in 8.1 ch sound at Z Space. Choreographer Liss FainThe Imperfect is Our Paradise Commissioned score composition for Liss Fain Dance. Choreographer Liss FainAfter The Light Commissioned score composition for Liss Fain Dance. Presented in 8.1 ch sound at Z Space. Choreographer Liss FainAwkward Beauty Commissioned score composition for Amy Seiwert's Imagery. Choreographer Marc BrewWindshield Perspective Commissioned score and sound installation for The Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles. Presented in 8.1 ch sound. Curator Greg GoldinThe Water is Clear and Still Commissioned score composition for Liss Fain Dance. Presented in 10.1 ch sound at Z Space. Choreographer Liss FainTwo by 24: Love on Loop Commissioned score composition for RAWdance. Choreographers Wendy Rein and Ryan T. SmithFull of Words Commissioned score composition for AXIS Dance Company. Choreographer Marc BrewFantasia Mexicana Sound design and composition for dance-program for The Tea Dancers/Ballet de la Compasión.The True & False are One Commissioned score composition for Liss Fain Dance. Choreographer Liss FainLongplayer Performer in an excerpt of Longplayer. Composer Jem FinerSpeak of Familiar Things Commissioned score composition for Liss Fain Dance. Choreographer Liss FainAfternoon of a Fawn Sound-design for dance performance by Lisa Bufano and Sonsherée Giles. Choreographer Sonsherée Giles.Profound/Refound Sound-design installation accompanying art exhibition by sculptor and painter Ben Smith