Curious about music, storytelling, and the natural world, Daniel Walter is a distinctive and collaborative composer an dpianist who captures story and idea through sound. He has scored over fifty film, TV, and video projects, including Ari Aster’s silent short Munchausen, NBC’s The Blacklist, Tom Brady’s Religion of Sports, and a 33-foot-wide video installation for Getty’s 2024 PST ART.
Daniel’s solo work explores nature through sound. In 2024, he was artist-in-residence with the Bureau of Land Management creating WATERFALL from Sierra headwaters to Los Angeles. It premiered in Bishop and LA and became a permanent soundwalk in the Alabama Hills. He’s also developed music from Alaskan glaciers and performed garden concerts with international duo OMOYA.
He’s composed for Super Bowl and Olympic ads, major movie trailers, and received honors including ASCAP’s Film & TV Scoring Workshop, a Jerry Goldsmith Award nomination, and residencies in Alaska and California. He’s also lectured at UCLA and LMU. www.DanielWalterMusic.com