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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. [1]
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.
Jan 31, 2023 · Mason Daring graduated cum laude as a music major in 1971 from Amherst College. He grabbed his first guitar in the 7th grade and had his first band, The Squires, in the 8th grade.
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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Apr 24, 2018 · Mason Daring Interview: Mason Daring is a self-taught film and television composer, and as a guitarist… was a critical part of the Boston folk scene in the 1...
