FILM SCORES


In addition to his five studio albums of innovative electronic-pop, Dan Deacon has established himself as one of the most exciting and prolific film-score composers in cinema today.Deacon’s early original film and television scores include Twixt (Francis Ford Coppola, 2011), Rat Film (Theo Anthony, 2016), Time Trial (Finlay Pretsell, 2017), Well Groomed (Rebecca Stern, 2019), And We Go Green (directed by Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, 2019), and the ESPN 30 for 30 production Subject to Review (Theo Anthony, 2019).Three projects scored by Deacon premiered at Sundance 2021: Strawberry Mansion (Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley), Philly D.A. (Ted Passon and Yoni Brook), and All Light, Everywhere (Theo Anthony).A fourth 2021 project, Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, premiered at Tribeca 2021, where the film won Best Documentary Feature. Ascension was also nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 Academy Awards.Deacon's latest original film score, for Netflix's Hustle, starring Adam Sandler and directed by Jeremiah Zagar, premiered on June 3, 2022.Deacon’s scores for Rat Film; Time Trial; Well Groomed; All Light, Everywhere; Ascension; and Strawberry Mansion have all been released as original soundtrack albums. Click on the images above to listen via the Spotify app.