Daniel J. Coe

Back in the day, when a grad student in Gainesville at The University of Florida, starving for anything music/film-industry related, I splurged on tickets to meet the great film composer Elmer Bernstein (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Ghostbusters, Airplane!) at the Sarasota Film Festival in January of 2003. Also there to meet Elmer was record producer Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, Patti Smith, John Lennon). Jack and I hit it off based on our mutual admiration for Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Vertigo, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir).



After persistent follow-up calls to remind him of the CD I sent him, Jack asked me to do arrangements for Aerosmith's Honkin' On Bobo.



The success on that project has lead to more work with Jack, including work for Marina V, Danielle Evin, The Trews, Hanna, The New York Dolls, and Yoko Ono.



I currently reside in LA where I compose for film, TV and the web. I also assist film composer Marcelo Zarvos (Hollywoodland, The Good Shepherd). Before moving to LA I assisted film composer Angelo Badalamenti (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive).