News and Updates:

American Dream is an official selection to the 17th Arizona International Film Festival in Tucson, that will take place in mid April.

Leave You In Me has won Best Actor at the SOYS Film Festival in California. Next, it is heading to the Method Film Festival. Don't miss the next screening and Q&A with director Dutch Doscher, at the Avon Theater Film Center in Stamford, CT.

American Dream is an official selection in the 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. The full feature screenplay is almost complete and production is scheduled for this year.

We were just notifed that Leave You In Me, directed by Dutch Doscher, is heading for the Los Angeles shorts film festival "Show Off Your Shorts." We are nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress! Check it out at www.soysfilmfest.com.

After its debut in the Santa Fe Film Festival, American Dream, directed by James Bustamante, written by Raquel Troyce and produced by Michael L. Miller, hits the Sedona International Film Festival and the White Sands International Film Festival, then heads for The Cleveland International Film Festival and the Sacramento International Film Festival. Daniel is adding a few last touches to the score. New Mexico seems to be bustling with film action! Check out the New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive at the College of Santa Fe.

A large piece for string orchestra, Largo For Strings, is scheduled to be completed by the end of December. Orchestras interested in performing the 12-minute work will be able to receive the score and parts from the composer or the publisher.

The short film John Doe, written by the brilliant film-making duo of Douglas McIntosh and Jordan Maltby, will be scored in the next few weeks. And no, we can't tell you what it is about...but stay tuned for the deleted scenes.

Daniel has just completed 3 Chamber Dances, a piece for string section, piano and harpsichord (non obligato). There is already talk about performances in Europe and the US, so updates will be posted.

Director Michael Knowles will be taking our film Acting 101 to the Port Townsend Film Festival in Washington state after recently "starring" at the Back Alley Film Festival in Tucson, Arizona. Stay tuned for more!

A major upgrade to the production room at KeyChain Music has been completed this past weekend. Come visit us so you can enjoy the new, amazing workspace we created (and don't forget to bring your scoring, editing, mixing and sound design work with you!)

Director Dutch Doscher and the film Leave You In Me are back from the LA ShortsFest film festival, bringing with them rave reviews.

Two new video clips from Acting 101, the comic short from 7A productions and Leave You In Me, the drama from Innervisions Media, are now viewable on the AudioClips page, under the Dramatic & Comic category. The "Final Bath Scene" and "Not One Blink"Just click the yellow Movie link and wait for the high-res video to load!

Daniel is to create fresh music and sound design for international corporate branding company Design:Success, whose main offices are in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The hour-long documentary Breaking All Records, directed by Chris Vallone, is a look into the training and competitions of leading martial arts crew "Team Bergamo".

The short film Leave You In Me, directed by Dutch Doscher, is hitting festivals nationwide.

The short film Harlem Moon, directed by Darralynn Hutson-Bryant, is based on the story A Good Job Done by Langson Hughes. Shooting will begin this month in NYC.

The short film Argo, from directors Jordan Bayne and Michael Knowles, was voted "Best Short In Town" by the audience at last week's Tacoma Film Festival and given two more special screenings. ARGO is gearing up for more festivals and screenings.

Leave You in Me, a film from director Dutch Doscher, will be completed in October. Next, Daniel is gearing up to complete the long-awaited documentary from Pacific Street Films about NY painter Alfred Levit, a film that was shot for almost a decade.

Argo, a film by Jordan Bayne and Michael Knowles and staring Jordana Spiro and Marcus Chait, will receive it's world premiere at the Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival. Daniel was responsible for the sound design and mix. August 12th, 8:45 pm at the First Congregational Church, Sonoma, California.

The Situation, the new film from director Johnathan Tucker, that featured daniel's music, won both Best Feature and The Audience Choice Award for a Feature at The Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival. Congrats!

Take Me Off, a new film from director Dutch Doscher, will be scored in July. With its stunning visuals shot in high definition B&W, a gripping story and brave acting performances, this film is sure to make headlines

Acting 101, an exciting new short from director Michael Knowles and 7A Productions, is currently being scored, and will be out in festivals this summer

Slough Poem 1, a short from director Anders Bramsen, with music and sound design by Daniel, is an offical selection of the 2006 Brooklyn International Film Festival

Daniel will be joining forces with Pacific Street Films once again, and will score a 5 part financial literacy series, Financing Your Future, for Citigroup.

Following the successful second season of BET networks' The Music Makers series, Daniel will be appearing at colleges around the country to speak about his role writing the original score for the Music Makers series.

After completing work on The Madness of Henry VIII, Daniel is set to begin contributing additional score to another National Geographic Channel epic docudrama about Napoleon Bonaparte.

BET's Music Makers series have commenced negotiations on the international distribution and broadcast of the first eight episodes. The show will air in Japan, New Zealand and Poland--more countries to come

Daniel starts contributing additional music score to a 17-hour epic series about The American Revolution, and its significance as the first real world war.

Daniel is co-scoring the upcoming PBS doc, Granny D Goes to Washington. The film tells the inspiring story of 90-year-old "Granny D" Haddock, a political activist who walked across the United States for one full year in her incredible, and ultimately victorious, fight for campaign finance reform.