Meet Dan
Daniel LeBlanc is a composer and musical storyteller based in Los Angeles, California. Throughout his career, he has worked in writing original music for several forms of media including film, animation, games, and theatre.
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Daniel was recognized at the
university as a 'World Tour Scholar' for his compositional achievements. After
completing his education in the Screen Scoring Department, he received his
Bachelor of Music in Film Scoring, and completed specializations in Music Editing, Video Game Scoring, Television Scoring, and New Media Scoring.
He was also selected to attend the New York University Film & Game Scoring Workshop as an auditor in May of 2020.
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As a media composer, Daniel has written original scores and soundtracks for numerous projects while working with directors, animators, and game developers alike. As a composer for film and animation, Daniel's work in short films includes titles such as 'Zeynep' (2023) directed and animated by Doruk Uzel (a nominee at the Ottawa International Animation Festival), and 'No Discussion' (2023) produced by renowned Russian actor/director Alexander Molochnikov. His other animation titles include the animation shorts 'Cursed' (2023) and 'The Test' (2022), produced by Sarah Boucher, and 'Jim' (2022), produced by Cassidy Ladd. Most recently, Daniel wrote the original score to the live-action short film 'The Right Thing' (2024), produced and directed by David Beedon and Maura Kelly. The film is expected to make its festival premiere this upcoming fall.
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As a composer for games and theatre, Daniel worked as the Audio Director and Lead Composer for the USC-developed 2D platforming game 'Pengwinter'
(2022-2023), which was officially released on the platform Itch.io for free download. He also contributed as a composer on the USC-developed visual novel 'Cloud and Rain' (2021-2022). Additionally, Daniel had his theatrical debut for his original soundtrack to J.M. Barrie's stage adaptation of Peter Pan. Produced by
Applause Academy in Taunton, Massachusetts, the show premiered in
June, 2023.
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In terms of his compositional style, Daniel's unique approach to scoring and musical storytelling combines his nuanced experience in classical piano, jazz standards, and concert band growing up in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts with the contemporary practices of his subsequent education. His background, coupled with his early childhood adoration of film and games, sculpted the foundation for his passion of media scoring and inspires him to share his love of
musical storytelling with the world.
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As a creative, Daniel believes that media scoring provides an artistic medium through which pure expression and narrative may bring powerful emotions to the forefront of every story. He believes in the power music holds to create worlds outside of our own, and understands the beautiful and enriching qualities that the right music can give to any story of any form of media. As a whole, Daniel seeks to build upon the nostalgic bliss of a childhood filled with story and wonder, strives to empower stories through the remarkable capabilities of score and soundtrack, and to ultimately love and create the harmonious unity of narrative and music.
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When Daniel is not composing music or immersed in a media project, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, exploring and cooking new recipes, adventuring in nature, and working out at the gym.