Brian Alan DeLaney

Brian Alan DeLaney

Composer at Freelance Composer
Music Composer, Musician, Sound Designer and Music Conductor

Houston, Texas

Member Since:
June 2014
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About Brian

Brian Alan DeLaney is an American composer living in Houston, Texas. Specializing in Modern Classical music, he brings his knowledge of contemporary theory and techniques to pieces written for both the concert hall and film.

From an early age he has been obsessed with movies, horror in particular. He would stay up late with his mother watching classics like Nightmare on Elm Street, Deepstar Six, and Night of the Lepus. The music of Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho and Jerry Goldsmith’s Planet of the Apes became entrenched in his head.

Joining together with a few friends in high school, Brian took his first steps toward a career in music, starting a punk rock band. The band became a catalyst for Brian’s love of music. He started become obsessed with music theory, taking Schoenberg and the like in the back of the tour van.
Eventually Brian attended college with a focus on composition and music theory. It is here where he started to develop his own personal style. Pieces often employ techniques such as synthetic scales, polymeter, irrational and irregular meters, and other colors that cement his work firmly in the modern era.

When writing for film, Brian uses the idea of leitmotiv, producing a theme for significant people, places, or items and having those themes interplay with one another. Each theme would be representative of the characters traits or, in the case of a place or item, the feeling it imparts upon others. These themes are then varied and mutated to provide a suitable backdrop for the development of the characters. Brian firmly believes that the score is another character in film.

Unique traits: Genuine Composer Hair, Favorite Color: Purple

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Credits

  • The Landlady

    The Landlady (2019)
    Film Composer

  • Midnight Lair

    Midnight Lair (2017 - 2018)
    Series by Midnight Lair Productions (Comedy and Horror) Composer

  • Keith

    Keith (2017)
    Film (Horror and Short) Composer Sick and tired of day to day life. John turns to his thoughts and imagination for a means of escape. One day he meets Keith. He is taught that life doesn't have to be boring. It can be fun. You can go places, do things, meet people. For the first time in his life, John begins to enjoy himself. However, he soon learns that Keith is not as he appears. He has a dark side. He is out of control and he is taking John down with him.

  • Monster

    Monster (2017)
    Film (Horror) Composer Based on the best-selling book of the same name, MONSTER tells the harrowing tale of a Richard, Mary and Andrew - a family of three. On the outside, Mary and Richard appear normal and their son, a deformed hulk of a 7 foot monster rarely seen. Look closer though and see the true monsters as controlling Richard bullies his family into living the life he wants. Written by Matt Shaw

  • Meat The Neighbors

    Meat The Neighbors (2014)
    Film (short) by Apartment One Films Composer

  • Heads or Tails

    Heads or Tails (2014)
    Film (short) by Xemáforo Productions Composer

  • Flappy Pappy

    Flappy Pappy (2014)
    Video Game by Horcrux Composer

  • S3RIAL

    S3RIAL
    Film (Short, Crime and Thriller) Composer

  • Next Door

    Next Door
    Film Composer

  • The House on Judith Street

    The House on Judith Street
    Film Composer

Awards

  • Southern Shorts Award
    (2018)

  • Composer Quest's Quest No 1
    (2013)

  • Oberon String Quartet Competition
    (2013)

  • Pianoforte Foundation 60x60
    (2013)

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