Biography
Mason K. Daring (born September 21, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician and composer of scores for film and television. He has worked on nearly all the films directed by John Sayles, adapting his style to fit whatever period in which the film is set. Daring began his music studies in fourth grade, playing trumpet, which he played in school bands on through to Amherst College, where he majored in music and graduated cum laude in 1971. He began playing guitar in seventh grade and formed a rock band called The Squires the following year. After college, he played and recorded with bands around the East Coast, taught university courses and continued his studies in music and law.
He earned a J.D. degree from Suffolk Law School in 1976 and passed the Massachusetts bar in 1977. He also continued working in music, and gained experience as a film editor and director of television commercials.
Through his career in entertainment law, he became acquainted with John Sayles. While Daring was serving as legal counsel for the director's first film, Return of the Secaucus 7, Sayles had heard some of Daring's music and asked the lawyer to compose the film score.
Since then, Daring has worked full-time as a composer, mostly on films by Sayles, but also for other films and for television. He also maintains his own record label, Daring Records (a subsidiary of Rounder Records). He lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts and Santa Monica, California.
Filmography
all 70
Movies 66
TV Shows 4
Director 1
The Healthcare Divide (2021)
Moynihan (2018)
Go for Sisters (2013)
Dollars and Dentists (2012)
Amigo (2010)
Dolley Madison (2010)
Honeydripper (2007)
State of Mind (2007)
Walker Payne (2006)
Fidel Castro (2005)
Silver City (2004)
A Separate Peace (2004)
Casa de los Babys (2003)
America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003)
Sunshine State (2002)
The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002)
Tru Confessions (2002)
Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)
Bailey's Mistake (2001)
Say It Isn't So (2001)
Scheidung auf amerikanisch (2001)
Where the Heart Is (2000)
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000)
Music of the Heart (1999)
Limbo (1999)
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
Evidence of Blood (1998)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Men with Guns (1998)
Everest: The Death Zone (1998)
The Ripper (1997)
Dead by Midnight (1997)
Cold Around the Heart (1997)
Prefontaine (1997)
Hidden in America (1996)
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)
Lone Star (1996)
Shtetl (1996)
Letter to My Killer (1995)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
Young at Heart (1995)
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo (1994)
Getting Out (1994)
On Promised Land (1994)
The Last Outlaw (1993)
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
Stolen Babies (1993)
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Passion Fish (1992)
Fathers and Sons (1992)
City of Hope (1991)
Dogfight (1991)
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
Off and Running (1991)
Little Vegas (1990)
Murder in Mississippi (1990)
Mountain View (1989)
Day One (1989)
Eight Men Out (1988)
Shallow Grave (1987)
Matewan (1987)
Osa (1986)
Key Exchange (1985)
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
Lianna (1983)
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
Day One
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GenderMale
Birthday1949-09-21 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceMarblehead, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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