Danny Hahn
Danny Hahn
Composer and Sound Designer, Director of NeoKitsch, the online multi-arts centre.
Summary
Recently turned film director, Danny Hahn is a British born Composer, Sound Designer and Arts Manager.
“I run NeoKitsch, the ‘online multi-arts centre’ and its production studio. My colleagues are a growing team of creative professionals. Together, we set the bar for standards in art and entertainment – online and at festivals. The output of work over the last year alone has produced the likes of symphonic works, feature films, art exhibitions, concerts, philosophy books, animations, documentaries and several music albums.
My specialist field is in sound design and musical composition for feature film. Due for release in cinemas worldwide is the film And White Was The Night, in which I collaborated closely with the director. Having taught film studies and screenplay writing for over a decade at various colleges and institutions, I consequently combine the intricate principles of story with my music composition.
Recently I worked for 8 months on a large budget feature film as Composer and Sound Designer for Finnish director, Mika Rantonen and the company Uphill Films. I was responsible for delivering and managing all aspects of audio, including voice-over dubbing, Foley, location recording and mastering. Currently, I am representing the film and my work on NeoKitsch and at various film festivals, including Berlinale and Cannes. Please visit the NeoKitsch Blog for updates on release dates, distribution and festivals.
2012 will be an exciting development in my career, where I will work abroad and at the NeoKitsch studio with my team on two new feature films, collaborating with orchestras, directors and international festivals. Details to follow with regular updates on www.neokitsch.com”
Specialties
- Classical composer (symphonic, chamber, solo, film scores)
- Conducting
- Violin performance and composition
- Theremin and Continuum Fingerboard specialist
- Electronic and avant-garde composer (specialist in vintage synthesizers)
- Classic and silent cinema expert
- Expert in studies with Wagner, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer
- Fluent German speaker and translator
Experience
Director, Composer, Sound Designer at NeoKitsch
January 2008 – Present
Recent clients: UK Film Council, The League Of Gentlemen, Uphill Films, Arts Council England, Sky and MTV, with works presented at BAFTA screenings and film festivals such as Cannes and the Berlinale.
Work in entertainment and performance industries: Scoring, adapting and directing large productions and operas for the stage, with West Side Story, Frankenstein, Bizet’s Carmen and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as some of my recent highlights. I’ve performed my music in festivals and concert halls such as the Royal Festival Hall, London, and I also collaborate regularly with musicians in new and experimental music, such as the Thereminist, Lydia Kavina. My work and the NeoKitsch studio has been featured in television shows, with broadcasts such as Channel Five’s ‘The Gadget Show’.
Education
London College of Printing
Bachelors (BA), Film Production, Sound Design, 2000 – 2004
Guildhall School of Music
Violin Study, Composition, Music Theory, 1996 – 2002
Contact
Email: hahn_danny@yahoo.co.uk
Tel. +44 (0) 79 2957 4791
Personal website: www.danny-hahn.com
Company website: www.neokitsch.com
Click on any of the images below to explore the different work and services Danny has contributed to NeoKitsch:
Cubist Flowers - an oil painting by Danny Hahn
Danny Hahn. 2011. "Cubist Flowers". Oil on canvas. "60cm x 90cm". For Sale
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Danny's top 50 favourite cinema actors
After completing my recent list of top 100 films of all time, I got in the habit of thinking about more inspirational names and titles. It occurred to me that I had a few actors in mind, which I admired greatly.
So I return with my top 50 favourite cinema [more]
Showgirl - an oil painting by Danny Hahn
Danny Hahn. 2011. "Showgirl". Oil on canvas. "60cm x 90cm". For Sale
The painting process (going back in time)...
Going further back...
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Playing the World into Existence - Chapter 9
Seductive Demons
Now that we’ve seen that the body plays its mind into existence, does this mean it takes second place in rank, letting the autonomous mind take over? That the body has finished its duty, handing over the keys to the control centre? That the mind is, after all, ‘over [more]
A Walk with Love and Death (John Huston 1969) Film Review
Something just didn't feel right throughout the film. I felt shallow to blame this slight disappointment on technical qualities, which, although Huston's professionalism ought seldom be challenged, had perhaps too simple sound design, poor acting, and lacked visual interest. So I found myself in search of a remedy to restore [more]
Moving Home - an oil painting by Danny Hahn
Danny Hahn. 2011. "Moving Home". Oil on canvas. "54cm x 43.5cm". For Sale
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Danny's top 100 films of all time
I decided to make the very brave and shameless decision, to reveal my favourite films of all time, in the vulgar and fashionable 'list' format. This is partly because I loath TV's 'countdown craze', which bores me with clips, and presenters talking about clips, only to conclude that somebody who's [more]
David Way speaks with Danny Hahn about his collaboration at the NeoKitsch studio
Creative in Resident at NeoKitsch, David Way is a violinist and viola player who has been working closely with Danny Hahn on film and music projects since the very beginning of 'the online multi-arts centre's' birth in 2009. He talks to us about his experience at the studio, his contributions with [more]
Vintage Gramophone Record of the Month – Wagner, "Lohengrin", Prelude to Act 1 (Toscanini)
Each month, I root through my collection of vintage classical records and share with you the treasures of analogue recordings from the past.
WAGNER: Lohengrin: Prelude to Acts I.
New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Arturo Toscanini, conductor.
Recorded April 9, 1936.
Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The [more]
Danny Hahn on Film Score Composition
Danny Hahn chats about the different ways he likes to approach a film score.
"I approach a film score by first getting excited by the project. I then spend hours on the phone to the eager film director discussing. Depending on the style and development of characters, I look out for [more]
Detlef Hahn's new publication for the Barenreiter urtext of Beethoven's violin romances
Since his recent publication for the Beethoven violin concerto, Detlef Hahn adds to the collection of the Barenreiter editions of Beethoven's works, with a performance part prepared for the violin romances.
Detlef talks to us at NeoKitsch about his collaboration with Jonathan Del Mar:
My new edition of the Beethoven Romances is [more]
Playing the World into Existence - Chapter Eight
Shadow puppet world
My rocky journey has brought me closer to touching heights where creative sparks flash, yet breathing air of such an altitude brings on a dizziness, leaving me to retreat in the caves where unanswered questions loom: How can I communicate my thoughts to others? How does it help [more]
