---
name: "Dan Deacon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-deacon"
fi1m_id: "dan-deacon"
imdb_id: "nm3247266"
tmdb_id: 583871
wikidata_id: "Q2279286"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 August 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T23:01:15.469163+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan Deacon

## Identity

Dan Deacon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-deacon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-deacon
- **IMDb ID:** nm3247266
- **TMDB ID:** 583871
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2279286
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Deacon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2279286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3247266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/583871

Composer. Born 28 August 1981 in West Babylon, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 August 1981, West Babylon, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeremiah Zagar](https://film.one/person/jeremiah-zagar.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $479m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Deacon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2279286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3247266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/583871

## Coming up

- *Chili Finger* (2026-11-05), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hustle*](https://film.one/film/hustle.md) (72)
- **HBO Max:** [*Task*](https://film.one/tv/task.md) (67)
- **Disney+:** [*Venom: The Last Dance*](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md) (48)

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## Biography

Dan Deacon is an American composer and electronic musician. Born in West Babylon, New York, he is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

He began releasing solo albums in 2003 and has scored films and series including *Twixt* (2011, with Osvaldo Golijov), *Hustle* (2022), *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024) and the series *Task* (2025). His score for the documentary *Ascension* (2021) won an award at the Cinema Eye Honors.

Deacon has also released albums such as *Mystic Familiar* (2020) on Domino Records.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmmusicreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Task* (2025), Fi1m 67, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/task.md)
- *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), Fi1m 48, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md)
- *Hustle* (2022), Fi1m 72, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/hustle.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Chili Finger* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Little Brother* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *The Haunting of Pennhurst* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Time and Water* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *The Dark Wizard* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *André Is an Idiot* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Task* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/task.md)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Murder* (2025), series, Music
- *The Thinking Game* (2025), Music
- *You Can Go Home Whenever You Want* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Preakness* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/venom-the-last-dance.md)
- *What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Vitalik: An Ethereum Story* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Rez Ball* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Omnivore* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini* (2024), series, Music
- *We Can Be Heroes* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Order for Pickup* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Minted* (2023), Music
- *Margie Soudek's Salt and Pepper Shakers* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Eyeballs in the Darkness* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Dear Thirteen* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Hustle* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hustle.md)
- *Ascension* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Strawberry Mansion* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *All Light, Everywhere* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Subject to Review* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Dirt Daughter* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *And We Go Green* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Well Groomed* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Hi I Need to Be Loved* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Growing Girl* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Rat Film* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Station to Station* (2014), Actor
- *Unedited Footage of a Bear* (2014), as Detective Notes · Original Music Composer
- *Live Forever as You Are Now with Alan Resnick* (2013), as Presenter · Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
- *Twixt* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Infomercials* (2009), series, as Presenter
- *Ultimate Reality* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Manger*, Music

## Gallery

- ![Dan Deacon performs at the third annual Treefort Music Fest at the El Korah Shrine in Boise, Idaho. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/10685/gallery-e964f15877a6.jpg) Dan Deacon performs at the third annual Treefort Music Fest at the El Korah Shrine in Boise, Idaho. (2014) — Treefort Photo Dept: Patrick Sweeney-3, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BlueDanDeaconElKorahTreefort2014.jpg/1280px-BlueDanDeaconElKorahTreefort2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Flickr Tags: Dan Deacon 80/35 Des Moines Iowa Electronic Console Synthesizer Keyboard Pedals Tape Chords Color Plaid Kum & Go music festival 6/7/12 June 7 L (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/10685/gallery-7522411317cd.jpg) Flickr Tags: Dan Deacon 80/35 Des Moines Iowa Electronic Console Synthesizer Keyboard Pedals Tape Chords Color Plaid Kum & Go music festival 6/7/12 June 7 L (2012) — Ian T. McFarland from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Dan_Deacon_-_Play_%282012-07-07_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg/1280px-Dan_Deacon_-_Play_%282012-07-07_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Flickr Tags: Dan Deacon 80/35 Des Moines Iowa Electronic Console Synthesizer Keyboard Pedals Tape Chords Color Plaid Kum & Go music festival 6/7/12 June 7 L (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/10685/gallery-e71dbffa8b65.jpg) Flickr Tags: Dan Deacon 80/35 Des Moines Iowa Electronic Console Synthesizer Keyboard Pedals Tape Chords Color Plaid Kum & Go music festival 6/7/12 June 7 L (2012) — Ian T. McFarland from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dan_Deacon_-_Wee_ooo_%282012-07-07_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg/1280px-Dan_Deacon_-_Wee_ooo_%282012-07-07_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Deacon (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/10685/gallery-abe2d8687554.jpg) Dan Deacon (2008) — Andrew Braithwaite from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Dan_Deacon_03.jpg/1280px-Dan_Deacon_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Deacons Equipment (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/10685/gallery-3fd9a8e76da3.jpg) Dan Deacons Equipment (2008) — Andrew Braithwaite from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Dan_Deacons_Equipment.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dan Deacon](https://film.one/media/person/10685/gallery-977375ef0b58.jpg) Dan Deacon — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Dandeacon1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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