---
name: "Daniel Licht"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-licht"
fi1m_id: "daniel-licht"
imdb_id: "nm0006171"
tmdb_id: 46353
wikidata_id: "Q1161567"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 March 1957"
died: "2 August 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:08:22.909062+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."
---

# Daniel Licht

## Identity

Daniel Licht

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-licht
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-licht
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006171
- **TMDB ID:** 46353
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1161567
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Licht, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46353

Composer. Born 13 March 1957 in Detroit. Died 2 August 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 March 1957, Detroit
- **Died:** 2 August 2017
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Licht, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46353

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74)

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## Biography

Daniel Licht (13 March 1957 – 2 August 2017) was an American composer of film, television and video game scores. Born in Detroit, he studied composition, jazz and world music at Hampshire College after attending the Roeper School and summer courses at Berklee College of Music. He began his career playing jazz in New York with musicians including Don Cherry, performed and composed for theatre and dance companies in Europe, and studied gamelan in Indonesia before moving to Los Angeles to work in film scoring.

Licht scored all eight seasons of the Showtime series *Dexter* (2006–2013). His other credits include the films *Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice* (1992), *Necronomicon* (1993), *Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest* (1995), *Thinner* (1996), *Hellraiser: Bloodline* (1996) and *Bad Moon* (1996), as well as the television series *Body of Proof* (2011–2013). He also composed for the video games *Silent Hill* and *Dishonored*. Licht died of sarcoma at his home in Topanga, California.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Tiny House of Terror* (2017), Music
- *Ghostmates* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Additional Music — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Body of Proof* (2011), series, Original Music Composer
- *Beneath the Dark* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Maneater* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Memory Keeper's Daughter* (2008), Music
- *Dexter* (2006), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *Icon* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *King Solomon's Mines* (2004), series, Original Music Composer
- *Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story* (2002), Music
- *Off Season* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Soul Survivors* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Anatomy of a Hate Crime* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Cabin by the Lake* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Execution of Justice* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Look Under the Bed* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Splendor* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Thirst* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Permanent Midnight* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Brave New World* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Patron Saint of Liars* (1998), Music
- *Bad Moon* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Thinner* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *The Winner* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Hellraiser: Bloodline* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Zooman* (1995), Music
- *The Hard Truth* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Necronomicon* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Amityville: A New Generation* (1993), Music
- *Acting on Impulse* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Inside Out 4* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Inside Out 3* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Amityville 1992: It's About Time* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Inside Out 2* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Where Are We? Our Trip Through America* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Final Embrace* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Children of the Night* (1991), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Daniel Licht at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/101767/gallery-8e050d1407bc.jpg) Daniel Licht at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Dan_Licht_%285976212805%29.jpg/1280px-Dan_Licht_%285976212805%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniel Licht](https://film.one/media/person/101767/gallery-ed1a2a23a7d7.jpg) Daniel Licht — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dan_Licht_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Dan_Licht_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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