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name: "Daniel Nielsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-nielsen"
fi1m_id: "daniel-nielsen"
imdb_id: "nm1090774"
tmdb_id: 1431571
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T07:51:26.804002+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."
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# Daniel Nielsen

## Identity

Daniel Nielsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-nielsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-nielsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1090774
- **TMDB ID:** 1431571
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1090774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1431571

Composer. Born in California.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** Daniel J. Nielsen
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1090774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1431571

## Biography

Daniel Nielsen is a Danish-American composer and musician. He has worked in film, television and advertising, contributing original scores and trailer music. His credits include trailer music for *An Inconvenient Truth* (2006), the score for *Python* (2000) and music department work on *Apocalypto* (2006). He co-arranged the widely licensed trailer theme “Requiem for a Tower”, based on Clint Mansell’s “Lux Aeterna”, for *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002).

Nielsen began his professional career as a staff composer, orchestrator and musician at Walt Disney Studios, where he was mentored by Jerry Goldsmith. He has supplied music for trailers of major franchises and his work has appeared in over 350 television series worldwide. Born in California, he holds an MFA in music composition from the California Institute of the Arts.

*Sources: imdb.com, danielnielsen.com, metacritic.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *An Inconvenient Truth* (2006), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-truth.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Mantera* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Apocalypto* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *An Inconvenient Truth* (2006), Music — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-truth.md)
- *New Suit* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Falcon Down* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Daybreak* (2000), Music
- *Python* (2000), Original Music Composer

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