Dan Wool
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Originally from [[St. Louis, Missouri]] where he played in the [[punk rock]] band [[The Strikers]], '''Dan Wool''' is a [[San Francisco, California]], based musician best known for his work as principal composer in film score soundtrack-group [[Pray for Rain (Band)|Pray for Rain]].
Among Wool's film and television soundtrack credits are the scores to several [[Alex Cox]] films, including ''[[Sid and Nancy]]'', ''[[Straight to Hell (film)|Straight to Hell]]'', ''[[The Winner (film)|The Winner]]'', ''[[Death and the Compass (film)|Death and the Compass]]'', and ''[[Three Businessmen]]''. He has also worked extensively on music and [[sound-design]] for advertising and as a producer and engineer for various bay-area recording artists such as [[All My Pretty Ones]], [[Beth Custer]], [[The Mermen]] and [[Todd Stadtman]].
Dan Wool is the brother of screen-writer/electrician [[Abbe Wool]] and stepbrother to Los Angeles musician [[Zander Schloss]].
==Filmography==
(composer credits except as indicated)
** ''[[Dispatches from Nicaragua]]'' (2008) (TV) ''[[Walker (film)|Walker]] DVD Element''
** ''[[Searchers 2.0]]'' (2007)
** ''[[Journeyman (2006 film)|Journeyman]]'' (2006)
** ''[[Missing Scenes]]'' (2006) ''Producer, Music and Sound Design for [[Repo Man]] Anniversary Edition DVD Element''
** ''[[Repo Code]]'' (2006) ''Music and Sound Design for [[Repo Man]] Anniversary Edition DVD Element''
** ''[[Harry Zen Stanton]]'' (2006) ''Music and Sound Design for [[Repo Man]] Anniversary Edition DVD Element''
** ''[[Death and the Compass (film)|Death and the Compass]]'' (2005) ''Commentary for UK DVD''
** ''[[Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra]]'' (2004) (DVD)
** ''[[Mike Hama - Private Detective: Mike Hama Must Die!]]'' (2002) (TV)
** ''[[Never Trust a Serial Killer]]'' (2002)
** ''[[The Wednesday Woman]]'' (2000) (TV)
** ''[[A Hard Look]]'' (2000) (TV)
** ''[[Way Past Cool]]'' (2000) (TV) ''Score Mixer''
** ''[[Late Last Night]]'' (1999) (TV)
** ''[[Kurosawa: The Last Emperor]]'' (1999)
** ''[[Three Businessmen]]'' (1998)
** ''[[The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery]]'' (1998) (TV)
** ''[[Nightmare in Big Sky Country]]'' (1998) (TV)
** ''[[Since You've Been Gone (film)|Since You've Been Gone]]'' (1998)
** ''[[Standoff (film)|Standoff]]'' (1998)
** ''[[Perfect Body]]'' (1997) (TV)
** ''[[Any Mother's Son]]'' (1997) (TV)
** ''[[Perversions of Science]]'' (1997) TV Series
** ''[[The Three Lives of Karen]]'' (1997) (TV)
** ''[[Pretty Poison (1996 film)|Pretty Poison]]'' (1996) (TV)
** ''[[Sweet Dreams (1996 film)|Sweet Dreams]]'' (1996) (TV)
** ''[[Death and the Compass (film)|Death and the Compass]]'' (1996) (TV)... aka Muerte y la Brújula, La (Mexico)
** ''[[The Winner (film)|The Winner]]'' (1996) (Japanese directors-cut only)
** ''[[A Boy Called Hate]]'' (1996)
** ''[[Her Last Chance]]'' (1996) (TV)
** ''[[She Fought Alone]]'' (1995) (TV) ... aka Scared by Love
** ''[[My Dubious Sex Drive]]'' (1995)
** ''[[White Mile]]'' (1994) (TV)
** ''[[Car 54, Where Are You?#1994 film|Car 54, Where Are You?]]'' (1994)
** ''[[Floundering]]'' (1994)
** ''[[Love, Cheat & Steal]]'' (1993) (TV)
** ''[[Key West (TV series)|Key West]]'' (1993) TV Series
** ''[[Roadside Prophets]]'' (1992)
** ''[[Death and the Compass (film)|Death and the Compass]]'' (1992) (TV) for UK broadcast
** ''[[The Linguini Incident]]'' (1991) (restaurant source music)
** ''[[Zandalee]]'' (1991)
** ''[[No Secrets (1991 film)|No Secrets]]'' (1991)
** ''[[Trust Me (1989 film)|Trust Me]]'' (1989)
** ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' (1989) TV Series (episode "The Bribe")
** ''[[Straight to Hell (film)|Straight to Hell]]'' (1987)
** ''[[Sid and Nancy]]'' (1986)
==External links==
*http://www.danwool.com
*http://www.prayforrain.com
*http://www.ads.prayforrain.com
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004402/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9ZGFuIHdvb2x8ZnQ9MXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=21 IMDb entry on ''Dan Wool'']
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[[Category:American composers]]
[[Category:American punk rock musicians]]
[[Category:Film score composers]]