Dean Hurley

Dean Hurley
Background information
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • record producer
  • musician
  • sound designer
  • re-recording mixer
  • sound supervisor
  • sound mixer
  • supervising sound editor
  • songwriter
Years active2004–present
Labels

Dean Hurley is an American composer, record producer, musician, sound designer, re-recording mixer and songwriter.[1][2][3] He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award two times for the series, Twin Peaks: The Return.[4] He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Lynch.[5][6] Hurley has worked on several and different type of films, as a film score composer, sound supervisor, sound designer, re-recording mixer, sound mixer, and supervising sound editor. Notably he composed the film score of the 2023 feature film Divinity, along with DJ and record producer DJ Muggs.[7]

He produced for the Veils on their album Total Depravity (2016). In 2017, Hurley released the album, Anthology Resource Vol. 1, which featured original material created for Twin Peaks and in 2019, Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond, on Sacred Bones Records.[8][9] He has worked with a variety of musicians aside from Lynch and the Veils, such as Romance, John Carpenter, Chromatics, Sky Ferreira, Zola Jesus, Gloria de Oliveira, Dlina Volny, Donovan, Trouble, Chrystabell, Jaye Jayle, Jorja Chalmers, Tiny Ruins, Sam Gendel, among others.

  1. ^ ""Twin Peaks" Sound Supervisor Dean Hurley Announces New Album". pitchfork.com. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. ^ "Dean Hurley: Anthology Resource Vol. 1". popmatters.com. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  3. ^ "Twin Peaks: An Interview with Music Director Dean Hurley". rhino.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. ^ "Awards & Nominations". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  5. ^ "Dean Hurley is David Lynch's long time sound and music collaborator". abc.net.au. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  6. ^ "Sound Comes First: Inside David Lynch's Bunker, Where He Started Creating the 'Twin Peaks' Sound Design Over 7 Years Ago". indiewire.com. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  7. ^ "DJ Muggs and Dean Hurley". sacredbonesrecords.com. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Dean Hurley explores life after death on Philosophy of Beyond". factmag.com. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  9. ^ "Dean Hurley ANTHOLOGY RESOURCE VOL. II: PHILOSOPHY OF BEYOND Review". thequietus.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.