*Disclaimer*: The 're-scoring' of Strangers was completed as an academic exercise during my time at Berklee College of Music.
While the music below is an original score that I composed, I am in no way affiliated with the original scoring and production of this short film, nor do I hold the rights in any form to the film itself.
The score and music dub below should be viewed solely as an example of my work, skill, and craft as a composer and in no way an original collaboration. Thank you.
Strangers, directed by Eric D. Howell, is a multi-award winning short film, novella, and cinematic poem.
Brimming with mystery, romance, and a hint of murder, the film conveys the story of two broken individuals who awkwardly meet at a crossroads.
As the characters spend an increasing amount of time together, they face a choice between atonement and demise, while touching on the possibility of love and redemption.
Composer, Recording Session Coordinator, and Conductor: Daniel LeBlanc
Violoncello: Luke O'Niell (1M02, 1M03, 1M04, 1M07, 1M08, 1M09, 1M10)
Tenor Saxophone: Riley LePere (1M06)
Top-line and Performance: Stormy Hildreth (1M11)
Daniel LeBlanc is a media composer specializing in musical storytelling. Having graduated from Berklee College of Music with a B.M. in Film Scoring, he primarily works in scoring for multimedia, including film, animation, and games. As a composer, he works in many facets of musical scoring from creating MIDI mock-ups and programming virtual instruments to writing and recording orchestral ensembles and small chamber ensembles and more.
To date, Daniel has gained a variety of credits to his name in multiple facets of musical storytelling. As a composer for film and animation, he has written original scores on several projects, including The Right Thing, Zeynep, No Discussion, Cursed, and more. Additionally, as a composer for video games, he is credited as a contributing composer on the USC-developed video game Cloud and Rain, and is also credited as the lead composer and audio director for the video game Pengwinter, which was recently released for free download on itch.io. Recently, Daniel wrote the original soundtrack to a theatre adaption of Peter Pan produced by Applause Academy in Taunton, MA. The show was performed live in June of 2023.
For more information and to view a selection of his works, please visit Daniel's website at the link provided. Thank you.