Daniel J Gotz

Education Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) Bachelor of Music / Film Scoring, Summa Cum Laude R. Marx School of Music (Augsburg, Germany) Certificate in Piano Performance and Composition Professional Experience Music Production/Composition for Film and TV “Eyes” (ABC) TV-Series (13 Episodes) Music Arranger/Orchestrator, composed add’l music “Summerland” (WB) TV-Series (26 Episodes) Music Arranger/Orchestrator “Boomtown” (NBC) TV-Series (15 Episodes) “Best TV Show of 2002” (USA TODAY) Music Arranger/Orchestrator “Murder on Pleasant Drive” (Lifetime) TV-Movie Music Orchestrator/Editor, composed add’l music “Soul Plane” (MGM) Feature Film MIDI Engineer "In Silence" (MY Productions) Ind. Short Film Score Engineer / Music Consultant “Orizuru” (DiVerse Pictures) Independent Short Film Score Mix Engineer Musical Direction/Production “Children Of Eden” (Wildwood Theatre Productions) Music Director "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (Shine! Theatre Productions) Music Director “Free To Be You And Me” (Wildwood Theatre) Musical Director First German United Methodist Church of Los Angeles Director of Music “Little Egypt” (Musical written by Gregg Lee Henry) Music Preparation / Score Layout Music Production “Visionen” (instrumental album) Music Producer/Arranger RipTide Music (Los Angeles, CA) Music production for movie trailers and commercials “mesquolito” (alternative-pop group) Remix Producer Arranger/Producer for live performances “I Could Never…” (Studio Album) Songwriter/Arranger/Keyboardist “Die Hexenjagd” (stage production) Music Arranger/Producer “Merlin – oder das wüste Land” (stage play) Musical Director / Composer USA Songwriting Competition “The world's leading international songwriting event” Member of the judging committee Awards & Honors The Soren Christensen Film Scoring Award for musical and academic excellence 2nd Prize Winner at the “Academy Rewards” for the score to the short film “Le Lion et L’Agneau” The Society of Composers and Lyricists – Mentor Program for talented and aspiring composers Berklee Achievement Scholarship Award (for 2 consecutive years) Dean’s List Berklee College of Music Worked with Recording Artists and Studio Musicians such as: Jonatha Brooke Gary Novak (Alanis Morissette, Chick Corea, Chaka Khan) Kate Yanai John Beasley (Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Ricky Martin) The RZA Judd Miller (Spider-Man 2, The Hulk, Michael Brecker) Abe Laboriel Scott Kinsey (Tribal Tech) Simon Phillips (TOTO, Whitesnake) Jeff Richman (Airto, Billy Cobham) Bruce Watson (Rod Stewart) Mitchell Forman (Mahavishnu Orchestra, John Scofield) Joel Taylor (Stanley Clarke, Brandon Fields) Francis Buckley (recording & mix engineer for Quincy Jones, Alanis Morissette, Dave Koz)