Jeff Danna - film and TV composer
Jeff Danna is the younger brother of composer Mychael Danna. Jeff has worked with his brother on a number of projects, sometimes as a musician but frequently as co-composer. As well as films the brothers have worked together on the albums "A Celtic Romance" and "A Celtic Tale" with music and linking narration. Jeff's solo work has more often been for Television than Film, covering a number of series in his native Canada and the US. We don't know if the film industry based in Vancouver is a contributing factor, but Jeff's film score career seems to have accelerated in recent years. This has included some solo projects (Resident Evil: Apocalypse) and several joint projects with his brother (Tideland, Fracture, Lakeview Terrace) culminating in the latest Terry Gilliam movie "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus".
Among these soundtracks, "The Gospel of John" can be found at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com, and music from the TV Series "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.
Films by Jeff Danna:
- Cold Comfort - with brother Mychael
- The Boondock Saints
- Green Dragon - also with his brother
- O - an updated version of Shakespeare's "Othello"
- The Grey Zone
- The Gospel of John - using a variety of ethnic instruments
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse - sequel to "Resident Evil"
- Tideland
- Silent Hill - with Akira Yamaoka
- Fracture
- Closing The Ring - flashback drama with Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer switching between the US in the 1940s and Northern Ireland in the 1990s, the soundtrack has elements of scene-setting Irish music and Glenn Miller but the drama is nicely underscored
- Lakeview Terrace
- The Cry of the Owl
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - working again with brother Mychael on this Terry Gilliam project
- Leaves of Grass
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day - sequel to the Boston Mob thriller
TV work by Jeff Danna:
- Beverly Hills 90210 - Danna contributed to 8 episodes of this long-running series
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
- The Matthew Shepard Story - TV Movie with brother Mychael
- A Wrinkle in Time - TV Movie
- The Zula Patrol - series
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids - TV Movie which became a successful Series
- Camelot - series scored with brother Mychael, with the theme earning an Emmy Nomination in 2011
