ABOUT

Dan Krysa is the composer and songwriter behind features such as the multiple Emmy nominated film Take Care of Maya (Netflix), Tough Guys (Showtime Original) and Summer Night (Samuel Goldwyn) as well as many award-winning shorts including Sixth of June (SBIFF/TRIBECA) and Momentum Shift (Brand Film Awards). Krysa honed his craft at NYU’s prestigious Music Technology program; cut his teeth writing, arranging, playing bass and producing for acclaimed NYC rock bands on numerous songs including recent Billboard Alternative Top 40 charting track “Ok Ok” by HOKO and Walking Shapes—recipient of the 2015 Independent Music Award for Indie Song of the Year for “Feel Good”—and has applied his streetwise ear and studio savvy as a writer and producer on ad campaigns including Tsingtao Beer’s 40th anniversary campaign and the 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (AMC's Shudder) as well as studio features and television shows such as City of Lies (Open Road Films) and Lucifer (Netflix). His technological versatility has also been applied to the literary industry, serving as lead engineer on the audiobook for Sir Billy Connolly’s autobiography, Windswept & Interesting (winner of the 2022 British Book Award for Audiobook of the Year). Krysa currently lives in Key West, where he is working on a wide range of projects from the screen to the stage including crafting an absolutely bonkers animated musical series and both penning the music and serving as musical director for Bum Farto The Musical.