Music and Sound Design
I’ve collaborated with many directors, producers, editors and artists over the years – each with their own styles and personalities – and I continue to be motivated and excited about this “job”.
Scoring Music to film (film/TV/games) is a different discipline than writing music as a “stand-alone” art. There are technical and artistic boundaries that come into play when writing music to be synchronized with visuals. On top of all that, the music needs to serve a predominantly supporting roll to the visuals.
Sound Design is a creative art just like music. However, from an audience's perspective, although a good film score may attract attention and comments - a good sound design should do the opposite.
Video Clips
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From "Once Upon A Time"
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From: "MisTik"
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From: "Switch City"
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From "Baba"
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From "Bleed"
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From Itsy Bitsy Spider
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From "The Medicine Line"
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From "One Day"
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From "Bartlett"
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From: "The Mirror"
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From "ExtraOrdinary Amy"
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From "For the Best"
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From "Send Me To Hell, Baby"
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From "Luchador"
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Audio Clips
- Once Upon A Time Dave Chick 1:30
- MisTik-Desolate Dave Chick 2:54
- Lift Off Dave Chick 1:28
- Extraordinary Amy Brings Down Da Haus Dave Chick 2:34
- Amara Woo! Dave Chick 1:16
- Death and Chocolate Dave Chick 2:01
- The Woman and the Bottle Dave Chick 2:38
- One Day Dave Chick 0:57
- Memories of Dad Dave Chick 1:33
- Kids Are Never Quiet Dave Chick 1:26
- The Medicine Line Dave Chick 2:15
- MisTik - Hope Dave Chick 3:11
- Morning Routine Dave Chick 5:27
- Man By The Sea Dave Chick 1:22
- Bad Party Dave Chick 0:41
- Not the Mommy Dave Chick 1:57
- Death Bed Dave Chick 2:08
- Galactic Epicness Dave Chick 2:47
- I Hate Spiders Dave Chick 2:45
- Inconceivable Dave Chick 3:25
- Opening Dance Number: I Just Wanna Be ME! Dave Chick 2:31
- 7 Years Baby Dave Chick 2:13
- Ouch Dave Chick 1:49
- Elfman Anyone? Dave Chick 2:43
- Chicken Squad Intelligence - Chicken Leg Kick Dave Chick 0:52
- The Writer Dave Chick 2:18
- Vile Dave Chick 2:14
- Project-Eugenics Dave Chick 3:41
About Dave
Music has always been part of Dave's life, but his first professional career was in the technology industry as a consultant and project manager. After almost a decade in systems consulting, he helped to open the Museum of Pop Culture (formerly known as "Experience Music Project" - a rock and roll museum) in Seattle. About five years after opening the museum, Dave made the jump into film composing and eventually started wearing other hats in the post-production audio realm - sound design, re-recording mixing, ADR recording, foley...
Dave holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Business Administration degree from McMaster University. He has also received a diploma in Audio Engineering from the University of Washington and he's a graduate of Hummie Mann's acclaimed Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program. His studio, where he composes, writes songs, records and mixes is located in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Musically, Dave's influences range from classical to jazz, blues to progressive rock, alternative pop/rock to current trends.
