I am a film composer and have been actively writing and producing independent music for ten years. I work in parternship with the good people at ninethousandcycles, expert sound supervisors Scott Kramer and Mark Messick. Recently, I've scored:

(1) the Drifter Pictures feature film PRESENCE (written directed by Bryan Kramer and produced by Ashley C. Kramer) which premiered at the 2009 Seattle True Independent Film Festival. My score was called "haunting and evocative" by KUSF legend Ratso Russo--so cool to be complimented by the guy whose ear-opening "Groovie Movie Soundtracks" (now available in podcast form!) got me into film music in the first place;

(2) Michael Rohrbaugh's Legacy, a dramatic short that premiered June 9th at the UCLA Festival 2009; and

(3) Argyle Kabuki, an abstract animated film by the uber-talented Dax Norman that premiered at the Punto y Raya Festival 2009.

In my spare time I'm the curator of Reverse Engine Records, a fully digital 'some rights reserved' netlabel with free Creative Commons-licensed releases hosted in the Internet Archive's netlabels collection. I also release home-recorded music on the netlabel scene, usually as The Starry Tides. My music has appeared on various netlabels internationally, including Richmond County Archives (USA), Soundz From Nowhere (Luxembourg), and Headphonica (Germany).

If you're interested in licensing rather than custom scores, check out some of my pre-cleared material available at Matchless Music, a boutique music licensing library specializing in independent genres.

This site also contains some of my artwork and .gif captures of some homespun animation.

Send all correspondence to dave[at-sign]davemh[dot]com, or use the contact form.