I am a film composer and have been actively writing and producing independent music for ten years. 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; (2) Michael Rohrbaugh's Legacy, which premiered June 9th at the UCLA Festival 2009; and (3) a surreal, comedic short created by animators Dax Norman and Brent Lewis for this year's Playboy Animation Contest. We're about to begin work on Dax's first feature, which I am thrilled to be signed on to as composer.

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 - as of this Summer - Headphonica (Germany).

If you are 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.