Dan
Wyman
Office: MUS 102 • Phone: 408-924-4630
Email: dwyman@email.sjsu.edu
B.M.,
University of Southern California
M.A.,
University of Southern California
D.Mus., University of Natal, South Africa
Studio Arts-Recording
Orchestration
World Music
A native of Los Angeles, Daniel Wyman studied composition, music
history, and film scoring at the University of Southern California.
His principal instuctors include Fredrick Lesemann, Ingolf Dahl,
and David Raksin. After graduate studies and work with electronic
music pioneer, Paul Beaver, Mr. Wyman began composing for movies
by joining producer/director John Carpenter to create the music
for Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, and the original
Halloween. As a co-founder of the electronic music recording
studio, Sound Arts, Mr. Wyman created numerous sound tracks
as electronic orchestrator and sound designer. Included in these
productions are National Geographic Specials, credits in Missing,
Apocalypse Now, Close But Free, Delusion,
Fade to Black, the Broadway musical Baby, and
the Darkroom television series (ABC TV). He has created
music for the Ice Capades, commercials from Timex to Blue Cross,
and electronic programming for numerous hit recordings by Earth
Wind and Fire, Donna Summers, Barbra Streisand, The Beach Boys,
Diana Ross, Black Sabbath, Little Feat, Devo, Angel, and many
more. Mr. Wyman's feature film composition credits include The
Return, Hellnight, Without Warning, Metamorphosis,
and The Lawnmower Man.
Mr.
Wyman has written concert music for various ensembles and
electro-acoustic combinations, including chamber concertos
for viola and bassoon. He has had commissions from the Stuttgart
Days for New Music, Musik der Jahrhundert Festivals, San Jose
Dance Theatre, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, and the Times Square
Music Ensemble. In co-production with saxophonist William
Trimble, Mr. Wyman has released a CD entitled Duo for Saxophone
and Composer, available through X-Dot 25 recordings or Gnorble
Music.
Since
1988, Mr. Wyman and his wife, Dr. Marilyn Wyman (professor,
Art History, SJSU), have pursued studies and projects focusing
on the arts in South Africa. They have worked with the University
of Natal, Durban, the University of Durban, Westville, and
the Trade Union Research Projects.
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