Brandon Dalo is a composer for film, television and games based in Los Angeles. Brandon has worked in the music department on acclaimed projects such as The Color Purple, Jordan Peele’s Nope, The Lost City, DC’s Star Girl, Destiny 2, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, and many others.
Brandon has composed the music for 17 feature documentaries in the hit Amazon Prime documentary series Small Town Monsters. His score for the Boggy Creek Monster documentary, in this series, earned him honors for “Best Film Score” from HIIDA. These films have collectively been viewed over 10 million times. He has also worked on numerous short films including Zenith, for which he won the “Best Sound Award” from the Independent Shorts Awards. Along with other media projects such as composing the main introduction theme music for the podcast Monstro Bizarro, Brandon has scored feature films like Manifest Evil. Brandon has developed a unique compositional style focusing on mixing traditional orchestral elements with modern electronic sounds and unconventional soundscapes.
Brandon has also worked as an assistant for composer and orchestrator Jordan Cox, writing additional music for the animated series FriendZSpace, writing the music to the animated children’s book Why Do Flowers Grow? by Vooks, and other duties.
Brandon worked for the esteemed sample library company Cinesamples where he handled demo writing, beta testing of new libraries, and support. He also helped build the beta team from a few members to 75 active members. He worked on projects like Musio, Collision Impact Designer, Apocalyptica, Drums of War 3, Industry Brass and others. Brandon has also worked as a preset designer and beta tester for Silen Audio’s flagship synth InfiniteFlow and Naroth Audio’s library Ministry of Bass.
Brandon has also worked with music library companies such as Two Myles Music, Current Music, Ear Parade, and Silen Audio. Through this work, his music has appeared in television shows such as SAS Australia and the Khloe Kardashian produced shows Twisted Sisters and Twisted Love on Discovery. Brandon’s music from the Ear Parade album Trailer Scores Future Action has been placed in major news channels and shows around the world like the K-drama Kill it.
Originally from the Cleveland, Ohio area, Brandon has earned a Bachelor’s Degree of Music Composition (Scoring for Visual Media) with Honors at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. Brandon was chosen as Valedictorian and Graduate Speaker for his class. Brandon is a member of ASCAP.
“Brandon exceeded my expectations and I can think of no other that is as passionate about his craft to match the standard of his expertise with such drive. He is truly an outstanding individual who is both extremely loyal and polite in regards to the specific needs of each project and client - to which he continues to go above and beyond in his delivery.”
— Sam Shearon (Graphic designer and Artist for clients such as Stan Lee, Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, Iron Maiden, KISS, The X-Files etc.)
“Brandon’s work on the [Boggy Creek Monster] score was not only timely and professional, but the resulting music perfectly suits the various moods and pacing of the narrative to make it an excellent - and award winning - film.”
— Lyle Blackburn (Professional musician, author, and TV personality)
“Brandon is never content to rest on his laurels and simply repeat the work he’s already done. Instead, he strives to find new and interesting ways to heighten the mood of our films. I am consistently impressed by Brandon’s natural ability to convey the feel of every story through the music he writes; his versatility never ceases to amaze me.”
— Seth Breedlove, Director of the Small Town Monsters documentary series