Profile Summary
Daniel Léo Simpson, an award-winning American Composer with a flair for creating "contagious" and engaging music, specializes in unusual, interesting and dynamic works of every genre. He holds a Masters degree in Theory and Composition. In Los Angeles where he studied and wrote for motion pictures under the tutelage of Henry Mancini, Bill Conti, Joe Harnel and Allyn Ferguson at the Grove School of Music.
His “Nocturne for Orchestra” was selected as a winning composition from over 500 entries to be and will be recorded by the Grammy Award-Winning Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra followed by released with worldwide distribution through Naxos record label. His “Soliloquy” for Violin & Orchestra was chosen from over 600 submissions , recorded in 2010 by the Millennium Symphony Orchestra for worldwide CD distribution. He won First prize in the First Annual International Schillinger Composition Contest for his composition "The Art of Schillinger", composed wholly using Schillinger techniques and sponsored by The Schillinger School of Music in conjunction with the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
His entry “Tuscaloosa Tango”, has been selected as the winner of the 2010 Alabama Orchestra Association Composition Competition which includes an all-expense paid invitation as composer in residence to attend the 2010 All-State Festival on February 11th-14th in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, participate in the Meet the Composer aspect of the Festival, and work closely with the conductor and ensemble that is premiering his work.
Most recently, Mr. Simpson’s music was chosen from over 650 entries for an opportunity to score the 1904 Thomas Edison silent film classic, “Maniac Chase” for DVD the following year. Daniel Léo Simpson is highly esteemed composer and educator.