Dean Hurley
American composer, sound designer, and re-recording mixer

Dean Hurley

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American composer, sound designer, and re-recording mixer
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Dean Hurley is an American composer, sound designer, and re-recording mixer. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award two times for the series, Twin Peaks (season 3). He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Lynch.

In 2017, Hurley released the album, Anthology Resource Vol. 1, which featured original material created for Twin Peaks and in 2019, Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond, on Sacred Bones Records.

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Year Title Contribution Note
2020 Happily Sound designer and re-recording mixer Feature film
2020 Looks That Kill Composer Feature film
2019 Flying Lotus Feat. David Lynch: Fire Is Coming Sound designer Video short
2018 Stuntman Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Documentary
2018 What Did Jack Do? Composer and re-recording mixer Short film
2017 Twin Peaks (season 3) Sound mixer and supervising sound editor TV series
2017 The Putin Interviews Re-recording mixer TV series
2015 The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert Re-recording mixer TV special
2014 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Feature film
2014 Duran Duran: Unstaged Sound mixer Video short
2012 Change Begins Within Re-recording mixer TV special
2011 Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Feature film
2010 Dior: Lady Blue Shanghai Composer Short film
2009 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Feature film
2008 Fight or Die Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer TV series
2006 Making 'The New World Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Documentary
2006 Inland Empire Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Feature film

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2018 Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Twin Peaks
Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie
Nominated Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movie or Mini-Series
Nominated Motion picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Music Score and Musical for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media

Discography

Solo albums

  • Days of Thunder and Rain, self-released (2014)
  • Anthology Resource Vol. 1, Sacred Bones Records (2017)
  • Anthology Resource Vol. II, Sacred Bones Records (2019)
  • Concrete Feather, Boomkat Editions (2020)

Solo singles

  • "Our Day Will Come", Sacred Bones Records (2022)

Collaborative albums

  • Inland Empire (Original Soundtrack) (with David Lynch), DLMC (2007)
  • The Air is on Fire (with David Lynch), DLMC (2007)
  • Crazy Clown Time (with David Lynch), Sunday Best Recordings (2010)
  • This Train (with David Lynch and Chrysta Bell), La Rose Noire (2011)
  • The Big Dream (with David Lynch), Sunday Best Recordings (2013)
  • Somewhere in the Nowhere (with David Lynch and Chrysta Bell), Meta Hari (2016)
  • In Every Dream Home a Heartache (with Romance), Ecstatic (2022)
  • Oceans of Time (with Gloria de Oliveira), Sacred Bones Records (2022)
  • River of Dreams (with Romance), Ecstatic (2023)

Appearances and remixes

  • Ghost of Love (with David Lynch), David Lynch Music Company (2007)
  • "Dark Night of the Soul" (with Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch from Dark Night of the Soul, Capitol (2010)
  • "Bad the John Boy" (with David Lynch), Sacred Bones Records (2013)
  • "I'm Waiting Here" (with David Lynch and Lykke Li), Sacred Bones Records (2013)
  • "Night (remix)" from Lost Themes by (John Carpenter, Sacred Bones Records (2015)
  • "Dream Wave" by Tiny Ruins, Bella Union (2016)
  • "Snake Eyes" with Trouble from Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series), Rhino Records (2017)
  • "Slow 30s Room" (with David Lynch) from Twin Peaks (Limited Series Original Soundtrack), Rhino Records (2017)
  • "Blue Girl (Dean Hurley remix)" from Camera by Chromatics, Italians Do It Better (2018)
  • The Flame of Love (with David Lynch and Jack Cruz), Sacred Bones Records (2020)
  • "Saturday (Dean Hurley remix)" from Shadow (remixes) by Chromatics, Italians Do It Better (2021)