Dean Hurley

Dean Hurley
Hurley in 2019
Hurley in 2019
Background information
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • record producer
  • musician
  • sound designer
  • re-recording mixer
  • sound supervisor
  • sound mixer
  • supervising sound editor
  • songwriter
Years active2004–present
Labels

Dean Hurley is an American composer, record producer, musician, sound designer, re-recording mixer, and songwriter. He received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the third season of Twin Peaks. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Lynch. Hurley has worked on many different types of films as a film score composer, sound supervisor, sound designer, re-recording mixer, sound mixer, and supervising sound editor. Notably he composed the original motion picture score for the 2023 feature film Divinity, along with DJ and record producer DJ Muggs.

He produced for Zola Jesus on her album Taiga (2014), and for the Veils on their album Total Depravity (2016). In 2017, Hurley released the album Anthology Resource Vol. 1: △△, which features original material created for Twin Peaks, and in 2019 he released Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond on Sacred Bones Records. He has worked with a variety of musicians aside from Lynch, DJ Muggs, Zola Jesus, and the Veils, such as Donovan, Chrystabell, Flying Lotus, Romance, Gloria de Oliveira, John Carpenter, Chromatics, Sky Ferreira, Dlina Volny, Trouble, Jaye Jayle, Jorja Chalmers, Tiny Ruins, and Sam Gendel, among others.

Select filmography

Year Title Contribution Note
2026 Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice Sound designer Feature film
2025 I Live Here Now Sound designer Feature film
2024 Lula Supervising sound editor Documentary
2023 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Additional sound design Anime TV series
The Sweet East Sound designer and composer Feature film
The Mystic New film score and composer 1925 feature film Blue-Ray set home media release by The Criterion Collection
Divinity Film score and composer, along with DJ Muggs Feature film
2021 Past Is Prologue Editor Documentary
2020 Happily Sound designer and re-recording mixer Feature film
Looks That Kill Film score and composer Feature film
2019 Flying Lotus featuring David Lynch: Fire Is Coming Additional sound design and mix Music video
2018 Stuntman Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Documentary
What Did Jack Do? Composer and re-recording mixer Short film
2017 Twin Peaks (season 3) Sound mixer and supervising sound editor TV series
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
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 Film score and composer, along with David Lynch 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
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

Solo singles

Collaborative albums


Appearances and remixes

Production discography

References

  1. ↑ ""Twin Peaks" Sound Supervisor Dean Hurley Announces New Album". pitchfork.com. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Dean Hurley: Anthology Resource Vol. 1". popmatters.com. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Twin Peaks: An Interview with Music Director Dean Hurley". rhino.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. ↑ "Awards & Nominations". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Dean Hurley is David Lynch's long time sound and music collaborator". abc.net.au. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  6. ↑ "Sound Comes First: Inside David Lynch's Bunker, Where He Started Creating the 'Twin Peaks' Sound Design Over 7 Years Ago". indiewire.com. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  7. ↑ "DJ Muggs and Dean Hurley". sacredbonesrecords.com. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Dean Hurley explores life after death on Philosophy of Beyond". factmag.com. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  9. ↑ "Dean Hurley ANTHOLOGY RESOURCE VOL. II: PHILOSOPHY OF BEYOND Review". thequietus.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  10. ↑ "Freaks / The Unknown / The Mystic: Tod Browning's Sideshow Shockers". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  11. ↑ "Video: sacredbonesrecords – DJ Muggs: 'Past Is Prologue' (Documentary)". YouTube. March 12, 2021.
  12. ↑ Blistein, Jon (17 April 2019). "Flying Lotus Taps David Lynch for Bizarre New Song "Fire Is Coming"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  13. ↑ Copping, Nicola. "David Lynch's new film for Christian Dior". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special - 2018". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  15. ↑ "Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie - 2018". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  16. ↑ "CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY NOMINATIONS FOR THE 54th ANNUAL CAS AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING FOR 201". cinemaaudiosociety.org. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-28.