Danny Baranowsky
Danny Baranowsky (born April 5, 1984), also known as Danny B or by the company name dB Soundworks, is an American electronic music composer, composing music mainly for indie films and indie games.[2] He founded dB Soundworks to sell and promote his music. He is most known for providing the music for games such as Canabalt,[1] Super Meat Boy,[3] The Binding of Isaac,[4] and Crypt of the NecroDancer.[5] Baranowsky has also contributed to the soundtrack of the 2016 Amplitude remake.[6]
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 Baranowsky at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Baranowsky |
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| Born | April 5, 1984 Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Instrument(s) | Digital audio workstation |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Website | dbsoundworks |
Career
Baranowsky first came into contact with video game music in 2001, when he became a member of online game remix community OverClocked ReMix. At this time, Baranowsky was hoping to become a film composer.[7]
When Adam Saltsman, who would later develop Canabalt, sent Baranowsky an incomplete version of Gravity Hook, which Saltsman intended to keep free of music, Baranowsky decided to write a track for it anyway. When Baranowsky sent "Track A" back to Saltsman, he was really impressed by the music. After finishing the soundtrack of Gravity Hook, Saltsman introduced Baranowsky to Edmund McMillen, for whom he later composed the soundtrack of Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac.[7][8]
He co-composed Desktop Dungeons with Grant Kirkhope and composed the entirety of the Crypt of the Necrodancer soundtrack.
Baranowsky moved from his native Arizona to Vancouver, British Columbia to work for independent developer Brace Yourself Games, composing the soundtracks of their games Industries of Titan and Cadence of Hyrule.[9]
Reception
Rory Young from Game Rant described Baranowsky as "amazingly talented" because of his work on Super Meat Boy.[10]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
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| dannyBsides |
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Soundtracks
| Year | Name | Type | Notes |
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| 2009 | Cortex Command | Video Game | In the files of Cortex Command, some of the music has been labeled as being made by dBSoundworks |
| 2010 | Canabalt | Video game | |
| Gravity Hook HD | |||
| Gravity Hook | |||
| Once Upon A Pixel – KOOPA | Web series | ||
| GLORG | Video game | ||
| Super Meat Boy | |||
| Das Cube | |||
| Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? (Season 2 Finale) | Web series | ||
| Steambirds | Video game | ||
| Anthony Saves the World | Web series | ||
| Blush | Video game | ||
| Time Donkey | |||
| 2011 | Friday (Lost NES Game Version) | ||
| Singularity Collapse | Short film | ||
| The Binding of Isaac | Video game | ||
| Cave Story 3D | |||
| Super Meat Boy (Special Edition) | |||
| 2012 | Parallax | Short film | |
| AVGM (Blooba Doop Scooba) | Video game | ||
| 2013 | The Adventures of Dash | ||
| Desktop Dungeons | In collaboration with Grant Kirkhope. | ||
| 2015 | Crypt of the NecroDancer | ||
| 2016 | ROCKY | ||
| 2017 | Bombernauts | ||
| 2017 | Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED | DLC content from the game. | |
| 2019 | Cadence of Hyrule[11] | ||
| 2020 | Industries of Titan |
References
- David Lloyd; Cain McCormack; Jimmy Hinson (2009-11-13). "ReMixer Interview: Daniel Baranowsky". OverClocked ReMix.
- Jim Sterling (2012-03-21). "Podtoid 194: Dick Pixels (with Danny Baranowsky)" (podcast). Destructoid.
- Patrick Gann (2011-01-26). "Danny B Says "Nice To Meat You!" – Super Meat Boy OST Review". Original Sound Version.
- Kirk Hamilton (2011-12-22). "The Best Game Music of 2011: The Binding of Isaac". Kotaku.
- David Hinkle (2013-08-31). "Pounding beats and dragons in Crypt of the NecroDancer". Joystiq.
- Saed, Sherif (2014-05-19). "Amplitude reboot will contain music by Jim Guthrie, Danny Baranowsky, more". VG247.
- Lahti, Evan (2011-04-04). "Behind the music: an interview with Super Meat Boy composer Danny Baranowsky". PC Gamer.
- Damigella, Rick (2011-05-30). "Nice to Meat You – Interview with Super Meat Boy Composer Danny Baranowsk". G4 TV.
- "About".
- Young, Rory (2010). "Super Meat Boy Review". Game Rant.
- Weidner, Matthew (March 20, 2019). "Cadence of Hyrule brings Crypt of the Necrodancer and The Legend of Zelda together in style". Nintendo Wire. Retrieved March 21, 2019.