Danny Murtaugh

Since the music business has changed so much these last few years I have made it a point to be able to work in many different areas. I have relationships with all the major music publishers and and record labels. As clients move from simply licensing music to partnering with media content companies the need for someone experienced to represent the client's interests and the agency's interests is vital. My experience on both the creative side and the business side is valuable when we have to work against the deadlines and budgets that we always face.

Of course I have relationships with all the music houses here in NY and L.A. but also with many of the composers on the movie film scoring side and TV scoring side of the business. Since our business is moving from imitating the culture we live in to actually being a part of the culture, how we use music is changing. While a part of the business will always use jingles and underscores, the innovative uses will be those that bring musical thinking into advertising that will create something memorable and original that belongs to a brand.

While on my site you can get to know me a little and hear some music I've recently produced. Original songs and underscores. Licensed songs and original arrangements of licensed music. You can read my resume, but most recently I was Sr. Music Director at Ogilvy & Mather NY. I've recently left and gone back to freelance. I'm looking forward to working with more diverse creative people and advertising agencies.

I have extensive experience in the music industry and have produced music for just about every major advertiser. Won a few awards too I wonder what I did with them?. Whether producing original music or as is getting so popular, finding a song or piece of music to work with a commercial and negotiating and licensing from the record label and music publisher. Most recently working with and producing movie composers Hans Zimmer, Jocelyn Pook, & Jamshied Sharifi.

You can read my resumé or click on Commercials below to hear and see commercials I've been producing music for. Please scroll so you can see & hear all of the spots. Also please take a listen to radio campaigns I've produced my clicking on My Radio to the left.

I guess I was destined to be in music, inspite of my first love, photography. Take a look at at my photographs at My Shooting Gallery on Flickr. Because my Dad, John Murtaugh was a pioneer in advertising music as one of the first true composers of music for commercials. I was born into music.