Composer Dan Pound creates ambient electronic, shamanic space music sound worlds that take the listener to other worlds and beyond. Primarily visceral and always visual this music is dark and mysterious yet hypnotic and serene. Perfect accompaniment to a variety of visual media as well as mind slowing/altering activities including yoga, meditation and dreaming practices.
Dan was classically trained on piano, guitar and double bass at an early age and started writing songs soon after. He went on to be in the local honor orchestra and was soon writing pieces for the entire ensemble. Besides performing and composing, Dan has earned degrees in recording engineering and electronic music technology, and has received credits as 1st engineer and mixer for an indie jazz release, "Crusin’ Some Grooves" by the Steve Wolfe Quartet.
Over the last several years, Dan has developed a home project studio where he does most of his work now recording and producing his music independently. He specializes in music for film and multi-media, as well as recording and producing his own CD’s on his newly developed label, Pound Sounds.
Dan has earned numerous top 10 positions in various categories on Broadjam.com 's top 10 lists, and many of his pieces have been included in monthly top charts for the FM ambient radio programs, Secret Music, Stars End, and Morning Fog among others. Dan’s Cd, "Solar Nexus", was named one of the top ten Cd’s reviewed in 2006 on the ambient music review webzine, "Melliflua."
Fiery tribal dance with ethnic and sequenced rhythm track, explosive, dark synth sound world undercurrent and Lakota Native American Flute carrying the tune. Accompanied by distant shamanic vocal chants. Perfect for scenes of tribal dancing, fire, desert, tropical, nature, history or docs. Instrumental, Americana Music, Native American music
Dark, suspense music with ambiance. Trippy sound world with an ethnic, new age quality. meant for mysteries, nature docs, scenes of outer space or under water ocean & other alien worlds, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Mysterious Music
Mysterious, obscure currents of pads and cold layers merge to make this ethereal, surreal, slightly eerie yet serene piece with melancholy, meditative mood. Good for nature docs, mysteries, scenes of space, stars, oceans, arctic mountains. Feelings of love, loss, grief, apprehension. Dramatic Music, Production | Mysterious Music
Tribal/techno ambient electronic piece with fast hyper-groove ethnic, electronic beat, Swirling atmospheric synth pads and happenings, didgeridoo calls, and shamanic vocal chants. Good fpr a variety of visuals inc. docs, mystery, nature, cultural, even sci-fi, futuristic. New Age Music, Techno-Tribal
Atmospheric space music with arpeggiating synths and harpsichord keyboard accents, textures/colors/layers of mellow washing tones and pads. Very dreamy, surreal, meditative, mysterious, loving, but with a slightly dark mood. Instrumental, New Age Music, New Age Electronic
Cool, exotic, erotic, ambient electronic groove track with electronic drum rhythm track, spacious, atmospheric pads, & a spacy lick to make up this hypnotic, sensual, mysterious piece. Good 4 many visuals and moods. Surreal, dreamy, sexy. Electronic Music, Ambient
Lush, atmospheric breathing textures, deep bass tones,& tender, longing chords make for this very dream, tranquil, & meditative piece. Perfect for dramatic love story, nature docs, space, oceanic scenes. Instrumental, New Age Music, Atmospheres
Perfect for Nature scenes, this piece starts out with atmospheric ethnic flute tones and developes and changes slowly in a very soundtrack oriented quality, then works into a new age rhythm bed with a lush guitar groove/loop. Serene, erotic, exotic and lovely. New Age Music, Ethnic Fusion
Native American flute calls with mysterious, mystical pads/atmospheres.
Ambient electronic with indiginous instruments. Visual space music. New Age Music, Atmospheres
Atmopsheric, mysterious, haunting, dark-dwelling swampy bayou western soundtrack.
Deep drone pads, slide lap steel guitar, distant harmonica. Perfect for tension scene in western, or foggy swamp on the bayou. Would work for mysteries, dramas, travel, horror or docs. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Dark Music
Slow moving new age, ambient electronic, experimental soundscape with dark atmospheres & surreal, serene & mysterious layers. Tranquil & hypnotic, yet dissonant and a little disturbing. Didgeridoo is heard in the distance to add a tribal edge. Good 4 nature,scenes of space,ocean depths, supernatural, Instrumental, New Age Music, Space
Starts out with serene, calm, ethereal soundscape with high angelic string/synth voices and Native American Flute. Developes into a looping motif of a galloping rhythm groove with slide guitar, more Lakota Flute, and atmospheric, dreamy background soundscape. Good 4 western, prairie or desert scenes, Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana (pending)
Expansive, spacious slow building sweeping piece with swirling lush pads/textures, shamanic voice, and interweaving hybred electronic percussion. Atmospheric, surreal, intoxicating, hypnotic, erotic and ethereal. Dramatic Music, Production | Dark Music
Perfect feel good new age electronic piece that would work well while credits roll. Arpeggiating synth patterns weave and flow over sweet string pads and layers. Meditative, loving, dreamy and a feeling of accomplishment and resolve. New Age Music, New Age Electronic
Meloncholy, mournful new age piece with atmospheric strings/soundbeds, textural synth currents, and bell-like e.piano/vibraphone tones. Sad, poignant, subtle, longing, dreamy and a little strange/mysterious. Dramatic Music, Production | Tragic Music
mysterious ambient electronic piece with an ethnic flavor. Obscure glitchy happenings, with atmospheric pads/soundworlds, slow deep pulse primal drums, and Arabic female vocal chants. Erotic and dreamy, yet mysterious and dark.
Good 4 Mystery, sci-fi, dark dramas, Goth, documentaries and thriller, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Mysterious Music
Slow tension type piece with dissonant chords and sculpted layers to create an atmosphere of quiet anxiousness, anticipation and nervousness.
Would work for space scenes, medical drama, and science ficion as well. New Age Music, New Age Electronic
Ambient electronic, tribal/techno, new age piece with heavy drum score, atmospheric synth pads & Native American Lakota Flute. Unusual, dreamy, lush, surreal, & serene. Good for nature vids, tropical mystery, cultural, new age scenes. New Age Music, Techno-Tribal
Intergalactic, progressive, aggressive, danger alert, industrial-tribal/techno electronic music.
Good for car chase scenes or anything requiring an intense, immediate, thrilling action sound. Driving beat and tension building atmosphere. Electronic Music, Industrial-Electronic
Swirling atmospheric soundworld with didgeridoo, Lakota Flute, and shamanic vocal chants make up this hypnotic, spacious, expansive soundscape. Would work with Nature docs, history, cultural, travel or scenes of distance and hazy expanse. Instrumental, New Age Music, Ethnic Fusion
Deep, dark cavernous dwelling piece with ambient atmospheres, distant ocarina, pan flute, & deep guttural vocal chants. Sounds like an ethnic goth horror monster mystery soundtrack. Takes you to other worlds and beyond.
Good 4 mystery, dark drama, documentary, horror, thriller, Gothic, travel, ethn, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Dark Music
Dark, primal/ethnic piece with tribal percussion rhythm track, mysterious, obscure, ethereal synth pads soundworlds, distant Didgeridoo, Lakota Flute, and shamanic vocal chants. Would work with thrillers, mysteries, sci-fi, tribal/ethnic/culural, or nature scenes. Dramatic Music, Production | Dark Music
Sweet, sentimental little new age piece with flowing, breathing arrpegiating undercurrent, with high synth/flute tones accenting for a very atmospheric, loving, serene work. Good for many dramatic/romance or nature visuals. Instrumental, New Age Music, Atmospheres
Very atmospheric, dreamworld sounding work with subltle, breathing drones and pads, ethereal/celestial voices/chant/calls. Feels like being in a quiet dream. Meditative, textural relflective soundscape. Good for nature, docs, drama, mysteries and space/planetary/star scenes. New Age Music, Atmospheres
Native American Lakota flute is heard in the distance. Soon ethnic percussion is added along with deep zone drone sound scapes. Good for docs, cultural, tribal/ethnic location background music, Americana Music, Native American music
Percolating synth layers with interweaving textures create this very dream, ethereal new age ambient electronic piece.
Would work for anything celestial, space-age, scientific, or any noture type Doc. Dramatic Music, Production | Ethereal Music
Deep, cavernous, ominous atmosphere music with mysterious, thunderous undercurrent pads/swells/layers, subtle tribal/ethnic percussion track, distant shamanic vocal chant calls, deep pulse taiko drum, & didgeridoo. Brooding, tension, surreal, dark but with an ethereal & meditative quality. Primal. Dramatic Music, Production | Dark Music
Slightly mysterious but serene and meditative new age type piece. Floating, breathing pads and chords are met with distant flute overtones.
Very spacious, expansive, calm yet with a slight eeriness and mystical quality. New Age Music, Atmospheres
Ambient analog electronic music soundtrack. much like early Tangerine Dream. Percolating synths, spacious, lush pads and layers, high distant flute tones and deep underwater sound current make for this mysterious, dreamy, ethereal, other worldy piece. Good for sci-fi, nature, mystery, space, ocean, Instrumental, Electronic Music, Ambient
breathing, tender, atmospheric new age soundscape with dreamy pads/layers, celestial voices and distant vocal shamanic chants. Very ethereal, floating and serene. Meditation space music. Good for space scenes or even romantic dramas or love. Instrumental, New Age Music, Atmospheres
Deep, cavernous dwellings are conjoured with this piece. Deep bass synth pulses with tribal rhythm track and melancholy, mysterious synth anthems, and distant shamanic vocal chanting calls. very spacious, visual, primal, exotic and atmospheric. New Age Music, Ethnic Fusion
atmospheric, ambient electronic piece with dark, ominous deep drone pads/layers that breath in and out slowly, with shamanic vocal chants, ethnic percussion rhythm track and distant Lakota Flute. Good for mysteries, docs, nature, cultural, sci-fi, space, desert, tribal scenes. Dramatic Music, Production | Mysterious Music
Periodic thunder claps highlight this ambient electronic piece. Moody, atmospheric opening works into catchy rhythmic, spacious tune with acousitc guitar, bass and "torn umbrella" being sung in the background. Hip and modern, this piece works well with many moods and scenes of many varieties. Vocal Sample, Electronic Music, Ambient
Tribal/Ethnic atmospheric new age piece with shamanic percussion, ambient electronic sounds and tunes, distant vocal chants and didgeridoo. Catchy beat, spacious sound. would work with nature docs, travel, mysteries, cultural, scenes of an exotic, erotic & hypnotic flavor. New Age Music, Ethnic Fusion
Starts out with terror/nightmare pads/chords to set up the atmosphere. Soon, hybrid/synthetic drums come in for an erotic, supercharged, sinister feeling. Ends up evolving into a sort of newage/ambient electronic piece with a cool under-current groove and Native American Flute calls. Long and unique, Instrumental, Electronic Music, Experimental
Wall of sound of ominous, low end background tension mixed with swriling dark textures and eerie swelling chords and an all powerful pulse make for this other worldly, creature, alien soundworld.
Good for sci-fi, heavy phychedelic hypno horror mocvie. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Dark Music
Dark, looming pads overlay the time warp reverse rhythm track. Trippy, other worldy sound bed for anything spinning, moving fast or blurry.
Kalaidascopic interweaving textures with continual drone. Sci-fi, nature, industrial, corporate, space, mechanical, dreamy, Instrumental, Electronic Music, Ambient
Space atmosphere type piece with cold mood pads and distant Native American Flute that is calling the spirits. Very Ethereal and surreal.
Good for nature, mystery, docs, sci-fi, anything celestial or planetary. Instrumental, New Age Music, Space
dark, atmospheric, epic soundtrack with mysterious chord swell/pads/layers, deep thunderous bassy taiko & frame drum track, trippy electronic accents & hypnotic, distant ethnic vocal chants. Other worldy, slightly tense and ominous but meditative and surreal. Great 4 many scenes needing mystery, Dramatic Music, Production | Edgy Music
Minimal lush, serene, ethereal new age piece with slow breathing pads interweaving with slow arrpegiating synth bell tones. Moods of love, magic, wonder, innocence, tenderness, tranquility, serenity, relaxation.
Good 4 nature, space, meditation, yoga, dreams, Instrumental, New Age Music, Atmospheres
New age, ambient electronic space music. Sounds like Xfiles theme but with a very ethnic quality. Shamanic vocal chants and singing bowl are brought into the surreal mix of sci-fi electronics and synth pads. Very cool space music. New Age Music, Ethnic Fusion
Ethereal, ambient new age piece with deep atmospheric background/pads/chords/layers, temple sounding accent tones, and building rounds of vocal chants. Very meditative, expansive, serene, dream-like. Would work for Docs, nature, scenes of asian buddhist temples, green pastures, space, stars, ocean, Instrumental, New Age Music, Atmospheres
Atmospheric, spacious bayou, swampy piece with distant bass and bluesy E. Guitar, with mysterious synth sounds and environments, and distant harmonica. Perfect for swampy, cajun, bayou on the river scenes needing dark, mysterious, ambient music, Dramatic Music, Production | Mysterious Music
Dreamy, ethereal new age piece with Native American Flute calls, surreal, lush synth textures, erotic, ethnic drums/beat, and shamanic vocal chants. Very primal, meditative, hypnotic but with a mysterious quality. New Age Music, Ethnic Fusion
Trippy, edgy, gritty electronic piece with swirling drum loop, atmospheric synth pads and textures and phychedelic guitar accents. Very hypnotic, erotic and tense with a slight feeling of suspense. Dramatic Music, Production | Edgy Music
Sweet, textural new age soundtrack bed with lush string pads, distant piano, and swelling, breathing chords. Moods: Nostalgia, loss, memories, longing, love. Also good for nature docs, drama, soaps, meditation, yoga, dreaming. Serene, tender, sad & mellow, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Tragic Music
Ominous, cavern-like deep dwelling atmosphere. Smokey pads and textures mix with primitive instruments and shamanic voice.
Picture mummys and tombs. Dramatic Music, Production | Dark Music
