For the past 10 years, Darren Lucas has shared his guitar talents all over the World, touring with various musical theatre productions. From 2004-2008, Darren performed with Troika Entertainment in the Broadway hit musical "Cats." In 2002, he was in the European Tour "Hair!" Today Darren demonstrates the originality, artistry and showmanship of years working with great icons in the music industry, and is winning raves from our Film, TV, Documentary and Games clients.
A graduate of McNally Smith College of Music, formerly known as Music Tech, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Darren has studied with world renowned talents such as Jimmy Behringer, Bobby Stanton, and Cliff Wittstruck.
Darren has played guitar for various theatres and touring companies such as Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Windwood Theatrics, Wolfgang Bocksch, to name a few. Favorite tours include, North American tour COPACABANA (2001), and the European Tour HAIR! (2002. Most recently, Darren he performed on the Broadway hit musical, CATS from 2004-2008 with Troika Entertainment.
Darren has worked alongside many professional artists, writing and mixing various demo CD’s and tracks. Currently, he spends a majority of his time enjoying life off of the road in Minneapolis, writing, recording, and creating new songs for Video Games, Independent Film scores, and commercial use. His repertoire of music styles range from Electronic and Pop Guitar, to Hip Hop and R&B.
Electronic meets rock orchestra. This track a little bit of everything, very dramatic and yet bouncy at the same time. Spacey synths throughout of the song have a nice uplifting feel and timpani hits bring a cool tense and dramatic feel. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Action Pending Music
Action packed thriller with the heaviest rock and roll sounding guitars on the planet! Ominous piano, background strings and orchestral percussion. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Action Pending Music
Suspenseful and very dramatic. Asking questions or telling lies, it works for both. Simple guitar arpeggios, background strings and orchestral percussion. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Edgy Music
Singer Julius Thomas III delivers on this! His beautiful voice and inspiring words complement this acoustic track. He is a wonderful person to work with and thoughtful human being. Male Vocal, Spiritual Music, Inspirational
Companies looking to the future or reminisce of past ventures. This track consists of piano, acoustic guitar, bass and a healthy string arrangement. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Energizing Music
Funky disco track, simple bass line, funky guitar, easy listening, high melody part and spacey synths, what more could you ask for. This groove really takes off when all the elements come together. Instrumental, Dance Music, Disco
Funky dance disco groove that keeps the kids dancing all night. This has a great mix of basic rhythm groove and futuristic synth sounds rounding off soothing and elegant simple piano. This is a great contrast contrast synth melody. Instrumental, Electronic Music, Ambient
Soft and elegant dreamy guitar a great background synth part helps for support. Transition bass part helps guide from section to section and a wonderful B section helps break up the groove. this song almost has a "Sting" feel of story telling, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Energizing Music
WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) has a slamming rock guitar riff with great guitar tone. This has nice electric guitar dive bar licks, high melody parts and variety rhythm. This is perfect for any modern war documentary or dramatic production. Dramatic Music, Production | Action Music
Acoustic slide guitar grooving to distorted drums, static fx, rhodes keyboard. Uplifting chorus. People in control abusing the system. Instrumental, Pop Music, Pop Groove
Holy SH%*.... Someone is chasing me with a chainsaw. Girl having bad dreams, heavy breathing, chainsaw motor, and MEGA MEAT LOAF guitars, B Horror film style. (There is another version without breath FX), Horror Sound Effects, Chainsaw evil
Tomb's Playground is from the black plague that swept Europe. As a result, the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" was written. This track has a scary tone with children playing in the park all eventually contracting the plague. The crow is waiting around the corner. (1:30 version available), Male Vocal, Dramatic Music, Halloween Horror Music
Fantastic groove has great energy, very funky melody great bass line and drum sounds great for commercial use projects has a Daft Punk feel, Instrumental, Electronic Music, Electro
Smooth and silky voice accompanied by a reggae groove, background strings continue the melody and has a spacey synth solo. Female Vocal, Electronic Music, Ambient
Perfect music for the untrustworthy hospital, chiropractor or hospital surgeon. Dr. Frankenstein's monster is now creating his own monster, Male Vocal, Dramatic Music, Halloween Horror Music
Pandemic H1N1 emergency information track. Emergency updates for current outbreaks. This has a great dark symphony rock groove with a thumping under beat. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Action Music
Someone who is completely oblivious about whats going on in the world. This track a fun mixture of strings, horns, accordion and some fun percussion, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Production | Whimsical Music
Excellent distorted rock guitar groove and high melody part and wah wah guitar mixes in a melodic and dissonant melody. Track break down section features an arpeggiated guitar groove. Instrumental, Rock Music, Modern Rock
