Dean Hurley

{{Short description|American composer, music producer and sound designer}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Ambient|avant-garde|rock|jazz|film score}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Composer|record producer|musician|sound designer|re-recording mixer|sound supervisor|sound mixer|supervising sound editor|songwriter}}

| years_active = 2004–present

| label = {{hlist|Sacred Bones Records|Boomkat Editions}}

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Dean Hurley is an American composer, record producer, musician, sound designer, re-recording mixer and songwriter.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/twin-peaks-sound-supervisor-dean-hurley-announces-new-album/|title="Twin Peaks" Sound Supervisor Dean Hurley Announces New Album|website=pitchfork.com|date=4 June 2019 |access-date=2020-10-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/dean-hurley-anthology-resource-vol-1-2495382181.html|title=Dean Hurley: Anthology Resource Vol. 1|website=popmatters.com|date=29 August 2017 |access-date=2020-10-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/article/twin-peaks-an-interview-with-music-director-dean-hurley|title=Twin Peaks: An Interview with Music Director Dean Hurley|website=rhino.com|access-date=2020-10-28}} He received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the third season of Twin Peaks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/dean-hurley|title=Awards & Nominations|website=emmys.com|access-date=2020-10-28}} He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Lynch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-screen-show/dean-hurley,-david-lynch,-agnsw/10487646|title=Dean Hurley is David Lynch's long time sound and music collaborator|website=abc.net.au|date=14 November 2018 |access-date=2020-10-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/twin-peaks-the-return-sound-design-david-lynch-hidden-studio-process-dean-hurley-1201965234/|title=Sound Comes First: Inside David Lynch's Bunker, Where He Started Creating the 'Twin Peaks' Sound Design Over 7 Years Ago|website=indiewire.com|date=17 May 2018 |access-date=2020-10-28}} Hurley has worked on several and different type of films, as a film score composer, sound supervisor, sound designer, re-recording mixer, sound mixer, and supervising sound editor. Notably he composed the film score of the 2023 feature film Divinity, along with DJ and record producer DJ Muggs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/collections/dj-muggs-and-dean-hurley|title=DJ Muggs and Dean Hurley|website=sacredbonesrecords.com|date=24 November 2023|access-date=1 November 2024}}

He produced 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/06/04/dean-hurley-philosophy-of-beyond/|title=Dean Hurley explores life after death on Philosophy of Beyond|website=factmag.com|date=4 June 2019 |access-date=2020-10-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/26874-dean-hurley-anthology-resource-vol-ii-philosophy-of-beyond-review|title= Dean Hurley ANTHOLOGY RESOURCE VOL. II: PHILOSOPHY OF BEYOND Review|website=thequietus.com|date= 30 July 2019|access-date=2020-10-28}} He has worked with a variety of musicians aside from Lynch and the Veils, such as Romance, John Carpenter, Chromatics, Sky Ferreira, Zola Jesus, Gloria de Oliveira, Dlina Volny, Donovan, Trouble, Chrystabell, Jaye Jayle, Jorja Chalmers, Tiny Ruins, Sam Gendel, among others.