Quiet Measures a monthly Substack exploring creativity and process.

Screen Work (Film)

What They Had

(Writer/Director: Elizabeth Chomko)

A character-led drama starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster,
premiering at Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival.

A restrained, intimate score, performed by London Contemporary Orchestra,
shaped around performance and space.

Catching Dust

(Writer/Director: Stuart Gatt)

A tense, atmospheric debut feature starring Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney.

The score draws on psychological tension,
sitting within the film’s sense of isolation and unease.
Performed by London Contemporary Orchetra

Screen Work (Television)

FEATURED PROJECTS

This is a small selection from a much larger body of television work across documentary,
drama and entertainment, spanning numerous productions for the BBC, Channel 4 and other broadcasters.
For a full list of screen credits, see IMDb.

silent witness (BBC drama)

Long-running BBC drama centred on forensic investigation.
The score focuses on tension, restraint and emotional undercurrent,
supporting the narrative without drawing attention away from performance and story

Danny Mulhern · Silent Witness

The Natural World (BBc natural history)

Part of the BBC’s flagship wildlife strand,
featuring films such as Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar,
narrated by David Attenborough. The music balances intimacy and scale,
supporting character-driven storytelling within expansive natural environments

Danny Mulhern · The Natural World

How Art Made The World (BBC One)

A landmark arts documentary series exploring the role of art in shaping human culture.
Danny composed the main theme, establishing a tonal identity
that reflects the series’ scope and intellectual depth

Danny Mulhern · How Art Made The World Theme

Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal (BBC Documentary)

An intimate portrait of Princess Margaret,
set against the social and cultural shifts of the 20th century.
The score adopts a measured, reflective tone,
supporting both the personal and historical dimensions of the story

Danny Mulhern · Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal - BBC

Russell Howard & Mum (Comedy Central)

Travel series combining humour with observational storytelling.
The music adopts a lighter, more informal tone
while maintaining a consistent sense of narrative flow

Danny Mulhern · Russell Howard USA Trip

Danny’s additional television work includes a wide range of
documentary, factual and entertainment programming
for broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4 and Comedy Central,
working with production companies such as
Oxford Scientific Films, Avalon, KEO Films and Endemol Shine.

Selected Commercial Work

Danny composes original music for international fashion and brand campaigns,
working closely with creative agencies and production teams.

He works across both pitch-stage and final campaign phases,
quickly exploring multiple musical directions to support each project.

zara

Zara Man

Zara Kids - 2025

Zara WoMan - 2025

Zara Woman 2026

Zara Woman - 2022

Louis Vuitton - 2024

Dior

Dior Watch

Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus | Big Sister - rebrand - 2023

Music

(artistic releases)

A selection of Danny’s released work,
exploring ideas around intuition, improvisation and form,
often in collaboration with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Featured Release

Singing Through Others

Listen on…

Bandcamp · TIDAL · Apple Music

Spotify · YouTube Music

Selected Releases

Available on all major streaming platforms

About

Danny Mulhern is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer based in London, working across film, television, commercial campaigns and artist releases.

His music sits at the intersection of cinematic, orchestral and electronic forms, often exploring themes of perception, intuition and the subtle dynamics between individuals and systems. Whether writing for screen, fashion, broadcast or his own catalogue, his work is grounded in emotional clarity, atmosphere and a sense of space.

Recent work includes music for global fashion campaigns with Dior, Louis Vuitton, Zara in collaboration with Baron & Baron, alongside ongoing collaborations with the London Contemporary Orchestra across both records and film scores. These include the feature films What They Had (starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster) and Catching Dust, starring The Boys’ Erin Moriarty.

His work for film and television spans a wide range of formats, from long-running drama (Silent Witness, BBC) to documentary series such as The Natural World and multiple BBC and other TV arts and science documentaries, as well as entertainment projects with artists including Derren Brown, Matt Lucas and Simon Pegg.

Alongside his screen and commercial work, Danny releases a body of instrumental music under his own name. Albums such as Flow States and Singing Through Others explore improvisation, collective intelligence and the relationship between composition, emergence and collaboration, often in partnership with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Beyond music, Danny writes about creativity, process and the changing relationship between people, technology and culture. These explorations are reflected in Quiet Measures, a monthly Substack read by artists, filmmakers and creative practitioners, where he shares essays on attention, making, uncertainty and the often overlooked forces that shape creative work.

Many of the ideas behind Danny’s music continue in his writing and projects. Explore them here.