Award winning composer, producer Munk Duane, who is a Grammy® considered recording artist, Berklee College of Music alumni, and a voting member of The Recording Academy (Class of 2024)​ owns Bad Stella Studios, Boston MA. ​Projects include composing for Extreme Music (the production music arm of Sony/ATV Music), Bleeding Fingers (co-founded by Hans Zimmer & Russell Emanuel), Pitch Hammer Music (trailer music for Disney, Marvel and more), the Bose Corporation, Heavy Hitters Music, and more. Munk's music has been licensed to hundreds of television and film productions, including Dateline NBC, NCIS, CBS Sports, NFL on CBS (120 broadcasts), Super Bowl Half-Time Show, NCAA Basketball (29 broadcasts), March Madness, US Open Tennis, NCAA, The Herd with Colin Cowherd (70 episodes), The Sopranos, Atlanta, One Life To Live (45 episodes), The Unbelievable With Dan Aykroyd, Pam & Tommy, CBS promos for 70th Annual Tony Awards, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, 60 Minutes, and to major network and streaming platforms such as ABC, CBS, NBC, A&E, Amazon Prime, Max, NatGeo and more. Munk has composed to picture for features and shorts, including the award winning 2024 animated short "Book!" by Chris Georgenes (Tokyo International Cinema Awards, AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Amsterdam Movie Fest, Hollywood Discovery Awards, New York Lift-Off Film Festival and more), and 2015 Indie Thriller "The House Across The Street" starring Eric Roberts. ​As a recording artist, songwriter and producer, Munk was honored with consideration for Best Pop Solo Performance in the 66th Annual Grammy® Awards for his song "Myths", which was featured in the 2024 film "The Getback". He is a 2x New England Music Award winner. Munk has been contracted for his signature combination of composer and UX skillsets for the innovative Bose sleep assist product Sleepbuds II, to create generative music content, informed by scientific research on soundwaves and their effect on the human brain. He was later contracted for the similar role at Hatch, tasked to create 10 hours of exclusive music content for his very own channel. Munk Duane has appeared in major press including a feature in Billboard Magazine. He has been a guest lecturer for the Professional Development Seminar at Berklee College of Music and keynote speaker at the Massachusetts DECA District 1 Conference. Matt Pavolaitis Emmy Winning Composer/Senior Audio Engineer at Accenture Song "Munk is one of the most talented, driven, and persistent creatives in the music industry. As a Boston native myself, he always blown me away with his versatility of performing live, producing famous artists, growing his fan base to composing for a few of the largest publishers in the world. He's truly one of a kind and I feel blessed to be able to connect with him on future projects!”

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Award winning composer, producer Munk Duane, who is a Grammy® considered recording artist, Berklee College of Music alumni, and a voting member of The Recording Academy (Class of 2024)​ owns Bad Stella Studios, Boston MA. ​Projects include composing for Extreme Music (the production music arm of Sony/ATV Music), Bleeding Fingers (co-founded by Hans Zimmer & Russell Emanuel), Pitch Hammer Music (trailer music for Disney, Marvel and more), the Bose Corporation, Heavy Hitters Music, and more. Munk's music has been licensed to hundreds of television and film productions, including Dateline NBC, NCIS, CBS Sports, NFL on CBS (120 broadcasts), Super Bowl Half-Time Show, NCAA Basketball (29 broadcasts), March Madness, US Open Tennis, NCAA, The Herd with Colin Cowherd (70 episodes), The Sopranos, Atlanta, One Life To Live (45 episodes), The Unbelievable With Dan Aykroyd, Pam & Tommy, CBS promos for 70th Annual Tony Awards, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, 60 Minutes, and to major network and streaming platforms such as ABC, CBS, NBC, A&E, Amazon Prime, Max, NatGeo and more. Munk has composed to picture for features and shorts, including the award winning 2024 animated short "Book!" by Chris Georgenes (Tokyo International Cinema Awards, AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Amsterdam Movie Fest, Hollywood Discovery Awards, New York Lift-Off Film Festival and more), and 2015 Indie Thriller "The House Across The Street" starring Eric Roberts. ​As a recording artist, songwriter and producer, Munk was honored with consideration for Best Pop Solo Performance in the 66th Annual Grammy® Awards for his song "Myths", which was featured in the 2024 film "The Getback". He is a 2x New England Music Award winner. Munk has been contracted for his signature combination of composer and UX skillsets for the innovative Bose sleep assist product Sleepbuds II, to create generative music content, informed by scientific research on soundwaves and their effect on the human brain. He was later contracted for the similar role at Hatch, tasked to create 10 hours of exclusive music content for his very own channel. Munk Duane has appeared in major press including a feature in Billboard Magazine. He has been a guest lecturer for the Professional Development Seminar at Berklee College of Music and keynote speaker at the Massachusetts DECA District 1 Conference. Matt Pavolaitis Emmy Winning Composer/Senior Audio Engineer at Accenture Song "Munk is one of the most talented, driven, and persistent creatives in the music industry. As a Boston native myself, he always blown me away with his versatility of performing live, producing famous artists, growing his fan base to composing for a few of the largest publishers in the world. He's truly one of a kind and I feel blessed to be able to connect with him on future projects!”

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Award winning composer, producer Munk Duane, who is a Grammy® considered recording artist, Berklee College of Music alumni, and a voting member of The Recording Academy (Class of 2024)​ owns Bad Stella Studios, Boston MA.

​Projects include composing for Extreme Music (the production music arm of Sony/ATV Music), Bleeding Fingers (co-founded by Hans Zimmer & Russell Emanuel), Pitch Hammer Music (trailer music for Disney, Marvel and more), the Bose Corporation, Heavy Hitters Music, and more.

Munk’s music has been licensed to hundreds of television and film productions, including Dateline NBC, NCIS, CBS Sports, NFL on CBS (120 broadcasts), Super Bowl Half-Time Show, NCAA Basketball (29 broadcasts), March Madness, US Open Tennis, NCAA, The Herd with Colin Cowherd (70 episodes), The Sopranos, Atlanta, One Life To Live (45 episodes), The Unbelievable With Dan Aykroyd, Pam & Tommy, CBS promos for 70th Annual Tony Awards, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, 60 Minutes, and to major network and streaming platforms such as ABC, CBS, NBC, A&E, Amazon Prime, Max, NatGeo and more.

Munk has composed to picture for features and shorts, including the award winning 2024 animated short “Book!” by Chris Georgenes (Tokyo International Cinema Awards, AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Amsterdam Movie Fest, Hollywood Discovery Awards, New York Lift-Off Film Festival and more), and 2015 Indie Thriller “The House Across The Street” starring Eric Roberts.

​As a recording artist, songwriter and producer, Munk was honored with consideration for Best Pop Solo Performance in the 66th Annual Grammy® Awards for his song “Myths”, which was featured in the 2024 film “The Getback”. He is a 2x New England Music Award winner.

Munk has been contracted for his signature combination of composer and UX skillsets for the innovative Bose sleep assist product Sleepbuds II, to create generative music content, informed by scientific research on soundwaves and their effect on the human brain. He was later contracted for the similar role at Hatch, tasked to create 10 hours of exclusive music content for his very own channel.

Munk Duane has appeared in major press including a feature in Billboard Magazine. He has been a guest lecturer for the Professional Development Seminar at Berklee College of Music and keynote speaker at the Massachusetts DECA District 1 Conference.

Matt Pavolaitis
Emmy Winning Composer/Senior Audio Engineer at Accenture Song
"Munk is one of the most talented, driven, and persistent creatives in the music industry. As a Boston native myself, he always blown me away with his versatility of performing live, producing famous artists, growing his fan base to composing for a few of the largest publishers in the world. He’s truly one of a kind and I feel blessed to be able to connect with him on future projects!”

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Skills

PreSonus Studio One
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Short Film
So
Soundtrack
Steinberg Cubase

Experience Level

PreSonus Studio One
Expert
Short Film
Expert
Soundtrack
Expert
Steinberg Cubase
Expert

Language

Education

Professional Music at Berklee College of Music
June 1, 1990

Qualifications

Grammy Considered Best Solo Pop Performance, 66th Annual Grammy Awards
February 2, 2024
New England Music Awards, Male Performer of the Year
September 1, 2018
New England Music Awards, Video of the Year
September 1, 2019
Voting Member, The Recording Academy/Grammy Awards
July 1, 2024 - August 3, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Gaming
    uniE613 Trailer Version "Somebody That I Used To Know" for Pitch Hammer Music
    Listen Here: https://www.twine.net/signin I composed a movie trailerized cover of "Somebody That I Used To Know" for Pitch Hammer Music (Disney/Marvel).
    uniE613 Original Score for Award Winning "Book!"
    WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDl3JtSVpyE&t=1s "Book!" has been awarded winner of the Top Shorts Film Festival 2024! Also selected by the AniMate Australia Film Festival, New York Lift-Off Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival and the Albuquerque Film & Music Experience, Tokyo International Cinema Awards, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Amsterdam Movie Fest, Hollywood Discovery Awards and more. "Book!" was directed by Chris Georgenes
    uniE613 Munk Duane Composer/Producer Reel
    LISTEN HERE: Disco URL: https://www.twine.net/signin Examples for clients, Bleeding Fingers (Hans Zimmer), Extreme Music (Sony/ATV), Pitch Hammer (Disney/Marvel) and more