Danny Baranowsky (born April 5, 1984), also known as Danny B or by the company name dB Soundworks, is an American electronic music composer, composing music mainly for

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s and

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s. He founded dB Soundworks to sell and promote his music. He is most known for providing the music for games such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Binding of Isaac'', and ''

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''. Baranowsky has also contributed to the soundtrack of the 2016 ''Amplitude'' remake.

Career

Baranowsky first came into contact with

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in 2001, when he became a member of online game remix community

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. At this time, Baranowsky was hoping to become a

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. When

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, who would later develop ''Canabalt'', sent Baranowsky an incomplete version of ''

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'', which Saltsman intended to keep free of music, Baranowsky decided to write a track for it anyway. When Baranowsky sent "Track A" back to Saltsman, he was really impressed by the music. After finishing the soundtrack of ''Gravity Hook'', Saltsman introduced Baranowsky to

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, for whom he later composed the soundtrack of ''Super Meat Boy'' and ''The Binding of Isaac''. He co-composed ''

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'' with

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and composed the entirety of the ''

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'' soundtrack. Baranowsky moved from his native Arizona to

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to work for independent developer Brace Yourself Games, composing the soundtracks of their games ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Reception

Rory Young from ''Game Rant'' described Baranowsky as "amazingly talented" because of his work on ''Super Meat Boy''.

Discography

Albums

Soundtracks

References

External links

dB Soundworks home page

Bandcamp page

IMDb page

VGMdb page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baranowsky, Danny 1984 births American electronic musicians American male composers Living people American video game composers