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Mason Daring

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Radical Jesters documents the work of pranksters and artist-provocateurs who perform, act up, and discuss their work. The  profiles generate questions about media creditability, public gullibility, surveillance culture, and advertising.
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Radical Jesters (2008)
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Mason Daring was born on 21 September 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Opposite of Sex (1998), Lone Star (1996) and Where the Heart Is (2000).
BornSeptember 21, 1949
BornSeptember 21, 1949
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Christina Ricci, Lisa Kudrow, Ivan Sergei, Lyle Lovett, and Johnny Galecki in The Opposite of Sex (1998)
    The Opposite of Sex
    6.4
    • Music Department(keyboards)
    • 1998
    Lone Star (1996)
    Lone Star
    7.4
    • Music Department
    • 1996
    Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman in Where the Heart Is (2000)
    Where the Heart Is
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 2000
    Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give (2003)
    Something's Gotta Give
    6.7
    • Soundtrack("Graffito Disguise")
    • 2003

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    Music Department



    • Will Lyman and Sarah Childress in Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • composer: theme music
      • series music: for Frontline
      • music ...
      • 1983–2025
    • American Meat (2013)
      American Meat
      8.0
      • musician
      • 2013
    • Go for Sisters (2013)
      Go for Sisters
      6.5
      • musician: trumpet
      • 2013
    • Amigo (2010)
      Amigo
      6.3
      • musician: bugle
      • 2010
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • composer: additional music
      • music theme
      • music theme: Nova ...
      • 1986–2009
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • music theme
      • musician
      • 2000–2007
    • Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (2006)
      Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • music supervisor
      • 2006
    • Sweet Tornado DVD Extras
      Video
      • music supervisor
      • 2006
    • The Elegant Universe (2003)
      The Elegant Universe
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2003
    • Heather Graham in Say It Isn't So (2001)
      Say It Isn't So
      5.0
      • orchestrator
      • 2001
    • Secrets of Lost Empires II (1996)
      Secrets of Lost Empires II
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2000
    • George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000)
      George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
      8.5
      • musician
      • 2000
    • Angela Bassett, Meryl Streep, and Gloria Estefan in Music of the Heart (1999)
      Music of the Heart
      6.7
      • production music producer
      • 1999
    • Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)
      Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • composer: theme music
      • 1998
    • Everest: The Death Zone (1998)
      Everest: The Death Zone
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • composer: theme music
      • 1998

    Composer



    • Will Lyman and Sarah Childress in Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1992–2019
    • Moynihan (2018)
      Moynihan
      7.6
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • SEIZED: Inside the Mystery of Epilepsy
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Go for Sisters (2013)
      Go for Sisters
      6.5
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2000–2011
    • A Journey to Golf's Past: Creating Old Macdonald
      • Composer
      • 2010
    • Amigo (2010)
      Amigo
      6.3
      • Composer
      • 2010
    • Dolley Madison
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Composer (original music by)
      • 2010
    • Radical Jesters
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, and LisaGay Hamilton in Honeydripper (2007)
      Honeydripper
      6.7
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • Lili Taylor in State of Mind (2007)
      State of Mind
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • Jason Patric, Sam Shepard, and Drea de Matteo in Walker Payne (2006)
      Walker Payne
      6.0
      • Composer
      • 2006
    • Toby Moore in A Separate Peace (2004)
      A Separate Peace
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2004
    • Chris Cooper in Silver City (2004)
      Silver City
      6.0
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2004

    Actor



    • City of Hope (1991)
      City of Hope
      7.2
      • Peter
      • 1991
    • Matewan (1987)
      Matewan
      7.9
      • Picker
      • 1987

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