Daniel Velasco is a Colombian composer with a unique, powerful, and resonant voice, capable of expressing both simple and complex emotions through music. He holds a meritorious degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a master's in Film Music from Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf in Germany. He has won the prestigious Macondo Award from the Colombian Academy of Cinema for his work on the films La Semilla del Silencio (Juan Felipe Cano, 2015) and La Otra Forma (Diego Guzmán, 2023).
His work spans numerous cinematic productions, including Vecinos Inesperados (Mauricio Vélez, 2019), Nacimiento (Martín Mejía Rugeles, 2015), and Aislados (Marcela Lizcano, 2015). In television, he has collaborated with directors like Sergio Cabrera and Mateo Stivel.
Internationally, Daniel has worked on films produced in Germany (Zeche Is Nich), the United States (Abrazo), and El Salvador (La Palabra de Pablo and El Suspiro del Silencio).
His extensive experience includes recording with prestigious orchestras such as the Hollywood Studio Symphony, Deutsches Filmorchester, Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquesta Filarmóníasca de Bogotá.
As a founding member of MUCINE, the Colombian association of film music composers, he has played a key role in shaping the industry by creating strategies to support the community of film composers.
Since 2020, he has been sharing his expertise as full time professor at Universidad De Los Andes, specializing in composition, film music composition, orchestration, and sound analysis in cinema.