A passion for music got Daniel into a few school and college bands, after which he began writing music for student films at the art college (SIAD) near where he grew up. 

A job in a Soho-based post production facility followed, which was essentially Daniel's 'film school', where he got to observe the likes of Stephen Frears, Joe Wright and Stephen Daldry during the later stages of assembling their films. It was here that he landed his first television composition job, on a Channel 4 documentary series in 2000.

Since then, his television music has spanned a broad spectrum of genres. These include entertainment shows with Derren Brown, Matt Lucas and Simon Pegg, as well as documentaries like the BBC’s How Art Made The World, Heir Hunters, and the subtle and acclaimed BBC Wonderland documentary strand.

His drama composition has evolved on the last few series of Silent Witness, writing additional music for Sheridan Tongue. In 2011 BBC Drama commissioned him as a composer for the series. 

He's adept at finding original sounds, and mixing methods. The composers whose music Daniel has taken most influence from include Michael Brook, Cliff Martinez, Gustavo Santaollala (whose Luthier has also made instruments for Daniel), Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, David Byrne, and others.

He regularly plays on other composers' scores as well. These have recently included the BBC’s Wonders of the Solar System, and Wonders of the Universe (for Sheridan Tongue), and some Stephen Poliakoff films (for Adrian Johnston). Daniel also wrote original songs for the Poliakoff films Capturing Mary and Friends and Crocodiles.

He has recently co-written with Jon Allen, Jess Greenfield and Craig Gannon (The Smiths Aztec Camera), and he continues to indulge this passion at every opportunity.

Daniel is a full member of BAFTA, PRS and BASCA. In 2007, The Performing Rights Society invited him to Hong Kong, to meet and write with composer members of the Hong Kong PRS equivalent, CASH.