Kyle Acheson is a media composer in New York. He writes for film & television and occasionally musicals. Winner of the Bernard Hermann Award for Excellence in Media Scoring from Brooklyn College.
Pat Irwin and Kyle Acheson at the Dexter: Original Sin premiere in New York (2024).
Dexter Original Sin
I’m working as assistant composer to Pat Irwin (Dexter: New Blood, Rocko’s Modern Life, SUSS, Spongebob) on Showtime’s flagship series Dexter: Original Sin.
I am working alongside a super-talented music team (and composing a lot of music for the series!). I even created a theme for Captain Spencer, played by Patrick Dempsey.
It’s a pleasure and a challenge to work on a series with a rich history of score music by the great Dan Licht. (And the theme by Rolfe Kent!)
Premieres December 13th!
LIFE & BETH SEASON 2
Assisted composer Timo Elliston and orchestrator JoAnne Harris on the score for Life & Beth (Season 2), out now on Hulu.
I conducted “Dinner Music” for string quintet at Sear Sound in Manhattan.
Check out the final result:
IN OTHER WORDS
In Other Words is a movie musical short anthology produced by The Barn. The first chapter, titled You Don’t Say was directed by Jeffrey Simon, with music and lyrics by Sam Balzac and AJ Freeman. I orchestrated and MD’d this charming piece, which will play at festivals this year!
Music:
Some Kind Words
sent my way:
@kyle_acheson been listening to "Family Piano" 3 or 4 times over the past couple days. It's such a lovely, welcome, hopeful, instantly familiar set of songs and so I find it easy to return to while driving, doing chores, or while my highschool students do their work.
— Caleb van der Leek (@calebsfuneral) March 31, 2021
1/4
“Not to be overlooked are whiz-kid composer Kyle Acheson’s musical contributions. Though he doesn’t perform his works live as he did in Fertile Ground’s “The Waterman”, his recorded pieces are credible enough to blend into a mixtape alongside David Byrne and The Pixies. ”
“Both my inner child and outer adult were delighted by the catchy melodies and intricate harmonies in this whimsical piece of original theatre. ”
“Kyle Acheson contributes original music that sets apt tones of grandeur and sadness.”