Daniel Pohl

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Film music composer with over 10 years of professional experience creating original scores for film, TV, advertising, interactive digital art, and other media.

About

Film music composer with over 10 years of professional experience creating original scores for film, TV, advertising, interactive digital art, and other media. He has produced several thousand tracks across many genres and emotional narratives, delivering production-ready results under tight deadlines.

In addition to that, he teaches film music at a university.

Since starting his Master’s in 2023, Daniel has closely followed generative AI and applied it in both academic and professional workflows, with a focus on understanding limitations and extending creative audio production. Alongside composing, he works as a freelance audiobook producer for ElevenLabs and as a German music quality expert for Mercor.

  • Joined January 2026

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Education
  • Professional Services
  • Software & Internet

Projects · 5

This was my Master’s project. It included creating 45 mins of music (mostly orchestral), editing a film, and creating a technological setup to show said film in sync with the music in a church. All music, as well as the parts played by the church organ, was created by me. Additionally, I played the organ live in concert.
The music consisted of a total of instrument tracks that needed production, mixing, and mastering.
The full project was created in 3 months, two weeks for creating the full music,1.5 months to create the film, and 1 month for prototyping.

  • Mastering Engineer
  • Mixing Engineer
  • Music Composer
  • +3

In this project, my primary responsibility was creating the sound design as well as mixing and mastering the audio. Additionally, I produced remixes of the music at various points to ensure it followed the dramatic arc of the film. Every sound in this film is created by me. There was no initial camera audio.

  • Mastering Engineer
  • Mixing Engineer
  • Sound Designer

One of my all-time favorite projects by the great Olivia Nigl.
I was responsible for the music. Since this was a time-critical project, the entire music was created in 2 days.

  • Music Composer
  • Music Producer

One of the first internationally successful films I was composing the music for.
The film won a total of five international prizes, including the “LA Independent Women Film Award 2021”, as well as winning a prize at the “Cannes World Film Festival 2021”.
One of the most unique parts of the music for this project was the usage of a church organ as the main instrument.

  • Music Composer

For this feature film, I created film music and was responsible for putting together a team of audio professionals to take care of the entire post-production of the film.
The film drew more than 10,000 people into theaters around the world and won prestigious prizes, such as the “Winner Filmfest Bremen 2023”. Additionally, it received the “Prädikat besonders wertvoll” from the official German film and media rating agency.

  • Music Composer
  • Project Manager

Work experience· 9 roles

Music Audio Expert (German) · MercorJul 2026 – Present · 5 mos

Evaluate the quality of AI-generated music from upcoming state-of-the-art models. Compare AI outputs to original reference tracks, and rate generated music in terms of quality, artistic skill, and technical precision. Reliably assess model behavior and precisely categorize generated music across multiple hundreds of criteria.

Freelance Audiobook Producer and Evaluator · ElevenLabsJun 2026 – Present · 6 mos

Produce AI-assisted audiobook content using speech synthesis technologies. Ensure quality and realism through editing, quality control, and audio refinement. Work with state-of-the-art AI audio tools, evaluating outputs from both creative and technical perspectives. Also engaged in improving the UI for advanced workflows.

Lecturer · University of Applied Sciences DarmstadtApr 2026 – Present · 8 mos

Elective 'Scoring for Media' with focus on film music.

Lecturer · Darmstadt University of Applied SciencesOct 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos
LecturerOct 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos
Project Engineer for media technologyAug 2025 – Dec 2025 · 5 mos
Intern · FunDeMentalJan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo
Film Composer · Self EmployedAug 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 4 mos

Education

Master of Arts · University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt2023 – 2025
Bachelor of Arts · University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt2017 – 2023
Master of Arts (Expanded Media) · Hochschule Darmstadt, University of Applied Sciences2023 – 2025
Bachelor of Arts (Sound and Music Production) · Hochschule Darmstadt, University of Applied Sciences2017 – 2023

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