Derek Muro is a composer of music for visual & interactive media, as well as immersive listening. His work explores the musical unconscious—how sound shapes emotion and cultural memory—through scores for film, television & video games, alongside original albums and compositions for concerts, theater & dance.

 

Recent highlights include Geoff McFetridge: Drawing A Life (2023 SXSW Audience Award winner, produced by Spike Jonze), and additional music for the AAA video games Just Cause 4, Second Extinction, and the indie title Lynked: Banner of the Spark.

 

As a recording artist, he’s released numerous albums, EPs, collaborations and remixes in Dolby Atmos that blend classical orchestration with electronic textures. Often focused on themes of nostalgia and social technology, his music has been featured on Spotify’s editorial playlists including Fresh Finds, Genre Glitch, Fresh Finds Experimental, and Fresh Finds Jazz.

 

Starting out in a Bushwick, Brooklyn DIY art space while working weekends as a church organist, he has since built a diverse career rooted in collaboration—whether through performances at BAM, National Sawdust, and the Yale Institute for Music Theatre, or through studio work across film, games, and branded media. A formative chapter in Los Angeles—including a stint at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions—ultimately led to his current role as Executive Creative Director at YouTooCanWoo, where he has led and contributed to hundreds of projects across a wide range of clients and creative teams.

 

Raised in a deeply musical household—his mother a church music director, his father pioneering electronic musician Don Muro—Derek grew up surrounded by a wide range of genres, an eclectic foundation that led him to the Juilliard Pre-College program and later a composition degree from Manhattan School of Music.