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The Vampire Lestat

Daniel Hart

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: The Vampire Lestat (Original Series Soundtrack)

Composer Daniel Hart brings Anne Rice’s most famous vampire to the stage in AMC’s The Vampire Lestat, writing both the series’ original score and the rock songs that fuel Lestat’s rise as a performer. From the sweeping score to “The Loneliness” and “Black Licorice,” Hart’s music captures Lestat’s hunger for fame, connection and eternity.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you listen to your music.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5f8gTSPS5Rt8gUj3E59DYv?si=mjJ36jQFQiyhJzuAElGDlg

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The Vampire Lestat

Daniel Hart

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: The Vampire Lestat – The Failures

Composer Daniel Hart brings Anne Rice’s most famous vampire to the stage in AMC’s The Vampire Lestat, writing both the series’ original score and the rock songs that fuel Lestat’s rise as a performer. From the sweeping score to “The Loneliness” and “Black Licorice,” Hart’s music captures Lestat’s hunger for fame, connection and eternity.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you listen to your music.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5IQkMQmgI1OFibNmSHfH0y?si=9UaKL-8LShC3BhLonaRKwQ&utm_source=copy-link

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For Your Grammy® Consideration

The Vampire Lestat

Daniel Hart

Best Song Written for Visual Media: “The Loneliness”

Composer Daniel Hart brings Anne Rice’s most famous vampire to the stage in AMC’s The Vampire Lestat, writing both the series’ original score and the rock songs that fuel Lestat’s rise as a performer. From the sweeping score to “The Loneliness” and “Black Licorice,” Hart’s music captures Lestat’s hunger for fame, connection and eternity.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you listen to your music.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0mD7fYlzIatLr3O9mXJOl9?si=X2IyBagXT1SKgOxqaubRJQ&utm_source=copy-link

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The Vampire Lestat

Daniel Hart

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Black Licorice”

Composer Daniel Hart brings Anne Rice’s most famous vampire to the stage in AMC’s The Vampire by @danielmwenda

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5 days ago

Daniel Hart @danielmwenda returns to Studio Soundtrack to talk about his incredible songs and score from THE VAMPIRE LESTAT (or the 3rd season of Interview with the Vampire). Daniel’s workload included 16 original songs, original score, and even time in the writer’s room as a screenwriter for the show. Listen to Daniel discuss some of his favorite songs and musical tracks from the AMC series. Monday, October 6th at 9:00am PST on @Dublab Radio. #dublab #soundtracks #thevampirelestat taken in Los Angeles, California by @danielmwenda

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9 days ago

Our host and Lestat fangirl @AriellePaul gets the inside scoop on the music of #TheVampireLestat with composer, songwriter and producer Daniel Hart (@danielmwenda)! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Links in bio.⁠
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16 days ago

The maestro behind Lestat’s musical mind is stepping into the booth! 🎻🩸

We sat down with the brilliant Daniel Hart—composer and songwriter for The Vampire Lestat—to talk about creating the soundtrack, working in the writer’s room, and turning raw studio demos into full-blown rock anthems.

In this sneak peek, Daniel breaks down what it was actually like working with Sam Reid in the recording booth and the moment Sam completely blew him away with his vocal range. 🎙️✨

🗓️ Full episode drops next week on Once Upon a TV Time!

💬 BEAUTIFUL UNWELL: What's your favorite track from Lestat’s album?! Let’s talk in the comments! 👇

🎧 Hit the link in our bio to subscribe on Spotify & Apple Podcasts so you don't miss the drop!

#InterviewWithTheVampire #TheVampireLestat #DanielHart #SamReid #IWTV #ImmortalUniverse #TVPodcast by @danielmwenda

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a month ago

I caught up with the man behind the music of The Vampire Lestat: @danielmwenda ! From references and influences to equipment used to capture our brat prince’s angelic voice, check out the full interview on YouTube,link in my story 🧛🏻‍♀️

#iwtv #thevampirelestat #samreid #podcast by @danielmwenda

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a month ago

Daniel Hart's songs with the Sam Reid touch. 😮‍💨

Stream the songs from #TheVampireLestat wherever you listen to music. by @danielmwenda

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2 months ago

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT Original Series Soundtrack is out now!

Featuring the original score by composer, songwriter, and series co-producer @danielmwenda , the album brings Lestat’s world to life through rock-inspired textures, atmospheric soundscapes, and emotionally charged writing that evolves with his transformation throughout the season.

Stream THE VAMPIRE LESTAT now on AMC+.

Listen to the soundtrack everywhere!

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#thevampirelestat #annerice #amc #danielhart #newrelease by @danielmwenda

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2 months ago

The Vampire Lestat’s soundtrack is releasing into the hands of the Beautifully Unwell on August 21. But before that happens, we at Nerdist are thrilled to share an exclusive track from The Vampire Lestat soundtrack a day early.

You can now hear the track titled “The Witches’ Place” by Daniel Hart in our bio by @danielmwenda

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2 months ago

The Witches' Place from The Vampire Lestat, Daniel Hart and Synchron Orchestra Vienna, featuring Damir Oraščanin

Composed by Yours Truly
Orchestrated by Kevin Kaska
Recorded March 9th 2026 @synchronstage
Conducted by @bernhardmelbyevoss
Violin solo by Damir Oraščanin
Engineered by @tristanlinton
ProTools Op @lukas_luetzow_music
Camera Op @martinpauser
Mixed by Danny Reisch @gooddannys
Mastered by Max Lorenzen @rareear
Footage lovingly assembled and edited by the wizard himself @alandelrio

The Vampire Lestat Score OST comes out August 21st, 2026.

I've said something to this effect before, but writing violin solos for Damir is a dream. It's a real display of mastery to get to the very top of the fingerboard on the E string and still have a full, rich, warm tone.

I was surprised by how this piece of music changed the scene for me when I watched it back for the first time. I've always considered music an important part of this kind of storytelling. But the way this musical performance really brings out Child Lestat's fear and horror at seeing women burned alive at the stake wasn't something I expected. I wasn't focused specifically on those moments when I wrote it, I was trying to think of the bigger picture of the whole scene. It still moves me when i listen to it now, and I still see the terror on that brilliant actor's face.
@hannahmoscovitch wrote an incredible finale to the season.

What a gift to be able to write this kind of music for a TV show.

Thanks for watching and listening. by @danielmwenda

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2 months ago

Blood Marriage from The Vampire Lestat

Composed by Yours Truly
Orchestrated by Kevin Kaska
Recorded March 9th, 2026 @synchronstage Vienna
Conducted by @bernhardmelbyevoss
Engineered by @tristanlinton
ProTools Op @lukas_luetzow_music
Mixed by Danny Reisch @gooddannys
Mastered by Max Lorenzen @rareear
Footage lovingly assembled and edited by the wizard himself @alandelrio

TVL score OST comes out end of August. For the fans who have been asking, sorry it's taking so long.

I think of all the score I composed for The Vampire Lestat this season, this particular piece of music feels the most like me, to myself anyway. I listen back to it now and think, "oh yeah, you definitely wrote that. And you put all of yourself into it."

Thanks to all the players in Vienna for bringing it to life. Thank you for watching and listening. by @danielmwenda

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2 months ago

I turned in Stained Glass Eyes v1 on Dec. 19th, 2024, less than a month before the Eaton Fire, from which my family and I would flee for our lives. Looks like I turned in SGE demo v5b - the version we recorded and released - at the end of Feb. 2025, about six weeks after said fleeing. As I've relayed in a couple interviews now, Stained Glass Eyes was an assignment from Rolin ("we need a Claudia song to break Lestat open in Ep 305"), and my v1 demo wasn't what Rolin had in mind for the scene. My from-the-ground-up redo v2 ended up sounding to me like a reject from the Lestat Broadway show. The third almost complete reimagining was the right song for the episode, and some tempo and lyrical tweaks got us the extra versions.

So the song was written over about 3 months - by far the longest amount of time I spent writing any TVL song. I'm sure the fires slowed me down. Conversely, at the beginning of 2025, I was more intimately acquainted with the dangers and losses of everything burning away than I'd ever been. It is a song about one of the deepest forms of loss (loss of a child), and a song about being haunted by the ghosts of your mistakes, and haunted by your suppressed yet unrelenting grief.

Lyrically speaking, the title of the song came to me first, and it was always going to be called Stained Glass Eyes. One of my favorite things about growing up in an Episcopal church was all the stained glass. Even now, I find it remarkably beautiful, full of magic and meaning, which I try to hold with reverence. To describe Claudia's eyes with that same reverence, and find the beauty in her final stare at Lestat, as she was burning away...I felt like I'd peeled back some layers with that title, and it helped me get down to the core of what the song needed to be, and say. by @danielmwenda

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2 months ago

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#thevampirelestat #butterscotchbitch #fuckai #butterscotchbitchperc by @danielmwenda

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