Composer
Danger Mouse
American musician and producer (born 1977)
b. 1977
11 works in the index
- Born
- 1977
- Birthplace
- White Plains
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Brian Joseph Burton (born July 29, 1977), known professionally as Danger Mouse, is an American musician and record producer. He has been nominated for 22 Grammy Awards and has won six. He has been nominated in the Producer of the Year category five times, and won the award in 2011. In 2008, Esquire named him one of the "75 most influential people of the 21st century".
Danger Mouse came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from the Beatles' The Beatles, also known as The White Album. He formed Gnarls Barkley with CeeLo Green in 2006 and produced its albums St. Elsewhere, The Odd Couple and Atlanta. In 2009, he collaborated with James Mercer of the indie rock band The Shins to form the band Broken Bells; the band released three albums since then, with Into the Blue (2022) being the most recent one. Burton collaborated with rapper MF Doom as Danger Doom on The Mouse and the Mask, with emcee Black Thought on Cheat Codes, and with singer Karen O on Lux Prima.
Danger Mouse produced the second Gorillaz album (2005's Demon Days), Beck's 2008 record Modern Guilt, and four albums with The Black Keys (Attack & Release, Brothers, El Camino, and Turn Blue). In 2016, he produced, performed on, and co-wrote songs for the eleventh studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers titled The Getaway. He has produced and co-written albums by Norah Jones (Little Broken Hearts), Electric Guest (Mondo), Portugal. The Man (Evil Friends), Adele (25), and ASAP Rocky (At.Long.Last.ASAP).
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter; record producer; disc jockey; rapper; recording artist; composer; musician
- Education
- University of Georgia; Redan High School
- Recorded memberships
- DANGERDOOM; Gnarls Barkley; Broken Bells
- Instruments played
- synthesizer; guitar; musical keyboard; drum kit; voice
- Genres
- hip-hop; rhythm and blues
- Official website
- http://www.dangermousesite.com
- Birth name
- Brian Joseph Burton
- Pseudonym
- Danger Mouse
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 1230222
- ISNI
- 0000000080809483
- GND ID
- 13547535X
- Library of Congress ID
- no2005020238
- MusicBrainz ID
- 4b356f05-bcc2-4544-925b-fd9a1bf708be
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 11
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storm Coming | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Smiley Faces | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Online | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Necromancer | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| The Last Time | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Just A Thought | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Go-Go Gadget Gospel | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Feng Shui | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| The Boogie Monster | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Transformer | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Who Cares? | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 1230222. Portrait: musicisentropy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.