Daniel Blumberg

Daniel Blumberg (born 22 September 1990) is a British musician, composer, singer-songwriter, and visual artist based in London, recognized for his contributions to indie rock as frontman of Yuck, experimental solo albums, and film scoring, including the Academy Award-winning original score for The Brutalist (2024).

Blumberg first gained prominence as a founding member and vocalist-guitarist of the teen indie rock band Cajun Dance Party in the mid-2000s, before forming Yuck in 2009 with guitarist Max Bloom, releasing a self-titled debut album in 2011 that received critical acclaim for its noisy shoegaze-influenced sound. He departed Yuck in 2013 to focus on solo projects, initially under the pseudonym Hebronix with the album Binary Sunset (2014), followed by releases under his own name such as Minus (2018), emphasizing raw, improvisational styles blending punk, folk, and abstraction. Blumberg has also composed scores for films including The Brutalist, for which he won the Oscar for Best Original Score in March 2025—his first such nomination and only the second feature film score in his career—and exhibited visual artworks drawing from personal and abstract themes. His departures from early bands reflect a pattern of rejecting commercial trajectories in favor of experimental pursuits, though no major public controversies surround his career.