New York-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer, writer, and self-described "texturalist/guitarist"
David Torn lent his distinctive style to numerous films and documentaries and collaborations. He worked with composers
Howard Shore,
Carter Burwell, and
Ryuichi Sakamoto, as well as appeared on recordings from
k.d. lang,
David Bowie,
Jim Carroll,
Laurie Anderson, and a host of others. His solo works include
Best Laid Plans (1984),
Cloud About Mercury (1986),
Door X (1990),
Tripping Over God (1995),
What Means Solid, Traveller? (1996),
Splattercell's
Oah (2000), the soundtrack to the Heath Ledger thriller The Order (2003), and the ECM release
Prezens (2007). ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
