Daniel Licht (March 13, 1957 – August 2, 2017) was an American soundtrack composer and musician, best known for writing the score of Showtime TV drama series Dexter.

[1] He began his musical career while still in high school playing guitar with a small jazz ensemble at clubs in the area.

He would travel to Germany, the Netherlands and Northern Europe to perform and compose music for theatre and dance companies.

[3] He then moved to Los Angeles and pursued a career in film scoring, at the suggestion of his former classmate, Christopher Young.

[3] Licht scored all seasons of Dexter, which he considered to be one of his "more visible projects", but was reluctant to refer to it as his big break.