Dean Menta (born January 1, 1966)[1] is an American music editor and composer living in Los Angeles, California.
[1] Menta was recruited to handle guitar duties after Trey Spruance declined to tour for the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime.
He has contributed to Sparks' albums: Plagiarism (1997) Lil' Beethoven (2002) Hello Young Lovers (2006) Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008), The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009) and Hippopotamus (2017).
Menta now works primarily in television and film as a Music Editor, composer and Sound Designer.
[4] Additionally, Menta has also composed music for several video games,[5] one of which, Jak X: Combat Racing, was in collaboration with Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle.