Background
Platzman was born on September 28, 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Platzman was born on September 28, 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia.
He attended Berklee School of Music where he earned a degree in film scoring.
He also played in a guitar performance ensemble with future Imagine Dragons bandmates Wayne Sermon and Ben McKee. Imagine Dragons
In 2008, McKee was invited by Wayne Sermon to join Imagine Dragons, based out of Las Vegas. McKee dropped out of his final semester at Berklee to join the band, inviting Daniel Platzman to play drums, completing the lineup.
The band proceeded to earn a number of local accolades including "Best Civil Defense of 2011" (Vegas SEVEN), "Best Local Indie Band 2010" (Las Vegas Weekly), "Las Vegas" Newest Must See Live Acting" (Las Vegas CityLife), and more sent the band on a positive trajectory.
In November 2011 they signed with Interscope Records and began working with producer Alex da Kid. In 2012 their debut album Night Visions brought the band mainstream success.
Single "lieutenant"s Time" became the band"s first single reaching #15 Billboard Hot 100 and certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Second single "Radioactive" reached #3 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified diamond by the RIAA, becoming the best selling rock song in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. Third single "Demons" reached #6 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. Their album made the highest debut for a new rock band in six years (since 2006) and single Radioactive set a new record for longest time atop the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart with 23 consecutive weeks.
Tracks from the album topped the Billboard Rock Songs, Billboard Alternative Songs, and Billboard People’s Songs charts.
In 2015, Imagine Dragons" sophomore album Smoke + Mirrors reached #1 on the Billboard 200, United Kingdom Albums Chart, and Canadian Albums Chart. lieutenant featuring singles "I Bet My Life" and "Shots". The band has contributed songs to several film soundtracks, including "Ready Aim Fire" for Iron Manitoba 3, "Who We Are" for Hunger Games: Catching Fire and "Battle Cry" for Transformers: Age of Extinction.
In addition, in September, 2014, "Warriors" was released by Riot Games along with an animated music video promoting the League of Legends World Championships.
Platzman appeared on the cover of Drum! magazine"s March 2015 issue. Two months later he was profiled again in Drum!.
Film & Television Scoring
Platzman, who studied film scoring at the Berklee School of Music, composed the original score for the 2014 season of Africa Investigates, the award-winning investigative documentary series on First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English produced by Insight TWI. Africa Investigates is the first internationally broadcast documentary series fronted exclusively by African investigative journalists.