Kyle Acheson is a media composer and ambient artist in New York. He writes for film, television and theatre. Credits include Dexter: Resurrection, Dexter: Original Sin, and Life & Beth.
Vigil (2026)
A new ambient album, released on Bathysphere Records.
Vigil is a prismatic album balancing stasis & play, simplicity & intricacy. The Soma Terra synth, clarinet, flute, violin, cello and guitar round out this intimate and wide-ranging record of the beauty that pours from a sky of loss.
Check out the record on Bandcamp!
Pat Irwin and Kyle Acheson at the Dexter: Original Sin premiere in New York (2024).
Dexter: ResurrectioN
I compose additional music and assist Pat Irwin (Dexter: New Blood, Rocko’s Modern Life, SUSS, Spongebob) on Showtime’s flagship series Dexter: Resurrection. (Season 2 premiere on October 31st!)
I’ve written music for the series since 2024. Highlights include character themes for Prater (Peter Dinklage), Charley (Uma Thurman), Lowell (Neil Patrick Harris) and Capt. Spencer (Patrick Dempsey).
You Don’t Say
Music director and orchestrator. A genre-spanning story of two bookworms falling in love in an old bookstore. Produced by The Barn & directed by Jeffrey Simon, with music and lyrics by Sam Balzac & AJ Freeman. (2004)
Music:
Some Kind Words
sent my way:
@kyle_acheson been listening to "Family Piano" 3 or 4 times over the past couple days. It's such a lovely, welcome, hopeful, instantly familiar set of songs and so I find it easy to return to while driving, doing chores, or while my highschool students do their work.
— Caleb van der Leek (@calebsfuneral) March 31, 2021
1/4
“Not to be overlooked are whiz-kid composer Kyle Acheson’s musical contributions. Though he doesn’t perform his works live as he did in Fertile Ground’s “The Waterman”, his recorded pieces are credible enough to blend into a mixtape alongside David Byrne and The Pixies. ”
“Both my inner child and outer adult were delighted by the catchy melodies and intricate harmonies in this whimsical piece of original theatre. ”
“Kyle Acheson contributes original music that sets apt tones of grandeur and sadness.”