David Belmont
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David Belmont (b. March 11, 1952; Brooklyn, NY) is a guitarist and composer.
His work has spanned a broad range of genres from lush ambient soundscapes to rock-based world fusion to angular avant garde jazz. While focusing mainly on original instrumental compositions, David’s music has, at times, featured eclectic cover material; e.g., a New Age arrangement of the Rolling Stones classic Moonlight Mile.
He first came to prominence in the early 1970s with the highly-rated acid-rock NYC band Charley Quasar – his brother, Joe, also played guitar in the band.
Belmont continued extensive musical activity in Manhattan's various cultural scenes. He has composed scores for film, theatre, poetry, mime and dance. His work includes collaborations with poet Jose Angel Figueroa (Transfigurations, performed at Joseph Papp's Anspacher Theatre); mime/dancer/director Marc Maislen of Phasa Beam Arts (improvisations at the Cambridge (MA) River Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors and the Counterweight Festival, NYC; Angels Without Wings, Ebert Artists House, NYC; Ellipsis, Long Island University's Triangle Theatre, commissioned by Isaac Asimov for the Future's Conference); and holographer Rick Silberman (Solid Deceptions, Museum of Holography, NYC).
David has independently produced 15 albums of his work.
He recently wrote the soundtrack for the critically acclaimed art film "Nothing Really Happens" (Castillo Productions, 2003).
He continues to produce music in association with various figures in New York.
