“…an original and poetic score.”
– London International Documentary Festival
Michael is an award-winning composer who’s instrumental music is written primarily for film and television. His work can be heard in feature films, national broadcast and major cable shows, documentaries and national broadcast commercials.
Recent work includes the score for the feature-length comedy Last Call, starring Christopher Lloyd and Ryan Hansen, national broadcast ads for the PGA and US Air Force, compositions recorded by the Brno Philharmonic (Czech Republic) under the direction of maestro Mikel Toms and an award-winning series of experimental film collaborations with the LA pop-surrealist painter and filmmaker Chris Peters.
He received an Emmy for his work on the Emmy-winning PBS documentary Bloody Thursday, directed by Jared Cotton and Chris Burke, produced by PBS SoCal.
“The response…was overwhelming. Your music elevated our piece into something very special. Extraordinary job.”
– D.J. Pierce, Group Creative Director, Lowe Worldwide, New York
Partial List of Credits:
Film
- Vertigo AI – dir. Chris Peters, multi-award winner inc. Ann Arbor and Rhode Island Film Festivals
- Bloody Thursday – dir. Jared Cotton and Chris Burke, Emmy Award Winner, Arts & Culture
- Last Call – dir. Greg Garthe, starring Christopher Lloyd (theatrical release in 2014)
- The Soul Never Sleeps – dir. Chris Peters, Winner Best Experimental Film, Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival
- Hidden Pictures (additional music) – dir. Delaney Ruston, Winner Most Moving Documentary, STIFF
- Metropole – dir. Stephanie Skourtes, Brian Ganter
- Beyond Wartime – dir. Andrew Himes
TV/Advertising
- PGA “These Guys Are Good” (8 national spots) dir. Digital Kitchen, Agency: GSD&M
- US Air Force - (2 national spots) dir. Digital Kitchen, Agency: GSD&M
- Microsoft Kinect Sports launch dir. Digital Kitchen
- The Hills, season 2 – MTV Networks
- Corbis – dir. Mateus Santo, Lobo, Agency: Lowe Worldwide (New York)
- Licensed 45 minutes of music to MTV, VH1, and other Viacom channels
“We love your music – it’s cool, creative, original and powerful…”
– Todd Stevens, Executive Producer (Friends, Joey) Los Angeles“We thought your music was amazing. Let’s work together again soon“
– Mateus Santo, Creative Director, Lobo, Sao Paulo, Brazil“We just had a listen – great stuff! [The two tracks] are fantastic and will work very well for our compilation”
– Barry Goldberg, Manic Records, Los Angeles
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