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Michael Abels
12+ albums
Soundtrackscorefilmcontemporary classicalcomposer
about
Michael Abels (born October 8, 1962) is an American composer best known for the opera Omar, co-written with Rhiannon Giddens, and his scores for the Jordan Peele films Get Out, Us and Nope. The hip-hop influenced score for Us was short-listed for the Oscars and was even named "Score of the Decade" by TheWrap. Other recent media projects include the films Bad Education, Nightbooks, Fake Famous, and the docu-series Allen v. Farrow. His most recent releases include Beauty which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix, Breaking (formerly 892) which premiered at Sundance, and his third collaboration with Jordan Peele, Nope. Abels' works also includes many concert works, such as At War With Ourselves for the Kronos Quartet, Isolation Variation for Hilary Hahn, and the opera Omar co-composed with Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Rhiannon Giddens. Some of these pieces are available on the Cedille Records, including Delights & Dances and Winged Creatures. Recent commissions include a work for the National Symphony Orchestra and a guitar concerto for Mak Grgić. Abels is co-founder of the Composers Diversity Collective, an advocacy group to increase visibility of composers of color in film, gaming and streaming media. In 2023, the opera Omar, co-written by Abels and Rhiannon Giddens, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Abels was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He spent his early years on a small farm in South Dakota, where he lived with his grandparents. Intro
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Us (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Nope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Get Out (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Nightbooks (Music from the Netflix Film)
Star Wars: The Acolyte (Original Soundtrack)
![Star Wars: The Acolyte - Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-4) [Original Soundtrack]](https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/c6c549084eb590868893b37df9086790.png)
Star Wars: The Acolyte - Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-4) [Original Soundtrack]
Bad Education (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE)
Sirens (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)
![Star Wars: The Acolyte - Vol. 2 (Episodes 5-8) [Original Soundtrack]](https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/06b319ede506edec6f40480045808686.png)
Star Wars: The Acolyte - Vol. 2 (Episodes 5-8) [Original Soundtrack]
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Abels: Isolation Variation
Us