Michael J McEvoy

about

Michael is an American composer based in London. He grew up in a musical family studying piano and viola, and is a self-taught guitarist and bass player. Michael’s interest in improvisation led him to work as pianist with saxophonist, Dick Heckstall-Smith’s band, Big Chief. At the same time, he began an apprenticeship at Matrix Studios, where he began collaborating with conga drummer, Reebop Kwaku Bah (Jimmy Cliff, Traffic, Can). He soon established himself as a sought after session musician and arranger working with artists including Orange Juice, Scritti Politti, Ian Dury, Soul II Soul, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Steve Winwood and Sting. Michael’s first experience of writing film music was Beeban Kidron’s ‘Vroom’ starring Clive Owen and David Thewlis, followed by ‘The Bearskin - An Urban Fairytale’ starring Tom Waits. His music also featured in a number of high profile Channel 4 documentaries including the Bafta award-winning ‘J’accuse’ (C4) and ‘Battle of the Hood and Bismarck’. Returning to the USA in 1998, Michael went on to compose music for documentaries on A&E, History Channel and PBS. During this time he received one regional Emmy Award and three nominations for Best Instrumental Music. In 2001 he won a place at the Royal College of Music to study for a Masters in Composition for Screen where he was The Performing Rights Society’s Sir Arthur Bliss Memorial Scholar. On graduating he was awarded the coveted Joseph Horovitz Prize. From 2005-08, Michael was Area Lea

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The Jazz Ambassadors (Original Score)

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The Jazz Sapiens Remembrance: 1955 to 1963

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Dark Night of the Blue Butterfly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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The long way home

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Finding Your Feet (Original Motion Picture Score)

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Forget Me Not: Music from the Original Motion Picture

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Forget Me Not (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Terra Cognita

Night Sea Journey

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Watching Waiting I Wonder

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Mirror of a Soul Yearning

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Cosmic Precedent

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