Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Underrated genius




Mychael Danna (that's right, Mychael with 'y') is my new favorite movie composer. He might be not as popular as John Williams or Danny Elfman but this guy got some seriously amazing scores that he has made for some great movies, like (500) days of summer and Time Traveler's Wife.
If you have seen (500) days of summer, you must have heard the opening score where the narrator told a story about a boy and a girl.. that's right, Mr. Danna made that score! I love his work in Time Traveler's Wife, too.. it really helped the movie to build some sad and romantic moments.

This is what Wikipedia had said about him:
Mychael Danna is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations. He has won five times for Achievement in Music - Original Score.[1] Danna is recognized as one of the pioneers of combining non-Western sound sources with orchestral and electronic minimalism in the world of film music. This reputation has led him to work with such directors as Atom Egoyan, Deepa Mehta, Terry Gilliam, Scott Hicks, Ang Lee, Gillies MacKinnon, James Mangold, Mira Nair, Billy Ray, Joel Schumacher, and Denzel Washington.


this guy can win Oscar someday, and when he does, I'm gonna jump and said: "Ha! I told you so!" this I shit you not.

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