Michael J McEvoy

News update: Michael's next album 'The Long Way Home' is being funded via the crowd sourcing website Kickstarter. It will feature a great line up of musicians that include Gerard Presencer (trumpet), Nigel Hitchcock (sax), Ben Castle (sax) and pianist Jason Rebello. Please visit his Kickstarter page to read updates about the album's progress.

Photograph by Deborah Ripley

About

Michael is an award-winning screen composer, orchestrator and multi-instrumentalist. His credits include performing, writing and producing music for film and TV, as well as working with some of the biggest names in popular music from Steve Winwood to Soul II Soul.

Michael's film work includes composing original music for Richard Linklater's movie Me and Orson Welles (starring Zac Efron & Claire Danes) and indie feature Forget Me Not. Michael has also collaborated on several feature film scores with Paul Oakenfold providing additional music and orchestrations for Disney's G Force, Overture Pictures Nothing Like the Holidays (starring Alfred Molina & John Leguizamo), and Japanese anime hit Vexille. Michael is also an acclaimed documentary composer with credits such as Alien Deep and E=Mc2.

Michael's own instrumental album Terra Cognita featuring the legendary Brazilian percussionist, Airto Moreira, is available now for download.