Michael is an Emmy award-winning and Ivor Novello-nominated composer, producer and songwriter with many film, television and pop music credits to his name. His music scores include Richard Loncraine’s Finding Your Feet starring Timothy Spall and Imelda Staunton; Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles starring Zac Efron and Clare Danes, and ITV mini-series, Dark Angel starring Joanne Froggatt.

Since 2024, Michael has concentrated on making his rich and varied catalogue sync-ready, much of it released through his label Rezzonator Music. He has also been developing a musical theatre project with director, Hugo Berkeley and Bernadette Gaughan, The Great Stewardess Rebellion.
 

His work in documentary includes the hard-hitting environmental feature doc, Ending Real Fur, 4-part series hacker:HUNTER, and Rebecca Coley's 2023 surfing documentary, Point of Change (co-scored with Paul Oakenfold, Stephen Warbeck and Lewis Morison). In 2018 he scored the Peabody Award-winning BBC/PBS documentary, The Jazz Ambassadors; he also composed scores for the Nat Geo landmark series, Alien Deep, Einstein’s Big Idea for (PBS/Nova) and Battle of the Hood and Bismarck, along with many others. Michael has also worked closely with director, Luke Bradford on a number of short film projects that include Risk, White Gold, and TORN. A drama feature is in the works for 2026.
 

His musical background is a hybrid combination of styles and approaches, including traditional classical tuition (viola and piano), self-directed learning by ear (guitar and bass), and mentoring/tutoring from influential music industry figures such as Ghanaian master drummer/percussionist Reebop Kwaku Baah, British music icons Steve Winwood and Jazzie B (Soul ll Soul), and classical/jazz/media composers Joseph Horowitz and Mike Gibbs.
 

In the music industry, he has worked as a producer, songwriter and musician with many iconic acts including Ian Dury, Soul II Soul, Steve Winwood/Traffic, Scritti Politti, Curiosity Killed the Cat, John Reid (Nightcrawlers), James Taylor Quartet, Mark Morrison, Sting, Bee Gees, Melissa Etheridge, Future Sound of London and many more. Michael has also co-scored a number of film and TV projects with DJ/Producer Paul Oakenfold including Point of Change, Citizen Bio, Nothing Like the Holidays and Japanese anime Vexille.
 

As a recording artist Michael has written and produced a number of solo jazz albums, and his composition for jazz trio, Mother Medusae, featuring violinist, Thomas Gould, was nominated for an Ivor Novello Composer Award. From time to time he also performs with his 10-piece big band, the Jazz Sapiens.

As an educator Michael enjoys mentoring up and coming talent, and is committed to passing on his experience to the next generation of music creatives.