Michael Wandmacher

Biography

Composer Michael Wandmacher (b.: 29 October 1967, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is one of the most sought after rising composers in Hollywood. His diverse roster of over 30 feature credits and dozens of TV shows and games includes everything from the hugely successful horror thriller My Bloody Valentine 3-D, superhero actioner Punisher: War Zone, quirky documentary Freakonomics, and comedic scores for titles such as Disney’s Max Keeble’s Big Move and Activision’s videogame adaptations of Dreamworks’s Madagascar and Over The Hedge. He has also garnered wide recognition for his sparse, emotional and melodic scores for the Academy-Award shortlisted Ana’s Playground and The Killing Floor. He most recently completed Piranha for director Alexandre Aja and The Weinstein Company and Drive Angry 3D for director Patrick Lussier and Millennium/Summit Films. Filmography as Composer: ???? Voice from the Stone (pre-production) 2013 The Last Exorcism 2: The Beginning of the End (post-production) 2013 The Haunting in Georgia (completed) 2012 Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (video) 2011-2012 Breaking In (TV series) – Cyrano de Nerdgerac (2012) (music by / original theme) – Game of Jones (2012) (music by / original theme) – The Blind Sided (2012) (music by / original theme) – Who's the Boss? (2012) (music by / original theme) – The Contra Club (2012) (music by / original theme) ( 19 episodes ) 2012 Twisted Metal (Video Game) 2011 Drive Angry 2010 Piranha 2010 Singularity (Video Game) 2010 Freakonomics (documentary) 2010 Boston's Finest (TV movie) 2009 Ben 10: Alien Swarm (TV movie) 2009 Ana's Playground (short) 2009 Spectacular! (TV movie) (score by) 2009 My Bloody Valentine 2008 Punisher: War Zone 2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Video Game) 2008/I Train 2008 Never Back Down 2007 Man of Two Havanas (documentary) 2007 The Killing Floor 2006 Over the Hedge (Video Game) 2005-2006 Night Stalker (TV series) – What's the Frequency, Kolchak? (2006) – Timeless (2006) – Into Night (2006) – The Sea (2006) – The Source (2005) ( 10 episodes ) 2006 South Beach (TV series) – It Looked Like Somebody's Nightmare (2006) – The S.B. (2006) – I'll Do What I Want to Do (2006) – Who Do You Trust (2006) – Every Day Above Ground Is a Good Day (2006) ( 9 episodes ) 2006 Enemies (TV series) – Pilot (2006) 2005 Cry_Wolf 2005 Madagascar (Video Game) 2004 Crimes of Fashion (TV movie) 2003 From Justin to Kelly 2003 I Was an Atomic Mutant (Video Game) 2002 Tokyo Pig (TV series) 2002 She Spies (TV series) 2001 On the Borderline 2001 Max Keeble's Big Move 2001 Farewell, My Love 2001 Ambush (short) 2001 Ultrawheels: Street Jam (Video Game) 1999 Freestyle: The Victories of Dan Gable (documentary) 1999 Shattered Reality (Video Game) 1998 With or Without You 1998 Modern Vampires (TV movie) 1997 The Interview (short) 1996 26 Summer Street (short) 1996 Street Gun 1994 Jui kuen II (international version) 1993 Chao ji ji hua 1992 Shuang long hui (1999) 1986 Long xiong hu di (1998) Music Department: 2011 Drive Angry (score producer) 2010 Piranha (music producer, orchestrator) 2010 Freakonomics (documentary) (orchestrator: introduction and transitional segments) 2009 The Stepfather (composer: additional music) 2008 Never Back Down (orchestrator, score producer) 2007 The Killing Floor (orchestrator) 2003 From Justin to Kelly (score mixer) 2002 Collateral Damage (music programmer) 2000 The 6th Day (composer: source music) 1998 Modern Vampires (TV movie) (music editor, orchestrator) 1996 Street Gun (music editor) Soundtrack: 2012 Twisted Metal (Video Game) ("The Twisted Fate of Sweet Tooth the Clown", "Mr. Grimm's Dark Trip Back", "The Madness of Dollface", "Calypso Industries") 2011 Drive Angry (arranger: "SANDMAN", "AMAZING GRACE", "ALIVE") 2009 Burn Notice (TV series) – Friends Like These (2009) (performer: "Walk Soft, Big Stick" - uncredited) 2003 From Justin to Kelly (writer: "It's Meant to Be" / performer: "Vacation" / producer: "Vacation", "It's Meant to Be" / arranger: "Vacation", "It's Meant to Be") 2003 John Doe (TV series) – Tone Dead (2003) (writer: "Fuzzy Dice" / performer: "Fuzzy Dice") 2000 The 6th Day (writer: "Take a Piece of Me", "Darker Day", "Take Me Down", "Powder" / performer: "Take Me Down" / producer: "Take a Piece of Me", "Darker Day", "Take Me Down")