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Mychael Danna (born September 20, 1958) is a Canadian film composer. Danna has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan’s Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his eleven Canadian Film Award nominations. Mychael 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 acclaimed directors as Atom Egoyan, Scott Hicks, Ang Lee, Gillies MacKinnon, James Mangold, Mira Nair, Billy Ray, Joel Schumacher, and Denzel Washington.
He studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning there the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985. Mychael also served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto (1987-1992). Works for dance include music for Dead Souls (Carbone Quatorze Dance Company, directed by Gilles Maheu 1996), and a score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Gita Govinda (2001) based on the 1000-year-old classical Indian erotic poem, with choreographer Nina Menon.
Recent projects include Deepa Mehta’s Water, Atom Egoyan’s Where the Truth Lies, Terry Gilliam’s Tideland, and Bennett Miller’s Capote.
He studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning there the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985. Mychael also served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto (1987-1992). Works for dance include music for Dead Souls (Carbone Quatorze Dance Company, directed by Gilles Maheu 1996), and a score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Gita Govinda (2001) based on the 1000-year-old classical Indian erotic poem, with choreographer Nina Menon.
Recent projects include Deepa Mehta’s Water, Atom Egoyan’s Where the Truth Lies, Terry Gilliam’s Tideland, and Bennett Miller’s Capote.
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Thorpe wrote:
Been listening to the Hearts in Atlantis soundtrack and love the minimalistic feel of it.
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emikoslastfm wrote:
KamaSutra<3
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Khristand wrote:
i luv the blood of Cuchulainn
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Mychael Danna is certainly a great talent... Exotica soundtrack is one of my favs.
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Epitymbidia wrote:
"Vanity Fair"! Oh how I adore his music for "Vanity Fair!. It's just stunningly bautiful, so very very lovely.
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thejetman wrote:
He also composed the score for Breach
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Kspoosh wrote:
Mychael Danna's music will be performed on the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent, October 20th. Danna himself will attend this event.
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Armenra wrote:
8MM Soundtrack is a must hear
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bluenay21 wrote:
somebody tagged him riot grrrl?
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hayden_is_a_go wrote:
The Little Miss Sunshine ST is incredible.
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Gregoria wrote:
Marriage of the Flying Spirit from Kama Sutra.. incredible!
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CloudyMemory wrote:
The Nativity Story score is just incredible, highly recommended.
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jvglion wrote:
one of the rare instances where the white man does the East some justice.
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portishphonic wrote:
The soundtrack for Girl interrupted is absolutely amazing...one of the sadest things I have ever heard
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