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Biography

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Life and career


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. http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm? nname=danna& winonly=0& awards=1& rtype=1& curstep=4& submit.x=37& submit.y=9 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 (screenwriter)|Billy Ray , Joel Schumacher , and Denzel Washington .

He studied music composition at the University of Toronto , winning the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985. Danna 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 Gita Govinda|Indian erotic poem , with choreographer Nina Menon.

Recent projects include Deepa Mehta 's Water (2005 film)|Water , Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies , Terry Gilliam 's Tideland (film)|Tideland , Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ' Little Miss Sunshine , Bennett Miller 's Capote (film)|Capote , and Marc Webb 's (500) Days of Summer .

Filmography


  • Moneyball (film) (2011)

  • Camelot (series) (2011)

  • (500) Days of Summer (2009)

  • Chloe (film)|Chloe (2009)

  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, with his brother Jeff))

  • '' The Time Traveler's Wife (film)|The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

  • Lakeview Terrace (2008, with his brother Jeff)

  • '' Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up (2007)

  • Breach (film)|Breach (2007)

  • The Nativity Story (2006)

  • Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

  • Lonely Hearts (2006 film)|Lonely Hearts (2006)

  • Sohni Sapna (2005)

  • Eve and the Fire Horse (2005)

  • Tideland (film)|Tideland (2005, with his brother Jeff))

  • Water (2005 film)|Water (2005)

  • Capote (film)|Capote (2005)

  • Where the Truth Lies (2005)

  • Aurora Borealis (film)|Aurora Borealis (2005)

  • Being Julia (2004)

  • Vanity Fair (2004 film)|Vanity Fair (2004)

  • The Snow Walker (2003)

  • Shattered Glass (film)|Shattered Glass (2003)

  • Hulk (film)|Hulk (2003) (additional cue "Mother")

  • Antwone Fisher (2002)

  • The Guys (2002)

  • Ararat (film)|Ararat (2002)

  • Hearts in Atlantis (film)|Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)

  • The Hire#Chosen|The Hire: Chosen (2001)

  • Green Dragon (film)|Green Dragon (2001, with his brother Jeff))

  • Bounce (film)|Bounce (2000)

  • The Boondock Saints (1999. with his brother Jeff))

  • Girl, Interrupted (film)|Girl, Interrupted (1999)

  • '' Don't Think Twice (1999 short)

  • Ride with the Devil (film)|Ride with the Devil (1999)

  • '' Felicia's Journey (1999)

  • 8mm (film)|8MM (1999)

  • The Confession (1999 film)|The Confession (1999)

  • At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story (1998)

  • Behind the Lines (film)|Behind the Lines (1997)

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

  • The Ice Storm (film)|The Ice Storm (1997)

  • Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story (1996 TV movie)

  • Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)

  • Lilies (film)|Lilies (1996)

  • Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

  • Dance Me Outside (1995)

  • Exotica (film)|Exotica (1994)

  • The Darling Family (1994)

  • Narmada: A Valley Rises (1994 documentary)

  • Hush Little Baby (1993 TV movie)

  • Gross Misconduct (1993 TV movie)

  • Ordinary Magic (1993)

  • The Adjuster (1991)

  • '' Johann's Gift to Christmas (1991 TV short)

  • Montréal vu par... (1991) - (segment "En passant")

  • The Big Slice (1991)

  • Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder (1990)

  • Speaking Parts (1989)

  • Road to Avonlea (1989 TV series)

  • One Man Out (1989)

  • Cold Comfort (film)|Cold Comfort (1989)

  • Without Work: Not by Choice (1989 short)

  • Termini Station (film)|Termini Station (1989)

  • Murder One (film)|Murder One (1988)

  • Blood Relations (1988 film)|Blood Relations (1988)

  • Caribe (film)|Caribe (1987)

  • Family Viewing (1987)


    • References


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    External links


  • http://www.mychaeldanna.com/ Official Mychael Danna website

  • imdb name | id = 0002217 | name = Mychael Danna

  • http://www.tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/Interviews/interview_mychael_danna_2007.htm Danna talks about The Nativity Story


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