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Mychael Danna

Sound

Born September 20, 1958 · Winnipeg, Canada

Also known as Michael Danna

Biography

Mychael Danna (born September 20, 1958) is a Canadian composer of film and television scores. He won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Original Score for Life of Pi. He has also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) in his work on the miniseries World Without End.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Original Score · 2013
  • Academy AwardBest Original Song · 2013 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Original Score · 2013 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Ennio

2021as Self

Lilies

1996Original Music Composer

The Breadwinner

2017Original Music Composer

Little Miss Sunshine

2006Original Music Composer

Onward

2020Original Music Composer

Girl, Interrupted

1999Original Music Composer

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022Original Music Composer

A Dog's Way Home

2019Original Music Composer

Remember

2015Original Music Composer

Life of Pi

2012Original Music Composer

On the Basis of Sex

2018Original Music Composer

Moneyball

2011Original Music Composer

500 Days of Summer

2009Original Music Composer

Fracture

2007Original Music Composer

Alias Grace

2017Original Music Composer

My Father's Dragon

2022Original Music Composer

Score

2016as Self

The Last Tycoon

2016Original Music Composer

Capote

2005Original Music Composer

The Snow Walker

2003Original Music Composer

Shattered Glass

2003Original Music Composer

The Addams Family 2

2021Original Music Composer

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009Original Music Composer

The Nativity Story

2006Original Music Composer

Antwone Fisher

2002Original Music Composer

The Sweet Hereafter

1997as Live Band Harmonium Player (uncredited)

The Ice Storm

1997Original Music Composer

The Red Sea Diving Resort

2019Original Music Composer

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017Original Music Composer

Water

2005Additional Soundtrack

Hearts in Atlantis

2001Original Music Composer

Monsoon Wedding

2001Original Music Composer

No Hard Feelings

2023Original Music Composer

Storks

2016Original Music Composer

The Good Dinosaur

2015Original Music Composer

The Whistleblower

2010Music Producer, Original Music Composer

Stillwater

2021Original Music Composer

The Addams Family

2019Original Music Composer

Breach

2007Original Music Composer

Exotica

1994Original Music Composer

Return to Space

2022Music, Vocals

Stone of Destiny

2008Original Music Composer

Surf's Up

2007Original Music Composer

Tideland

2005Original Music Composer

8MM

1999Original Music Composer

Dance Me Outside

1994Original Music Composer

After the Wedding

2019Original Music Composer

Sanjay's Super Team

2015Music

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

2009Original Music Composer

Being Julia

2004Original Music Composer