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Michael J. McEvoy – Music Composer, London

  • Member (4 years 8 months 25 days)
  • Screened Music Composer (4 years 7 months 2 days)
  • Panellist (2 years 1 months 29 days)

Biography

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Michael J McEvoy is a composer and performing musician with a varied background in the music industry, having worked in popular music, TV composition and feature film scoring. Recent credits include the score for Indie feature 'Forget Me Not' and original music for Richard Linklater's feature, 'Me and Orson Welles', starring Zac Efron and Claire Danes. He has also co-written three film scores with Dj/Producer Paul Oakenfold (Vexille, Nothing Like The Holidays, and The Heavy).

Composing Information

  • Classification: Acclaimed
  • Profession: Composer, Performer (Piano, Guitar), Producer
  • Primary Sequencer: Logic
  • Operating System: Mac
  • Projects: 'Forget Me Not' (Dir; Lance Roehrig & Alex Holt - 2010) 'Me and Orson Welles' (Dir; Richard Linklater - 2009) 'Nothing Like The Holidays' (Dir; Alfredo De Ville - 2008) 'Vexille' (Dir; Fumihiko Sori - 2007)
  • Relevant Qualifications: Awarded Joseph Horovitz Prize in Screen Composition (2004). MMus in Composition for Screen (RCM). PRS Sir Arthur Bliss Scholar RCM (2003).

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Film & TV MusicTracks

  • Summary:
  • Panel Highly recommended 2 Recommended track 1
  • Composers Highly recommended 1 Recommended track 3
  • Members Highly recommended 2 Recommended track 1
Title Moods Genres Posted Comments Recommendations
The Bridge
    Dark
    Dramatic
    Orchestral
    Chamber Group
    Piano
31
days ago
0
0
iPod Dance Party Video available
    Romantic
    Sentimental
    Fun
    Pop
    Jazz
    Easy Listening
31
days ago
0
0
The Love Scene
    Atmospheric
    Minimalist
    Strings
    Ambient
31
days ago
0
0
Dawn on SouthBank Video available
    Cheerful
    Mellow
    Strings
    Ambient
    Piano
31
days ago
0
0
Ode to Krupa Video available
    Energetic
    Bright
    Jazz
    Brass
815
days ago
1
0
Fragments of a Reality
    Atmospheric
    Dark
    Weird
    Strings
    Orchestral
1673
days ago
3 I like this track iconI like this track iconI like this track icon
3
Nuclear Devastation (E=mc2)
    Dark
    Dramatic
    Atmospheric
    Orchestral
    Strings
1691
days ago
9 I love this track iconI love this track iconI love this track iconI love this track iconI love this track iconI love this track iconI like this track iconI like this track iconI like this track icon
21

Ratings & Reviews Summary

Key: Highly recommended = Highly Recommended Recommended track = Recommended
Panellists Nick Ryan loves this track!Elizabeth Alker loves this track!Mark Fishlock likes this track.
Composers Olivia Dixon loves this track!Jacob Cartwright likes this track.Amir Khalaf likes this track.Johan van der Voet likes this track.
Members Steve Molesworth loves this track!Steve Thornber loves this track!Melody Xu likes this track.

Composing Genres

Michael J. composes in the following film and television music genres (bold = specialises in):

  • Ambient
  • Acoustic
  • Choral
  • Country
  • Dance
  • Easy Listening
  • Electronica
  • Experimental
  • Folk
  • Jazz
  • Orchestral
  • Piano
  • Pop
  • Rock
  • Strings
  • Urban
  • World

Music recommended by Michael J. McEvoy

Invisible by Film & TV ComposerMark Adair

A good atmospheric piece, demontrating a good use of orchestral instruments and electronic/sample based sound sources - mixed well together.
4 years 6 months 21 days

Supernatural by Film & TV ComposerOlivia Dixon

Strong sequential piece - quirky, dark and mysterious. I really liked the delayed electronic beep that was used - like a big wasp coming after you!
4 years 6 months 21 days

Cape Wrath by Film & TV ComposerRodney Newton

I love the mysterious underbelly of the piece, articulated by the strings. Tremelo/Augmented 4ths. Dark and murky. Lovely!
3 years 1 months 10 days

Amazing Earth by Film & TV ComposerElizabeth Parker

As I listen I feel I'm riding the tail-wind...uplifted, carried through the clouds, beyond solid ground, I'm spinning... Really lovely. Other worldly.
3 years 1 months 10 days

Caged In by Film & TV ComposerAnne Nikitin

Evocative, delicate and vulnerable. Beautiful production on the voice performance. Love when the strings move unexpectedly to the major 7th. Moving piece.
3 years 1 months 10 days

Lobo Pre title by Film & TV ComposerWilliam Goodchild

A really good example of what composers need to be able to achieve these days; the mix of sampled sounds and carefully chosen 'live' performance instruments ultimately gives the impression of a fully live performance - and this is produced in a project studio... Great job!
2 years 16 days

A Promising Lead by Film & TV ComposerAnne Nikitin

I love the stereo percussion, and the rich secondary string line that flows across the repeated marcato figure adds a deeper emotional layer - and a juicy dissonance too. I can feel the tension building...and when the cross rhythms kick it, I really wish I could see the images this piece was composed to... Exciting stuff!
2 years 16 days

White Boy, Black Nanny by Film & TV ComposerRob Manning

Lovely piece...very moving. A modest and effective approach to orchestration - doing just what's needed. I like the dissonance of the major 6th interval in final few bars, implying a sense that something is about to happen.
1 years 10 months 14 days

Adventure by Film & TV ComposerRoger Pasto Cortina

Well produced, good writing. The only comment I'd make is that the music sounds a little bit stiff - but overall, a strong cue with contrast and variation.
1 years 10 months 5 days

Other Reviews by Michael J. McEvoy

Funny How Things Work Out by Film & TV ComposerIan Dolamore

I liked the textures and eastern influenced scale mode and use of augmented 4th. Interesting blend of sounds and textures. I like the quirkiness. Accomplished use of samples, though I felt that the strings were a little bit over quantized in the slow middle section from around 2:20.
1 years 10 months 5 days

Feature Comment

"Old boys networks do exist. Middlemen take unhealthy commissions out of work pitched for. Demo fees go unpaid and the quality of music drops because the technology is more affordable and hence available......"
Edward White on the Feature Pitching For Free — What's the Deal?

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06 Jan 20:56

Empty by Olivia Dixon

  • “Has a Paul Mounsey-esque quality to it - very compelling!!…”
  • ceri worsfold (Member)
06 Jan 20:38

Police Drama by Tony Patterson

  • “Has an Edge of Darkness feel to it!! Like the track but I agree with Melody Xu.…”
  • ceri worsfold (Member)
06 Jan 20:34

Battleground by Jules Bromley

  • “Love this track!! Thinking maybe would work for the latest Disney/Pixar space flick - whatever that is!!…”
  • ceri worsfold (Member)

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