Mychael Danna

Mychael Danna

Known for
Sound
Born
September 20, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Winnipeg, Canada

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Embers

Embers

Movie · Original Music Composer

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Gold Mountain poster

Gold Mountain

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Pyre poster

Pyre

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Flavia poster

Flavia

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Seven Veils poster

Seven Veils

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
No Hard Feelings poster

No Hard Feelings

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Where the Crawdads Sing poster

Where the Crawdads Sing

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Return to Space poster

Return to Space

Movie · Music, Vocals

2022
My Father's Dragon poster

My Father's Dragon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Stillwater poster

Stillwater

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
The Addams Family 2 poster

The Addams Family 2

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Guest of Honour poster

Guest of Honour

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2020
Onward poster

Onward

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
A Dog's Way Home poster

A Dog's Way Home

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
After the Wedding poster

After the Wedding

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort poster

The Red Sea Diving Resort

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
The Addams Family poster

The Addams Family

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
On the Basis of Sex poster

On the Basis of Sex

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas poster

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Breadwinner poster

The Breadwinner

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Alias Grace poster

Alias Grace

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2017
The Last Tycoon poster

The Last Tycoon

TV · Original Music Composer · 9 eps

2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk poster

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Storks poster

Storks

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Remember poster

Remember

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
The Good Dinosaur poster

The Good Dinosaur

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Sanjay's Super Team poster

Sanjay's Super Team

Movie · Music

2014
The Captive poster

The Captive

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Transcendence poster

Transcendence

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Tyrant poster

Tyrant

TV · Original Music Composer · 32 eps

2013
Devil's Knot poster

Devil's Knot

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
Life of Pi poster

Life of Pi

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
World Without End poster

World Without End

TV · Music · 8 eps

2011
Moneyball poster

Moneyball

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Camelot poster

Camelot

TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps

2010
Chloe poster

Chloe

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Cooking With Stella poster

Cooking With Stella

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Going the Distance poster

Going the Distance

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
The Whistleblower poster

The Whistleblower

Movie · Music Producer, Original Music Composer

2009
The Time Traveler's Wife poster

The Time Traveler's Wife

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
(500) Days of Summer poster

(500) Days of Summer

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Pomegranates and Myrrh poster

Pomegranates and Myrrh

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus poster

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Management poster

Management

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Adoration poster

Adoration

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Lakeview Terrace poster

Lakeview Terrace

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
New York, I Love You poster

New York, I Love You

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
8 poster

8

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
How Can It Be poster

How Can It Be

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2008
Stone of Destiny poster

Stone of Destiny

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Migration poster

Migration

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Trucker poster

Trucker

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Heaven on Earth poster

Heaven on Earth

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Surf's Up poster

Surf's Up

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Fracture poster

Fracture

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Breach poster

Breach

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
The Nativity Story poster

The Nativity Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
Lonely Hearts poster

Lonely Hearts

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2006
Little Miss Sunshine poster

Little Miss Sunshine

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Capote poster

Capote

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Tideland poster

Tideland

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Where the Truth Lies poster

Where the Truth Lies

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Eve and the Fire Horse poster

Eve and the Fire Horse

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Water poster

Water

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Aurora Borealis poster

Aurora Borealis

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Vanity Fair poster

Vanity Fair

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Being Julia poster

Being Julia

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
The Snow Walker poster

The Snow Walker

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Shattered Glass poster

Shattered Glass

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Hulk poster

Hulk

Movie · Music

2002
The Guys poster

The Guys

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2002
Antwone Fisher poster

Antwone Fisher

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Ararat poster

Ararat

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
The Matthew Shepard Story poster

The Matthew Shepard Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Monsoon Wedding poster

Monsoon Wedding

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Hearts in Atlantis poster

Hearts in Atlantis

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Chosen poster

Chosen

Movie · Music

2001
Stranger Inside poster

Stranger Inside

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Green Dragon poster

Green Dragon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Bounce poster

Bounce

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
Girl, Interrupted poster

Girl, Interrupted

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
8MM poster

8MM

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
Don't Think Twice

Don't Think Twice

Movie · Music

1999
Felicia's Journey poster

Felicia's Journey

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
The Confession poster

The Confession

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
Ride with the Devil poster

Ride with the Devil

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story poster

At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
The Sweet Hereafter poster

The Sweet Hereafter

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
The Ice Storm poster

The Ice Storm

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Lilies poster

Lilies

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love poster

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Regeneration poster

Regeneration

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story

Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Dead Stop poster

Dead Stop

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Johnny Mnemonic poster

Johnny Mnemonic

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Dance Me Outside poster

Dance Me Outside

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
The Darling Family poster

The Darling Family

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
Narmada: A Valley Rises poster

Narmada: A Valley Rises

Movie · Music

1994
Exotica poster

Exotica

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
Hush Little Baby poster

Hush Little Baby

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Ordinary Magic poster

Ordinary Magic

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer poster

Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
My Niagara poster

My Niagara

Movie · Music

1992
Johann's Gift to Christmas poster

Johann's Gift to Christmas

Movie · Music

1991
The Adjuster poster

The Adjuster

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
The Big Slice poster

The Big Slice

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Montreal Stories poster

Montreal Stories

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Speaking Parts poster

Speaking Parts

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Still Life poster

Still Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Termini Station poster

Termini Station

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Cold Comfort poster

Cold Comfort

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
One Man Out poster

One Man Out

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Murder One poster

Murder One

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Blood Relations poster

Blood Relations

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Caribe poster

Caribe

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Family Viewing poster

Family Viewing

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
Metal Messiah poster

Metal Messiah

Movie · Original Music Composer