Michael McCann (composer)
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 Michael McCann Dec 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Anthony McCann |
| Also known as | Behavior, Suture, Michael A. McCann |
| Born | March 5, 1976 |
| Genre(s) | Electronic, soundtrack, classical, trip hop, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, producer, musician, sound designer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, Percussion, sampling, programming |
| Label(s) | Behavior Music Inc. |
| Website | behaviormusic.com |
Michael McCann (also known as Behavior) is a composer, sound-designer and record producer based in Montreal, Canada. He is most recently known for composing the soundtrack to Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent for the Xbox 360, PC, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and Wii.
Past projects also include being lead Sound Designer and Sound Editor for the films of Michael Dowse including It's All Gone Pete Tong and FUBAR. He is also the main theme composer for the dramatic series ReGenesis, and was behind the music for Old Navy's spring 2006 international television ads, and Rotary International's world peace ads (2006). Past work has also included licensing and composing music for various MTV and VH1 series', and sound-design / music production work on numerous other films, albums and ads.
Michael was recently nominated for two Genie Awards (Best Overall Sound Editing and Best Overall Sound) for his work on It's All Gone Pete Tong, as well as receiving IGN's "Best Original Score" award for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent in December 2006.
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[edit] Film, TV and Games
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent: Lead composer, under the alias Behavior. Composed all in-game music, cut-scenes and all but the main title cinematic for the Xbox 360 and PC version. Composed all in-game music, cut-scenes for the PS2, Xbox and Wii version.
- ReGenesis (Seasons 1, 2 and 3): Main theme composer. The song used in the opening titles is called "Anywhere But Here", and originally appeared on a 2001 album, "The Story of the Mechanical Man", under Michael's alias: Behavior.
- It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) Supervising Sound Designer and Music Editor.
- FUBAR (2002): Supervising Sound Designer and Music Editor.
[edit] Awards
- 2007 AIAS nomination for Best Original Score for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
- 2007 G.A.N.G. nomination for "Best Interactive Score" for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
- 2006 IGN's "Best of 2006": Best Original Score (Xbox 360) for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
- 2006 Genie Awards - nominated for Best Overall Sound and Best Achievement in Sound Editing for It's All Gone Pete Tong.
- 2005 Leo Awards - won Best Overall Sound and Best Overall Sound Editing (It's All Gone Pete Tong)
- 2004 Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival (It's All Gone Pete Tong)
- 2002 Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival (FUBAR)
[edit] Interviews
- Interviews with Michael about the music for Splinter Cell: Double Agent:
[edit] Albums
- Behavior - The Story of the Mechanical Man (2001) Electronic LP under the name Behavior.
- Suture - Persona (1998) Electronic LP under the name Suture.
- Andrea Revel - Citysong (2004) McCann was producer for this album.
[edit] External links
- Official Website for Michael McCann
- Michael McCann/Behavior at MySpace
- Michael McCann at the Internet Movie Database
- Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Game Website
- It's All Gone Pete Tong - Film Website
- FUBAR - The Movie - Film Website
