Michael Whalen
Brooklyn, NY | INDIE | AFM
Music
Press
"(Michael creates) some of the most beautiful melodies and textures ever."
New Age Reporter - New Age Reporter
"(Michael creates) some of the most beautiful melodies and textures ever."
New Age Reporter - New Age Reporter
"(Michael creates) some of the most beautiful melodies and textures ever."
New Age Reporter - New Age Reporter
"(Michael creates) some of the most beautiful melodies and textures ever."
New Age Reporter - New Age Reporter
Discography
Solo Recordings (non-classical):
"The Road of Ghosts" (Spout/MWM 2009)
“The Other Coast” (Spout/MWM 2007) ambient
“Jazzworks (volume 1)” (Spout/MWM 2006) compilation of jazz material
"My Secret Heart" [EMI 2005] solo piano
“Like Rain Through My Hands” [Alchemy 2004] ambient
“Nightscenes (re-release) [Alchemy 2004] ambient
“Mysterious Ways” [Koch 2001] jazz
“The Border of Dusk” [Koch 2000] ambient/experiemental/jazz
"North From Riverside" [Helicon 1999] jazz
“The Softest Touch” [EverSound 1999] solo piano
Solo Recordings (classical):
“The Shadows of October” [Arabesque 1999] collection of chamber music: string quartets 1 & 2, Trampoline Harmonics, The Shadows of October, The Circle of a Swallow
“Afraid of Thunder” [Helicon 1996] collection of chamber music: Noxontown adagio, A Light In The Cathedral, Polar Bears in Central Park, Afraid of Thunder, Montana, American Primitive, The Haunting of Blue Shadow, America is Flat, The Love of Opposites
Soundtrack Recordings:
"Slavery and the Making of America" [Valley 2005]
“Yu-Gi-Oh: Music to Duel By” [Dream Works 2002]
“The Shape of Life” [Alchemy 2002]
“Lost Liners” [PPI/MWM 2000]
“Poke' Mon 2.B.A Master” [Koch 2000]
“Forever Wild” [Narada/Virgin 1996]
“Great African Moments” [Narada Cinema 1994]
“Phantom of the Forest” [Narada Cinema 1994]
“Sea Power” [Narada Cinema 1993]
Selected Recordings as Producer:
“Seasons of Light” various artists (MWM/SPOUT/IODA) (Paul Buchanan, Toni Childs,
Alannah Myles, Kristen Hoffman, Julian Velard & others....)
Andiamo “Love, From Italy” (Denon 2007)
Jim Steed “Til I Found You” (JSM/MWM 2000)
“Reel Life: the secret music of film composers” [Arabesque 2000) †
“Songs Without Words” various artists [Windham Hill/BMG1997] # (Solo piano performances by: Stephen Sondheim, Brian Wilson, David Foster, Michael Kamen, Diane Warren, Carole King & others)
“Hero’s Dream” on “Picture This” Jim Brickman [Windham Hill/BMG1997] †
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Bio
More than a BILLION people have heard the music of Michael Whalen on television. Have YOU heard Michael’s music? Maybe you saw one of the 500+TV shows he has written music for as a two-time Emmy® award-winner. Did you hear one of his 22 solo albums that have sold over 400,000 copies
worldwide as an instrumental and ambient artist? Maybe you heard some of his work as a record producer? Michael has worked with a host of great artists from legend Stephen Sondheim to Roberta Flack to Brian Wilson to Oscar® winners Howard Shore and Rachel Portman. There’s also his music for more than 2,000 national ads, a multi-platinum recording for kids, a Grammy® nomination and been a professor at The Berklee College of Music,The City College of NY and NYU.
Check it out @ michaelwhalen.com
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