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Michael McCann (composer)
Composer for TV, video games and film

Michael Anthony McCann is a Canadian composer for television, video games and film. He is best known for composing the scores to the video games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Borderlands 3.

McCann's music incorporates elements of electronic, orchestral and traditional acoustic instruments, and often includes the use of world, choral, and solo vocals (primarily female, and primarily lyric-less). His scoring work, as well as solo and production work, bridges multiple genres including ambient, world, jazz, break-beat, post-rock, trip-hop, drum and bass, industrial, rock and pop.

McCann has received award nominations for his work in television, games & film, from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, IGN, Spike TV Video Game Awards, G.A.N.G., Hollywood Music In Media Awards, and G4TV X-Play. His sound-design work on the film It's All Gone Pete Tong also earned him two Genie Award nominations for Best Overall Sound Editing and Best Overall Sound.

Past projects include original composition work for MTV, VH1, Discovery Channel, The Gap / Old Navy, Paramount Pictures, Alliance Atlantis (various films / trailers), Showcase, Audiokinetic, Odeon Films, Ubisoft, NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, FUBAR (as supervising sound-designer), and various commercials and independent films.

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Awards and nominations

YearAwardTitleCategoryResult
2020G.A.N.G. Awards3Borderlands 3Music of the YearNominated
2020G.A.N.G. Awards4Borderlands 3Best Original ScoreNominated
2019Hollywood Music in Media Awards5Borderlands 3Original Score - Video GameNominated
2015CLIO Awards6Deus Ex: Mankind Divided "Announce Trailer"Silver Key Art Award (Audio / Visual)Won
2012BAFTA Video Game Awards7Deus Ex: Human RevolutionBest Original MusicNominated
2012Canadian Video Game Awards8Deus Ex: Human RevolutionBest Original MusicWon
2011Cue Awards9Breakout Composer of the YearNominated
2011Cue AwardsDeus Ex: Human RevolutionBest Score in Film / MediaNominated
2011Cue AwardsDeus Ex: Human RevolutionBest Score for a Video GameNominated
2011Cue AwardsDeus Ex: Human Revolution "Icarus"Most Memorable ThemeNominated
2011Spike TV Video Game AwardsDeus Ex: Human RevolutionBest Original ScoreNominated
2011Hollywood Music In Media AwardsDeus Ex: Human RevolutionBest Original ScoreNominated
2011G4TV X-Play AwardsDeus Ex: Human RevolutionBest Original ScoreNominated
2008Hollywood Music AwardsReGenesisBest TV ThemeNominated
2007Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences10Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double AgentBest Original ScoreNominated
2007G.A.N.G. AwardsTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double AgentBest Interactive ScoreNominated
2006IGN's "Best of 2006"Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double AgentBest Original Score (Xbox 360)
2006Genie AwardsIt's All Gone Pete TongBest Overall SoundNominated
2006Genie AwardsIt's All Gone Pete TongBest Achievement in Sound EditingNominated
2005Leo AwardsIt's All Gone Pete TongBest Overall SoundWon
2005Leo AwardsIt's All Gone Pete TongBest Overall Sound EditingWon
2004Toronto International Film FestivalIt's All Gone Pete TongBest Canadian Feature FilmWon
2002Sundance Film FestivalFUBAROfficial Selection
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References

  1. G.A.N.G. website http://www.audiogang.org/

  2. Hollywood Music In Media Awards website https://web.archive.org/web/20110107090930/http://www.hmmawards.org/

  3. 18th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Award Nominees https://www.audiogang.org/18th-annual-g-a-n-g-awards-nominees/

  4. 18th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Award Nominees https://www.hmmawards.com/2019-music-in-visual-media-nominations/

  5. HMMA 2019 Nominees https://www.hmmawards.com/2019-music-in-visual-media-nominations/

  6. CLIO Awards Website https://clios.com/entertainment/winner/games-audio-visual/announcement-trailer-2064/

  7. 2011 BAFTA Game Awards Website http://www.bafta.org/games/awards/nominees-winners-2012,2892,BA.html/

  8. Canadian Video Game Awards website http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/

  9. Cue Awards 2011 nominees http://tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/cue/2011/cue_awards_2011_nominees.htm

  10. AIAS website Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine http://www.dicesummit.org/awards.php