Michael McCann (composer)

Michael McCann
Michael McCann 2010
Background information
Birth name	Michael Anthony McCann
Also known as	Behavior, Suture, Michael A. McCann
Born	March 5, 1976 (1976-03-05) (age 35)
Genres	Electronic, soundtrack, classical, trip hop, pop
Occupations	Composer, producer, musician, sound designer
Instruments	Piano, Percussion, sampling, programming
Labels	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 well known for composing the award winning soundtrack to the multi-million selling Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent for the Xbox 360, PC and other leading game consoles, as well as advertising music for Tom Clancy's EndWar.

Michael is a two time Genie Award nominee (Best Overall Sound Editing and Best Overall Sound) for It's All Gone Pete Tong, and has received nominations from the AIAS (2007), G.A.N.G. (2007) and the 2006 IGN award for "Best Original Score" for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, and 2008 'Best TV Theme' nomination from the Hollywood Music Awards for ReGenesis.

Past projects also include being lead Sound Designer, Music Editor and Sound Editor for the films of Michael Dowse including It's All Gone Pete Tong and FUBAR as well as Dowse's 2009 TV series The Foundation. Michael was also main theme composer for the dramatic series ReGenesis; and recently composed 4.5 hours of music for Discovery Channel's 6-part mini-series 'License To Drill' (2009). Michael was behind the music for Old Navy's spring 2006 international television ads, and Rotary International's world peace ads (2006) and has also composed for the Canadian Space Agency, including profiles of the 2008 Mars Phoenix mission. Various other work includes licensing and composing music for various MTV and VH1 series', and sound-design / music production work on numerous other films, albums and ads.

Film, TV and Games

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Credited as composer for (2011) video game.
• The Foundation: Composer for upcoming (2009) television series from director / writer Michael Dowse. The series will first air on Showcase
• 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, PlayStation 3 and PC version. Composed all in-game music, cut-scenes for the PS2, Xbox and Wii version.
• Tom Clancy's EndWar: Composer for 1st EndWar trailer (2007 Ubidays Trailer)
• Burning Mussolini: Composer for film. Will be released in late 2008. Stars Conrad Pla (Regenesis) and Peter Outerbridge (Cold Creek Manor, 24).
• Canadian Space Agency: Composer for various videos, highlighted recent successes including the Mars Phoenix mission and the Canada Arm 2
• 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.

Awards

• 2008 Hollywood Music Awards: Nomination for "Best TV Theme" (ReGenesis)
• 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)

Press

• Jeux Video Interview (2009)
• 360 Magazine UK (2009 - Print Only)
• Game Development Essentials: Audio (2008)
• The Book of Games: Volume 2 (2008) - includes a section on Michael's work in music, games and film.
• IGN Interview (2006)
• Music4Games Interview (2006)
• GameZone Interview (2006)

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.
• Producer of Andrea Revel's cover of Manu Chao's original single Clandestino.

External links

• Official Website for Michael McCann
• 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

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