Michael Abels

 

Member profile details

Membership level
(Yearly) Gold Member
First name
Michael
Last name
Abels
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Group participation
  • Executive Commitee
Music Samples
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Ethnicity
  • Black, African-American
Mini Bio
2x Emmy Nominated composer Michael Abels is best known for his scores to Jordan Peele's GET OUT and US. GET OUT won Peele an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The score to US won the Jerry Goldsmith Award, the World Soundtrack Awards' "Discovery of the Year," and was chosen "Score of the Decade" by online publication The Wrap. As a concert composer, Abels has been commissioned by artists like the Kronos Quartet and the National Symphony. Abels produced & arranged the 2020 version of Rhiannon Giddens' single, "Cry No More," featuring members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Other projects include the score to HBO's BAD EDUCATION, ALLEN v. FARROW, Netflix's NIGHTBOOKS, and others.
Media Composer Experience
GET OUT, US, BAD EDUCATION, ALLEN v. FARROW, NIGHTBOOKS
Location
  • Los Angeles
Languages Spoken
  • English
Agency
Kraft Engel
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