Bio

Mike is a composer for film and television, known for his combination of contemporary electronics with orchestral scoring. He has scored a variety of soundtracks for TV, film and other media - recent work includes the BBC2

4-part landmark history series Civilisations: Rise & Fall.

His work on the Netflix natural history feature Living With Leopards gained him a nomination for Best Score at the 2024 Wildscreen Panda Awards, and he has contributed additional music to the scores of composers such as David Arnold (Inside Man), Paul Leonard-Morgan (Dynasty), and Peter Gregson (Lost Boys and Fairies). Alongside composing, Mike has also provided orchestrations and arrangements for a number of major film & TV projects, including Last Breath (starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu & Finn Cole), Boston Strangler (starring Keira Knightley), Outlaw King, Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty, and the third series of Designated Survivor.

As well as composing for film & TV, Mike has established himself as a classical artist. He released two singles (Changing Skies and Nocturne) as part of a series of pieces inspired by astropolaroid photography, and his album Caelestia (released by Chromium Music Group) received critical acclaim from Scala Radio, who made it their 'Album of the Week'.

Mike works out of his studio in Oxfordshire, both on solo projects and with Double Decker Music - a composer duo formed alongside his partner and fellow composer Kathryn MacLennan.

 

He is also a full voting member of BAFTA.