Tim Grieving spoke with Michael and with Kyle Davis from the Pacific Northwest Ballet about the ballet’s new piece that features the music from Jupiter Ascending.
Here & Now: Jupiter Ascending
This past June, Michael debuted his commissioned piece Voyage, at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. with the National Symphony Orchestra. Get a behind the scenes look at the creation of the piece, including snippets of Michael’s home movies, family photos and the inspiration of space travel.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet will premiere A Dark and Lonely Space, an original dance piece choreographed by Kyle Davis featuring the music Michael wrote for Jupiter Ascending.
Michael is looking forward to scoring the next installment of Marvel’s Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Monster Challenge, a short film that Michael wrote, directed and scored, will premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin later this month. The short film – a satirical take on Japanese game shows – stars Patton Oswalt, Ben Schwartz, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Brenneman, Taishi Mizuno, Ann Madox, and Teruko Nakajima.
Michael will attending the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas this weekend to conduct his suite Star Trek, Into Darkness, and Beyond. at the Saturday night gala. In addition, Michael will join Cherrytree Inc. as they auction off a special edition BORG cube Friday night August 3rd at 6pm. Proceeds will benefit Education Through Music LA. Find out who signed the Borg here.
See students from the music program at ETM-LA play Michael’s theme and discuss what they love about Star Trek.
Michael will be conducting his “Star Trek Into Darkness, and Beyond” suite with the Nevada Pops Orchestra on Saturday, August 4th, as part of the 2018 Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. He will be joined by Star Trek composers Dennis McCarthy and Jeff Russo, so be sure to buy your tickets today for this special event!
Michael’s new concert piece, “Voyage”, was performed last month at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops. The piece was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the founding of NASA. Now you can watch the performance here:
Michael recently spoke with Gilbert Godfreid and Frank Santopadre on their popular podcast, “Gilbert Godfreid’s Amazing Colossal Podcast”. During the nearly two-hour long interview, Michael talked about the golden age of film music, his influences, and more! Listen to the full episode at Earwolf by clicking here.
Earlier this spring, Michael recorded new music for the Incredicoaster ride, which recently opened at Pixar Pier at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, CA. You can read about the new ride here and check out the video about the music below!