Michael Wandmacher (born October 29, 1967) is an American composer of music for film, television, and video games. He has worked on numerous well-known projects, including Piranha 3D, Punisher: War Zone, Bloodborne, Twisted Metal, and The Goldbergs. Most recently, he has worked on Underworld: Blood Wars, succeeding previous series composers Paul Haslinger and Marco Beltrami.

Life and career

Wandmacher was born in Minneapolis.[citation needed] He began his career composing music for local news media and television commercials before scoring short and feature films by local filmmakers. While following a series of email exchanges that started via a film music newsgroup, Wandmacher met Alan Silvestri and was invited to Los Angeles to participate in several scoring sessions. They composed music for the English-language releases of several Jackie Chan films including Armour of God and Drunken Master II. He eventually found success with the black comedy horror film Modern Vampires. Wandmacher co-composed the score with Danny Elfman, the brother of the film's director Richard Elfman. Wandmacher permanently relocated to Los Angeles.

The majority of Wandmacher's work consists of genre films particularly horror and thriller films. In 2015, Wandmacher composed the score to the role-playing video game Bloodborne.

Wandmacher also creates remixes under the pseudonym "Khursor". As such, he has worked with Godhead including a track on The Shadow Realigned album. The Khursor remix of Sting's Every Breath You Take was featured on the trailer for the third season of The Americans.

Works

Theatrical films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1986Armour of GodJackie ChanEric TsangInternational release
1992Twin DragonsRingo LamTsui Hark
1993Supercop 2Stanley Tong
1994Drunken Master IILau Kar-leung
1996Street GunTravis Milloy—N/a
1998Modern VampiresRichard Elfman—N/a
With or Without YouWendell Jon Andersson—N/a
1999Freestyle: The Victories of Dan GableKevin Kelley—N/a
2000Farewell, My LoveRandall Fontana—N/a
2001The Accidental SpyTeddy ChanInternational release
Max Keeble's Big MoveTim Hill—N/a
On the BorderlineMichael Oblowitz—N/a
2003From Justin to KellyRobert IscoveComposed with Greg Siff
2005Cry WolfJeff Wadlow—N/a
2007The Killing FloorGideon Raff—N/a
Man of Two HavanasVivien Lesnik Weisman—N/a
2008Never Back DownJeff Wadlow—N/a
TrainGideon Raff—N/a
Punisher: War ZoneLexi Alexander—N/a
2009My Bloody Valentine 3DPatrick Lussier—N/a
2010FreakonomicsVarious—N/a
Piranha 3DAlexandre Aja—N/a
2011Drive AngryPatrick Lussier—N/a
2012Werewolf: The Beast Among UsLouis Morneau—N/a
2013The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of GeorgiaTom Elkins—N/a
The Last Exorcism Part IIEd Gass-Donnelly—N/a
201413 SinsDaniel Stamm—N/a
2016Underworld: Blood WarsAnna Foerster—N/a
2017Voice from the StoneEric Dennis Howell—N/a
A Symphony of HopeBrian Weidling—N/a
2018Patient ZeroStefan Ruzowitzky—N/a
2019TrickPatrick Lussier—N/a

Television films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2004Crimes of FashionStuart Gillard—N/a
2009Ben 10: Alien SwarmAlex Winter—N/a

Television series

YearTitleNotes
1997Tokyo PigUS version
2002She Spies—N/a
2005–2006Night Stalker10 episodes
2006South Beach9 episodes
2011–2012Breaking In19 episodes
2013–2023The Goldbergs163 episodes
2017Imaginary Mary5 episodes
2018Into the DarkEpisode: "Flesh & Blood"
2019–2020Schooled34 episodes

Video games

YearTitleNotes
2005Madagascar—N/a
2006Over the Hedge—N/a
2008Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa—N/a
2010SingularityComposed with Charlie Clouser
2012Twisted Metal—N/a
2015BloodborneComposed with Ryan Amon, Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Suzuki and Cris Velasco

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