Michael Benoit - Composer
SUMMARY
Experienced composer and orchestrator working in film, commercials, and television; skilled at quickly producing top-notch original music in many styles; proficient in Logic, Sibelius, and Finale
TELEVISION PROJECTS
- The Wonder Pets! work as an orchestrator and MIDI synthesist on this Emmy Award winning children’s television series airing on NickJr.
- 4 Elements Music: compose cues for shows airing on major networks including ABC, NBC, CourtTV, and others
- Guiding Light: compose cues for television’s longest running soap opera
- MTV: compose cues for several popular shows including Made, Newlyweds, Pimp My Ride, Room Raiders, and others
FILM SCORES
- Blood in the Water: featured documentary of Discovery Channel’s 2009 Shark Week event
- Kitchen Diplomacy: documentary about an Iraqi restaurateur’s struggle to find peace as a US citizen
- Promise of Perfume: documentary about all aspects of perfumerie
- Life After: drama film produced for the 2008 Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project (awarded Best Musical Score)
- Rayburn: documentary about Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn
- Carpet Diem: short film produced for the 2007 Visa Invitational 48 Hour Film Project
- Cookie de Mayo: holiday film produced for the 2007 Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project (winner of three awards; top ten finalist)
- Power of Oreo: industrial video for Nabisco’s Oreo cookies
- Anytown, U.S.A: political documentary (assistant composer)
- Hard Cell: action comedy film produced for the 48 Hour Film Festival
- Understanding Power: documentary about the life of Robert Caro, a Pulitzer-prize winning writer
- Pest Control: an animated horror short
RECENT COMMERCIALS
- Everyday Heroes: Investools
- Holiday Stripes: Children’s Place
- Boom: Lueder’s Environmental
- DSRL Office Race: Oreo Cookies (+)
- Episode 1: Cisco Internet (+)
- Core: G. I. Joe Action Figures (+)
- Contractopia: ServiceMagic.com (+)
- A Day In The Life: Archer Farms (+)
- Kicking Trees: Wendy’s (+)
- You Are Here: Six Flags (+)
- Scrubbologist’s Lab: Scrubbing Bubbles (+)
- Wish Big: Sears (+)
- Corduroys: Old Navy (+)
- Science Project: RoadRunner (+)
- Credits: Charter Digital Cable (+)
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