Whalen is a two-time Emmy® Award winner and numerous nominee, with his most recent Emmy® received in 2008 for PBS’ acclaimed 8-hour "America at a Crossroads" series. Additionally, he is 2009 BMI award winner.

His interest in music started at an early age but the musical turning point of his life was when he heard John Williams' 1972 score to "The Cowboys". From there he utilized his summer breaks from school to intern at suburban D.C. recording studios and found spots on sessions, sometimes in front of a mike as a player, other times behind the board. At college he started writing music for local commercials in Washington D.C. to finance his home studio and moved back to New York City in 1989 with numerous National commercials accredited to his name and a steady business forming.

Aside from his busy schedule with being a composer, music supervisor, sound designer, music editor, and author, Whalen is also a prolific recording artist who writes and produces pop songs, ambient, new age, classical, and jazz music for a variety of recording labels. When Whalen recorded his first EP The Road of Ghosts, he fulfilled a life-long dream of recording his own material. He does so in a brilliant manner expressing his songs through passionate vocals and heart-warming piano playing.

Website: http://www.michaelwhalen.com