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Michael Whalen

Click to enlargeGenres: Rock, Adult Contemporary, 2000s

Michael Whalen demonstrates a passionate pursuit of music through his well known works in various fields such as film, television, theatre, multi-media and recordings. Whalen has over 500 television scores and a dozen film credits to his name, and can be attributed for generating many well known compositions such as the uplifting opening theme to the ABC News morning show "Good Morning America", music for the "Oprah Winfrey Show", Martha Stewart and the news magazine "Inside Edition". Whalen has also composed for the highly recognizable brands Apple, Coco-Cola, Disney and Nike.

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



Songs (click on song title for more information):


Original SinOriginal Sin
Recording Artist: Michael Whalen Date Recorded: 2008 Album: The Road of Ghosts (2009) Label: Independent Chart Position: N/A Awards: N/A catalogue

I AmI Am
Recording Artist: Michael Whalen Date Recorded: 2008 Album: The Road of Ghosts (2009) Label: Independent Chart Position: N/A Awards: N/A catalogue

VanillaVanilla
Recording Artist: Michael Whalen Date Recorded: 2008 Album: The Road of Ghosts (2009) Label: Independent Chart Position: N/A Awards: N/A catalogue