Michael Stevens (composer)


Michael Stevens is an American musician and composer. He has collaborated with Kyle Eastwood on numerous projects, including the film scores to Clint Eastwood's films, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, Gran Torino, and Invictus. He was nominated with Kyle Eastwood for a 2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Original Score for Letters from Iwo Jima. In 2008, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song "Gran Torino".

Selected works

Stevens has worked extensively as a composer and in the music department for various films, television, and video productions. Some of his notable contributions include:

As composer

Letters from Iwo Jima Gran Torino Invictus Rails & Ties Pieds nus sur les limaces 2036 Origin Unknown Back to Berlin Cacciaguida The Human Factor Médecin-chef à la Santé In Turmoil An Unlikely Weapon

Music department

Changeling – Music ArrangerGrace Is Gone – Music arranger, Musician Million Dollar Baby – Additional Music ComposerMystic River – Additional Music ComposerFlags of Our Fathers – Special Musical ArrangementsThe Rock – Musician: guitar Two If by Sea – Music recordistThe House of the Spirits – Assistant to Hans ZimmerToys – Musician

Soundtrack contributions

Gran Torino – Writer of "Gran Torino"Pieds nus sur les limaces – Writer and performer of "Where we go" and "Vagabond"Invictus – Writer of "Invictus 9,000 Days"Grace Is Gone – Producer of "Grace Is Gone"Flags of Our Fathers – Performer and writer of "Knock Knock", performer of "Flags of Our Fathers"Million Dollar Baby – Writer of "Boxing Baby," "Solferino," and "Blue Diner"Mystic River – Writer of "Cosmo" and "Black Emerald Blues"The Rookie – Writer of "Red Zone"