Mike Morasky


Mike Morasky is an American composer, visual effects artist, director and programmer. He composed the scores for the Valve games Team Fortress 2, the Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx and Counter-Strike 2. He worked on visual effects for the Lord of the Rings and Matrix films, and founded the underground art bands Steel Pole Bath Tub, Milk Cult and DUH.

Biography

For Valve, Morasky composed the music for Team Fortress 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx, and Counter-Strike 2.
He also worked as a senior visual effects artist and technical director on The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix film trilogies.
Morasky was part of the now-defunct hardcore punk/noise rock band Steel Pole Bath Tub, which he founded in 1986 with Dale Flattum. S.P.B.T. disbanded in 2002.

Filmography

Visual Effects

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • The Matrix Revolutions
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Catwoman
  • Drawing Restraint 9
  • ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''

    Awards

  • "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition" - "Portal 2" - Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences -
  • "Best Audio" - "Portal 2" - Game Developers Choice Award -
  • "Best Interactive Score" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild -
  • "Best Dialog" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild -
  • "Best Original Vocal Song - Pop" - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild -
  • "Best Game Music of 2011" - "Portal 2" - Kotaku -
  • "Best Soundtrack " - "Portal 2" - X-Play -
  • "Best Sound Design " - "Portal 2" - X-Play -
  • "Outstanding Creative Achievement / Interactive Entertainment Sound Production " - "Portal 2" - TEC Awards -
  • "Best Original Score " - "Portal 2" - Spike TV Video Game Awards -
  • "Audio of the Year " - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild -
  • "Sound Design of the Year " - "Portal 2" - Game Audio Network Guild -
  • "Best Cinematic / Cut Scene Sound " - "Left 4 Dead 2" - Game Audio Network Guild -
  • "Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround in a Game " - "Left 4 Dead 2" - Game Audio Network Guild -
  • "Best Use of Sound" - "Left 4 Dead" - What If Gaming -

    Presentations and papers

  • "Left 4 Dead" - Game Audio Network Guild Summer Summit
  • "Matrix Revolutions: Techniques and Methodologies With Large Scale Sentinel 'Swarm' Scenes" - Silicon Valley ACM Siggraph
  • "Matrix Sequels: Animation and Pipeline Methodologies in Large CG Film Productions" - San Francisco ACM Siggraph Student Chapter
  • "Wiring Cracker: The Mechanics of a Non-Anthropomorphic, Real-Time, Performance Animation Puppet" - ACM Siggraph

    Discography

Film

  • Dopamine
  • One Winter Story
  • I Die Daily: The Making of Matthew Barney's 'Cremaster Cycle'
  • Life in Flight
  • Ayiti Mon Amour

    Video games

Steel Pole Bath Tub

Albums

  • Butterfly Love
  • Lurch
  • Tulip
  • The Miracle of Sound in Motion
  • Your Choice Live Series 019
  • Best of Steel Pole Bathtub
  • Scars from Falling Down
  • ''Unlistenable''

    Eps and Singles

  • "I Dreamed I Dream" - Split 7'/10" With Melvins -
  • "Arizona Garbage Truck / Voodoo Chile"
  • "European Son / Venus in Furs"
  • "We Walk" - Split 7" with Jawbreaker -
  • "Your Choice Live" - Limited 7" -
  • "Bozeman"
  • "Some Cocktail Suggestions EP"
  • "Tragedy Ecstasy Doom and So On EP"
  • "Auf Wiedersehen / Surrender"
  • "Twist / Surrender"
  • "Hey Bo Diddley Live in Tokyo" - Split 7" with Unwound -
  • "Soul Cannon" - "Live at Emo's: Volume 2 - #2: This Place Sucks" - Split 7" with "Unsane" / "Gomez" -

    Compilations

  • "Bee Sting" - The Thing That Ate Floyd -
  • "We Walk" - Surprise Your Pig - A Tribute to R.E.M. -
  • "Chemical Warfare" - Virus 100 -
  • "Down All the Days" - The Mission District: 17 Reasons - 7" Box
  • "Kung Fu Love" - Milk for Pussy -
  • "Froggie Would a Wooing Go" - Power Flush - as "Mud Bath" with Mudwimmin -
  • "The Seventh Hour of the Seventh Day" - Smitten - A Love Song Compilation -
  • "A Washed Out Monkey Star Halo" - Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Volume Ten -
  • "The 500 Club" - CMJ New Music August - Volume 24 -
  • "Twist" - Introducing Vol. 2 -
  • "Twist" - London Records
  • "The Charm" - Jabberjaw... Pure Sweet Hell -
  • "The Ghost" - Twisted Willie -
  • "A Washed Out Monkey Star Halo" - Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Volumes 8-11 -
  • "Soul Cannon" - Live at Emo's BOX SET - 7" Box
  • "I Dreamed I Dream" - ''Confuse Yr Idols ''

    Milk Cult

Albums

  • "Love God"
  • "Burn or Bury"
  • "Bruce Lee Marvin Gaye"
  • "Project M-13"

    Eps and Singles

  • "Mama Paranoia" - Split 7' With Dosed Bernie -

    Tumor Circus

Albums

  • ''Tumor Circus''

    Eps and Singles

  • "Take Me Back or I'll Drown Our Dog" - 7'/12" -
  • "Meathook Up My Rectum" - 7' -

    Compilations

  • "Meathook Up My Rectum" - "The Bat is Back" -

    Albums

  • Blowhard
  • ''The Unholy Handjob''

    Producer/Engineer

  • Jawbreaker - "Chesterfield King" EP
  • Jawbreaker - Bivouac
  • Warlock Pinchers - Circusized Peanuts
  • Blister - Glitches
  • Tumor Circus - Tumor Circus
  • Jello Biafra - ''I Blow Minds for a Living''