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Michael Abels

Michael Abels

Actor, Composer, Music Department

Born October 8, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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Michael Abels (born October 8, 1962) is an American composer best known for his genre-defying scores for the Jordan Peele films Get Out and Us, for which Abels won a World Soundtrack Award, the Jerry Goldsmith Award, a Critics Choice nomination, and multiple' critics awards. The hip-hop influenced score for Us was short-listed for the Oscars and was even named “Score of the Decade” by TheWrap. Other recent media projects include the films Bad Education, Nightbooks, Fake Famous, and the docu-series Allen v. Farrow. Current releases include Beauty which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix, Breaking (formerly 892) which premiered at Sundance, and his third collaboration with Jordan Peele, Nope. Abels’ works also includes many concert works, such as At War With Ourselves for the Kronos Quartet, Isolation Variation for Hilary Hahn, and the opera Omar co-composed with Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Rhiannon Giddens. Some of these pieces are available on the Cedille Records, including Delights & Dances and Winged Creatures. Current commissions include a work for the National Symphony Orchestra and a guitar concerto for Mak Grgić. Abels is co-founder of the Composers Diversity Collective, an advocacy group to increase visibility of composers of color in film, gaming and streaming media.

12 wins and 21 nominations

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Filmography

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The 14th Annual AAFCA Awards Poster

The 14th Annual AAFCA Awards TV Special2023

Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community Poster

Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community TV Special2020

Today TV Series1952

Composer

16

Type

Year

The Acolyte Poster

The Acolyte TV Series2024

The American Society of Magical Negroes Poster

The American Society of Magical Negroes Feature Film2024

Landscape with Invisible Hand Poster

Landscape with Invisible Hand Feature Film2023

NOMADS: A Proof of Concept Short Film2023

The Burial Poster

The Burial Feature Film2023

Breaking Poster

Breaking Feature Film2022

Nope Feature Film2022

Allen v. Farrow Poster

Allen v. Farrow Mini-Series2021

Fake Famous Poster

Fake Famous TV Movie2021

Nightbooks Poster

Nightbooks Feature Film2021

All Day and a Night Poster

All Day and a Night Feature Film2020

I'm Out (Get Out Remake) Poster

I'm Out (Get Out Remake) Short Film2020

Bad Education Poster

Bad Education Feature Film2019

See You Yesterday Poster

See You Yesterday Feature Film2019

Us Feature Film2019

Get Out Feature Film2017

Music Department

3

See You Yesterday Poster

See You Yesterday Feature Film2019

Us Feature Film2019

Detroit Feature Film2017

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