Mychael Danna (born September 20, 1958) is a Canadian film composer. He won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Original Score for Life of Pi. He has also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) in his work on World Without End: Medieval Life and Death Part 1 and 2.
Life and career
Danna was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but his family moved to Burlington, Ontario when he was four weeks old. He is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations. He has won five times for Achievement in Music - Original Score. Danna is recognized as one of the pioneers of combining non-Western sound sources with orchestral and electronic minimalism in the world of film music. This reputation has led him to work with such directors as Atom Egoyan, Deepa Mehta, Terry Gilliam, Scott Hicks, Ang Lee, Gillies MacKinnon, James Mangold, Mira Nair, Billy Ray, Joel Schumacher, and Denzel Washington. His soundtrack for Ang Lee's Life of Pi earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song Pi's Lullaby.
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Mychael Danna
ALBUMS
- Transcendence released: 2014
- Life of Pi released: 2012
- Moneyball: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack released: 2011
- Camelot released: 2011
- (500) Days of Summer released: 2009
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus released: 2009
- The Time Traveler's Wife released: 2009
- Surf's Up released: 2008
- Fracture released: 2007
- Breach released: 2007
- The Nativity Story released: 2006
- Water released: 2005
- Where the Truth Lies released: 2005
- Being Julia released: 2004
- Vanity Fair released: 2004
- Antwone Fisher released: 2003
- Shattered Glass released: 2003
- Ararat released: 2002
- Monsoon Wedding released: 2002
- Hearts in Atlantis released: 2001
- Bounce released: 2000
- 8mm - Eight Millimeter released: 1999
- A Celtic Romance (The Legend of Liadain and Curithir) released: 1998
- Lilies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack released: 1997
- The Sweet Hereafter released: 1997
- Kama Sutra released: 1997
- A Celtic Tale: The Legend of Deirdre released: 1996
- Another Sun released: 1995
- North of Niagara released: 1995
- Exotica released: 1994
- Skys released: 1992
- Sirens released: 1991
- Transcendence released:
- Green Dragon released:
Transcendence
Released 2014- Transcend
- Far from What They Were
- Will and Evelyn
- Four, Maybe Five Weeks
- Building Will
- You Cannot Say
- Is Anyone There?
- Online Now
- Reservation Under Turing
- Get off the Grid
- We Had Crossed the Line
- Building Brightwood
- Two Years Later
- Healing the Sick
- Why Are You so Afraid of This?
- It's in the Rain
- The Only One He Trusts
- Found a Way Back
- Why Did You Lose Faith?
- I Can See Everything
- Always Was
- Garden
Life of Pi
Released 2012- Pi’s Lullaby
- Piscine Molitor Patel
- Pondicherry
- Meeting Krishna
- Christ in the Mountains
- Thank You Vishnu for Introducing Me to Christ
- Richard Parker
- Appa’s Lesson
- Anandi
- Leaving India
- The Deepest Spot on Earth
- Tsimtsum
- Death of the Zebra
- First Night, First Day
- Set Your House in Order
- Skinny Vegetarian Boy
- Pi and Richard Parker
- The Whale
- Flying Fish
- Tiger Training
- Orphans
- Tiger Vision
- God Storm
- I’m Ready Now
- The Island
- Back to the World
- The Second Story
- Which Story Do You Prefer?
Camelot
Released 2011- Camelot Main Titles
- Kays Vision of His Father
- Gawain and Arthur Duel
- Justice Compared
- Coronation of King Arthur
- Drowning of Excalibur
- Lady Ectors Funeral
- Riding to Camelot
- Sword of Destiny
- Be My Light
- Morgan and the Nun
- Arwens Tale of the Fire
- The Great Hall at Camelot
- View From the Battlements
- The Beach
- The Nun Arrives
- Did They Spare Her?
- Death of Guiniveres Father
- Morgans Council
- A Village Protected
- Court at Pendragon
- Souls of the Departed
- Merlins Story of the Sword
- Kay Arrives at His Fathers House
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Released 2009- Once Upon a Time
- The Imaginarium
- The Tack
- Tony's Tale of Woe
- The Monastery
- Book & Story
- Sympathy for the Hanged Man
- The First to Five Souls
- Escape From the Pub
- The River
- Suicide Attempt
- Tango Amongst the Lillies
- Victory in the Lillies
- Four Through the Mirror
- The Ladder World
- We Love Violence
- Top of the Wagon
- We Are the Children of the World
- Tony's World Collapses
- The Devil's Dance
- Tony's Salvation
- Parnassus Alone
The Time Traveler's Wife
Released 2009- Es Ist Ein Ros
- I'm You Henry
- Meadow
- How Does It Feel?
- Diary
- Train
- I Don't Feel Alone Anymore
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Married to Me
- Home
- Do You Know When?
- Testing
- Alba
- I Never Had a Choice
- Who Would Want That
- I Left Him Sleeping
- It's a Girl
- Five Years
- Try to Stay
- New Year's Eve
- No Tracks in the Snow
- See You Again
- Broken
Surf's Up
Released 2008- Legends
- Sports Network Presents
- You're In
- Big Z's Shrine
- Talking On Tank
- The Geek
- Stuck With This Guy
- I Don't Have A Way
- Log Roll
- The Board Shack
- Cody Struggles
- Lani and Cody
- Waterfall
- In The Tube
- Training
- The Has Been
- The Big Z Memorial
- First Round
- Shredding
- Winning Is...
- Boneyards
- Losers
- Pointed The Way Back
The Nativity Story
Released 2006- Veni, Veni Emanuel
- Words of the Prophet
- Nazareth
- You Shall Be His Wife
- The Annunciation
- To Elizabeth
- The Magi
- Why Is It Me?
- Corde Natus Ex Parentis
- Return of Mary
- I've Broken No Vow
- Census
- The Journey
- Give Me a Sign
- The Shepherd
- And Thou Bethlehem
- Is There a Place for Us?
- A Star Shall Come Forth
- I Bring You Good Tidings
- The Strength I Prayed For
- The Shepherd's Gift
- In Rosa Vernat Lilium
- Silens Nox
- Rosa Aeterna Floret
Where the Truth Lies
Released 2005- Maureen
- Hollywood and Vine
- I'll See You Inside
- There'll Be No Next Time
- Which Floor?
- Should Get Some Sleep
- Palace del sol
- He's Not Like That
- The Chinese Restaurant
- This Is My Daugter
- End of Story
- Small Scratches
- The Rules Had Changed
- Hello Vince
- Babes on Hand
- The Truth Had Come Out
- Who's Gonna Pay Me?
- Only to Destroy Us
- Get Out of My Office
- The Tape
- Forgive Me
Being Julia
Released 2004- Curtain Up
- The Real World
- The Lift
- Bei mir bist Du schön
- Farewell My Love
- Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
- Never Seen Them Shine Like That Before
- Birthday Presents
- It Will Only End in Tears
- They Didn't Believe Me
- Charades
- I Saw the Light On
- Am I Late
- Not That Sort of Girl
- Take a Break
- Yes, Yes
- Avice Gets the Part
- Reunion
- Play for the Other Side
- Mad About the Boy
- Jimmy's Magic
- Avice Takes a Bow
- For Old Times' Sake
- Laird O'Drumblair
- The Stage Is Set
- Curtain Call
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Quite Alone
Vanity Fair
Released 2004- She Walks in Beauty (Sissel)
- Exchange
- Becky and Amelia Leave School
- The Great Adventurer (Custer LaRue)
- Becky Arrives at Queen's Crawley
- Andante
- No Lights After Eleven
- Adagio
- I've Made Up My Mind
- Ride to London
- Becky and Rawdon Kiss
- Sir Pitt's Marriage Proposal
- I Owe You Nothing
- Piano for Amelia/Announcement of Battle
- Time to Quit Brussels
- Waterloo Battlefield
- Amelia Refuses Dobbin/The Move to Mayfair
- Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Custer LaRue)
- Steyne the Pasha
- El Salaam (Hakim)
- The Virtue Betrayed
- Rawdon's End
- Dobbin Leaves Amelia
- Vanity's Conqueror
- Gori Re (Shankar Mahadevan & Richa Sharma)
Ararat
Released 2002- Groonk
- Oor Es Mayr Eem
- Siege
- Something in Your Heart
- Ancient History
- Need to Be Remembered
- The Dance
- Mothers and Sons
- Yeraz
- They Will Take My Island
- Ani
- His Land Was Lost
- Final Stand
- Silent Witness
- Call to Action
- The Power to Imagine
- How Did He Die?
- Return to Ararat
- All That Is Sacred
- The Ghost of My Father
Monsoon Wedding
Released 2002- Feels Like Rain
- Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (Today My Heart Desires)
- Baraat
- Aaj Mausam Bada Beimann Hai (Today the Weather Plays Tricks on Me)
- Your Good Name
- Delhi.com
- Fuse Box
- Mehndi / Madhorama Pencha
- Banished
- Good Indian Girls
- Fabric / Aaja Savariya (Come to Me, My Beloved)
- Allah Hoo
- Hold Me, I'm Falling
- Love and Marigolds
- Chunari Chunari
- Aaja Nachle (Come On Dance!)
- Aaj Mera Jee Kardaa (Zimpala remix)
- Fuse Box (Alexkid's dub remix)
- Fuse Box (Julio Black remix)
Hearts in Atlantis
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Kama Sutra
Released 1997- Omiya
- Maya's Theme
- Maya Takes Revenge
- Aphrodisiac
- Wedding Song
- Jai's Flower
- Eternal Triangle
- Expulsion (Sajan Begha Ghar Aiye Ho)
- All Pure Spirit
- A Jewel of the Gutter
- Red Hibiscus on Skin
- The Glory of God Is in You
- Gold Dust Bacchanalia
- Marriage of the Flying Spirit
- Examining, Examining
- Biki Is Insulted
- Come Paint My Breasts With Sandalwood
- Markings
- A Cry From the Heart
- My Flower
- The Execution
- The Toona Song
- Off to New Horizons of Love You Go (Ulfat Ki Nayi Manzil Ko Chala)
Kind Of
by: LambchopIt's the kind of day you never wake up from
A summer's day has come to mind in autumn
Eyes are heavy, nights are long forgotten
In every place and every heart
Branches bare the moon's not misbegotten
Was it hesitant from the start
Some people say that when you're feeling rotten
In a kind of way
In a kind of way
Lying still you listen to the noises
Roll your heads and rub your noses
Cupboards bare you lack of further choices
Who of us now knows where the time goes
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is
a sin
Speak now love to me of your return
It's not how much you make but what you earn
Put your petals in a pile and watch them burn
In a kind of way
In a kind of way
Come what may
In a kind of way
Desperate days
Are mixed with those that aren't
In a kinder way
On holidays I swear I hear an echo
You hold tight to it then you simply let go
Sure as you let those feelings show
They let you know that you are not alone
Speak now love to me of your return
It's not how much you make but what you earn
Put your petals in a pile and watch them burn
In a kind of way