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Michael Andrews(IV)

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Michael Andrews, also known as Elgin Park, is an American multi-instrumental musician, producer, and film score composer. He is best known for a cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with Gary Jules for the Donnie Darko soundtrack, and which became the 2003 UK Christmas number one. He is a founding member of the San Diego soul-jazz band The Greyboy Allstars, where he goes by the moniker Elgin Park.After joining The Greyboy Allstars following the dissolution of his band The Origin, Andrews fell into film score composition by chance in 1998 when The Greyboy Allstars were asked to score Jake Kasdan's first feature Zero Effect and worked on the music for the highly regarded (though short-lived) TV series, Freaks and Geeks. In 2000, Richard Kelly commissioned him to do the soundtrack for the film Donnie Darko. Its original score album went on to sell over 100,000 copies (in part because of Andrews's remake of Tears for Fears' "Mad World", featuring Gary Jules), and Andrews became a composer to watch. He has since gone on to compose scores for the movies Out Cold, Nothing, Cypher, Orange County, My Suicidal Sweetheart, Me and You and Everyone We Know, The TV Set, a segment of Paris, je t'aime, Unaccompanied Minors, Bridesmaids, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and Daddy's Home among others.
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      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Stuart Stone in Donnie Darko (2001)
    Donnie Darko
    8.0
    • Composer
    • 2001
    Cypher (2002)
    Cypher
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 2002
    Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher (2011)
    Bad Teacher
    5.7
    • Composer(music by)
    • 2011
    Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper in Bridesmaids (2011)
    Bridesmaids
    6.8
    • Composer(music by)
    • 2011

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    • Lili Reinhart in American Sweatshop (2025)
      American Sweatshop
      8.2
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2025
    • Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell in You're Cordially Invited (2025)
      You're Cordially Invited
      5.5
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Laid (2024)
      Laid
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Mike Andrews)
      • 2024
    • Piece by Piece (2024)
      Piece by Piece
      6.9
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Kiernan Shipka in Totally Killer (2023)
      Totally Killer
      6.5
      • composer
      • 2023
    • Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen in Platonic (2023)
      Platonic
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies in You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
      You Hurt My Feelings
      6.5
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2023
    • David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, Pedro Pascal, Keegan-Michael Key, Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Ben Ashenden, Alexander Owen, and Guz Khan in The Bubble (2022)
      The Bubble
      4.7
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2022
    • Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022)
      Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
      6.1
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • El Deafo (2022)
      El Deafo
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Airbnb: The Good Guest Guide to Japan
      Short
      • composer
      • 2021
    • Anthony Bourdain in Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)
      Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
      7.7
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramírez, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner, and Everly Carganilla in Yes Day (2021)
      Yes Day
      5.7
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2021
    • City of Ghosts (2021)
      City of Ghosts
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Composer (original music by)
      • 2021
    • Pete Davidson in The King of Staten Island (2020)
      The King of Staten Island
      7.1
      • Composer
      • 2020

    Music Department



    • Corbin Bernsen, Spencer Breslin, Lily Rains, Eric Nelsen, Cassandra Scerbo, Brian Sutherland, Katie Sarife, Zachary Roozen, Trevor Larcom, and Kyle Ricchetti in Happy Endings Funeral Parlor (2024)
      Happy Endings Funeral Parlor
      8.0
      Short
      • composer: additional music
      • 2024
    • Piece by Piece (2024)
      Piece by Piece
      6.9
      • score musician
      • 2024
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies in You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
      You Hurt My Feelings
      6.5
      • score performer
      • score producer
      • 2023
    • David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, Pedro Pascal, Keegan-Michael Key, Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Ben Ashenden, Alexander Owen, and Guz Khan in The Bubble (2022)
      The Bubble
      4.7
      • additional orchestrator
      • band musician
      • featured musician ...
      • 2022
    • Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramírez, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner, and Everly Carganilla in Yes Day (2021)
      Yes Day
      5.7
      • score musician
      • 2021
    • Pete Davidson in The King of Staten Island (2020)
      The King of Staten Island
      7.1
      • orchestrations
      • 2020
    • Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae in The Lovebirds (2020)
      The Lovebirds
      6.1
      • musician
      • 2020
    • Randall Park and Ali Wong in Always Be My Maybe (2019)
      Always Be My Maybe
      6.7
      • orchestrator
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Lopez in Second Act (2018)
      Second Act
      5.8
      • score musician
      • 2018
    • Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Gustavo Escobar, Isabela Merced, and Julianna Gamiz in Instant Family (2018)
      Instant Family
      7.3
      • musician
      • orchestrator
      • 2018
    • Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Damon Wayans Jr., Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)
      New Girl
      7.8
      TV Series
      • main title theme
      • composer: main title theme
      • 2011–2018
    • Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty (2018)
      I Feel Pretty
      5.7
      • score performer
      • 2018
    • Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Beanie Feldstein, and Kiersey Clemons in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
      Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
      5.7
      • featured musician
      • 2016
    • Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in Daddy's Home (2015)
      Daddy's Home
      6.2
      • guitar
      • music orchestrated by
      • 2015
    • The Grinder (2015)
      The Grinder
      7.2
      TV Series
      • composer: additional music
      • 2015

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    • Gary Jules & Michael Andrews: Mad World (2004)
      Gary Jules & Michael Andrews: Mad World
      7.9
      Music Video
      • Michael Andrews
      • 2004
    • Gary Jules & Michael Andrews: Mad World (Alternate Version) (2003)
      Gary Jules & Michael Andrews: Mad World (Alternate Version)
      Music Video
      • Michael Andrews
      • 2003
    • Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks (1999)
      Freaks and Geeks
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Scott (as Mike Andrews)
      • 1999

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