Michael J Lewis

Emmy Award Winning Composer

Michael J Lewis, award-winning composer and producer was born in Aberystwyth, Wales. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where he studied harmony, counterpoint and composition. His many film scores include Julius Caesar starring Charlton Heston, The Medusa Touch starring 'Richard Burton', 11 Harrowhouse starring Candice Bergen, The Man Who Haunted Himself starring Roger Moore and The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) starring Katharine Hepburn, for which he won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Score. His 1973 Broadway show, 'Cyrano', earned the writers a Grammy nomination and the show's star, Christopher Plummer, a Tony Award. Michael's score for the 1979 TV animated adaptation of C.S. Lewis's ‘Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ in 1989 won him a coveted Emmy Award. He moved from the UK to the USA in the 1980s and his first venture into American films, scoring ‘The Rose and the Jackal’ starring Christopher Reeve, received an American Cable Excellence nomination. In 2005, Michael moved to Austin, Texas , Michael has become an aficionado of Central Texas honky-tonks and a devotee of Two step, Triple step, Waltz and Swing. ‘Chisos’ is one of five film projects that Michael has worked on since living in Texas, both as composer and screen writer.

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