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P R E S S H I G H L I G H T S
INTERVIEWS:
INTERVIEWS WITH MICHAEL MCCANN
360 Magazine UK
(ISSUE 56 - PRINT ONLY)
Jeux Video Interview
(JUNE 2009 - FRENCH)
IGN Interview
(OCT 2006)
Music 4
Games Interview
(OCT 2006)
GameZone Interview - Part 1
(NOV 2006)
GameZone Interview - Part 2
(NOV 2006)
Play Magazine
(ALSO JAN 2007 PRINT ISSUE)
Convergence
Magazine
(JUNE 2007 PRINT ISSUE)
Computer Music Magazine
(JUNE
2007 PRINT ISSUE)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2010 E3 Awards
& Nominations For DX:HR
14 AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
FROM 1UP, IGN, GAME INFORMER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, GAMETRAILERS, JEUX
VIDEO, GAMEPRO & MORE.
2008 Hollywood Music Awards: Best TV Theme
NOMINATION FOR 'REGENESIS'
2007 AIAS Awards: Best Original Score
NOMINATION FOR 'SPLINTER CELL:
DOUBLE AGENT'
2007 G.A.N.G. Awards: Best Original Music
NOMINATION FOR 'SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE
AGENT'
2006 IGN "Best of 2006" Awards: Best Original
Music
WON FOR 'SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE
AGENT'
2006 Genie Awards: Best Sound / Sound Editing
NOMINATION FOR 'IT'S ALL GONE PETE
TONG'
2005 Leo Awards: Best Sound / Sound Editing
WON FOR 'IT'S ALL GONE PETE
TONG'
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Winner: 2004 Toronto International Film Festival
Winner: New York Gen Arts Film Festival
Winner: HBO Comedy Film Festival
8 Genie Nominations incl. Best Picture
 LICENSE TO THRILL MUSIC
MAY 2009: Michael McCann has
partnered with
License To Thrill Music - an independent music publisher
providing music licensing for advertising, films, television, radio,
movie trailers, video games and new media. Please click
here for the
press release.
REVIEWS:
Official XBOX 360
Magazine UK - 9/10
...Sound is also fantastic, with an often
perfectly understated musical score...."
GameSpot - 8.5/10
There are only good things to be said about the game's new
soundtrack, which is perfectly fitting superspy-sounding stuff that
gets louder and tenser when Fisher gets up close to an enemy.
USA Today - 9/10
.Presentation is dark yet powerful,
maintaining a high level of suspense. The various locales look
vibrant, particularly the Arctic level in eastern Russia. Music
ramps up as the alert levels peak, while the sounds of nervous
bosses talking n your ear keep you on the edge of your chair.
GameSpy - 9/10
"...I couldn't help but feel the hairs on
the back of my neck stand up when the dramatic music swept in after
I engaged an enemy."
NZ Gamer - 8.5/10
" [Music] not
only enhance the stealth aspects of the game, but also the emotional
and often dark twists the storyline takes.....The score does just
that, adapting to in-game decisions that players make, while still
managing to stay cohesive throughout each level...Splinter Cell
Double Agent sets an impossibly high standard for sound. Other games
ought to feel ashamed.
Games Radar
- 9/10
"Oppressive
atmosphere of tension."
Game Zone - 9.2 / 10
"...Another
really outstanding point for this game is the soundtrack. The music
for this game fits every situation that Sam is forced upon, if he is
in Iceland, prison, and other locals that he will visit."
Gaming Target - 9.1 / 10
"...Sound wise the game fires on all cylinders, with great music, excellent voice acting
(particularly Ironside, who is Sam Fisher, he owns the role) and the digital sounds of warfare and espionage..."
3D Avenue - 8/10
the soundtrack is once again brilliant...
IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG
Thumbs Up!
ROGER EBERT, EBERT & ROEPER
This funky hipster fairy tale about a modern-day Beethoven
(comedian Paul Kaye even has the hair for the part) works whether
unspooled as fact or fiction. Like Trainspotting, it's as perversely
amusing as it is genuinely harrowing and it's got a much more
danceable soundtrack.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
This mock rave-umentary
succeeds as a light comedy fueled by relentless beats.
ROLLING
STONE
The music isn't merely a soundtrack, but a complex
emotional language.
LA Weekly
The same propulsive, punk
rock vibe as Trainspotting and 24 Hour Party People.
New York Post
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June 4th, 2010:
Michael McCann has officially been announced as composer for the
hugely anticipated upcoming game
Deus Ex: Human
Revolution from Eidos Montreal / Square Enix. A prequel to what
is considered the greatest game ever made, DX:HR will be released
worldwide in 2011.
Michael did the music for the incredible 1st full length trailer:
WATCH
You can now follow Michael on
Twitter &
Facebook for updated info.
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 HOLLYWOOD
MUSIC AWARDS
BEST TV THEME: REGENESIS
Behavior's song Anywhere But Here was
nominated for "Best TV Theme" at the 1st Annual
Hollywood
Music Awards! The track is the opening theme for the critically
acclaimed TV series
Regenesis. You
can watch the opening sequence in our Video
section
GAME AUDIO DEVELOPMENT
GAME DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS
Michael is interviewed about the future of
game music in this latest addition to the Game Development
Essentials book series.
MORE INFO ABOUT THE BOOK
THE
BOOK OF GAMES | VOL.
2
Michael's work in music & games is profiled as the introduction to the 'Music
in Games' chapter. Also includes interviews with Jesper Kyd, Nile Rodgers and Tony Hawk.
MORE INFO
ABOUT THE BOOK
 IGN - "Best Original Score of 2006"
IGN has awarded Michael's score for Double Agent, "Best Original
Score of 2006" for the XBOX 360. This is what they had to say:
"Why It Rocked: Composer Michael McCann hit the nail on the head
with the outstanding score in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double
Agent. Of course, Splinter Cell features plenty of digital sound
influenced from heart-pounding spy movies and episodes of 24.
These elements are prevalent early in the game as an homage to the
earlier titles. But as the deep story begins to progress, so
does McCann. He truly excels in his more traditional, organic
pieces that help make Double Agent sound more like an action movie rather than a videogame about spies..." (read more)
2007 AIAS Award Nomination - "Best Original Score"
 Michael's score for Double Agent was nominated by the
Academy of
Interactive Arts & Sciences for "Best Original Score". The 2007
awards show was held in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel &
Casino. For information on the AIAS & the awards please click
here.
2007 GANG Nomination - "Best Interactive Score"
 Michael's score for Double Agent was nominated by Game Audio
Network Guild for "Best Interactive Score". The 2007 awards show
was held in San Francisco at the GDC Conference. For information
about GANG and the awards please click
here.
SC: DA REVIEWS
CONTINUED:
MS Xbox WORLD - 9 / 10
"...The ambient sound
is nothing short of perfect, either, as the background music has been tweaked to match the exact degree of tension experienced by the
player in game at any given time. This helps to immerse you even
further, as the highs and lows of excitement blend naturally, in
and out, without a hitch in the musics play."
EuroGamer -
9/10
"On the basis of the solo mode alone it's worth a nine, not
just because it's by far the best game in series to date, but
because it's finally delivering on the rich potential that's
been apparent since the beginning. By giving players a real
incentive to be the stealthy super-spy, it's opening the game up
to being what it should have been...."
G4 - 4/5
"...and
it's in these nail biting moments when the game really excels. The
game's soundtrack swells as tension mounts and then, pow, Sam
chops the dude in the neck then pulls him into a headlock. There
are few experiences in gaming as satisfying."
Killer
Betties - 8 / 10
"....Great voice work. Great sound. And great
music. The holy trinity of sound work in videogames...."
Extreme Gamer - 8.5 / 10
"...Finishing up the presentation is
the audio which like the graphics always excels. In Double Agent
we are treated to the same high level of effects from the wind to
walking over metal, pushed along with the dramatic music of
Michael McCann, and excellent voice work of Mr. Michael Ironside..."
Gamer Node
- 8.2/10
Audio gets the big-ups, too. Michael
Ironside and Don Jordan return as their respectful roles of
Fisher and Lambert. Renowned Canadian composer Michael McCann makes
his video game debut, handling all the music in the
game..."
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