- Composed the Kit Kat "Gimme a Break" jingle. A University of Cincinnati study of "earworms" - a pathological condition in which tunes get stuck in people's heads - concluded that the worst offenders included "We Will Rock You", "YMCA", and the Kit Kat "Gimme a Break" jingle.
- The signature instrument in Michaels' score for Close to Home is the tenor violin - an octave lower than a standard violin - which he plays himself.
- Can be seen briefly on screen as a fiddle playing pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).
- Michael, alongside Lucas Cantor, produced Lorde's version of the Tears for Fears classic "Everybody Wants to Rule The World" from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack.
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