- Born
- Birth nameMichael James Whalen
- Nickname
- m-Dub
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Two-time Emmy® award-winning composer and music supervisor, Michael Whalen, is a veteran of 850 TV and film scores, thousands of commercials and numerous TV themes, video games and corporate identity pieces.
Literally billions of people have heard Michael's television/theme work for: HBO, Netflix, Oprah Winfrey/Harpo, ABC/News "Good Morning America", Comast, BBC, NHK, "Inside Edition", PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, A&E, NBC, CBS and many others. Advertisements for: Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Reebok, Advil, Ford and thousands of others.
Michael is also an internationally renown recording artist and producer who has 38 solo and soundtrack recordings to his credit. His song "I Have Loved you for a Thousand Lifetimes" has over 38 million streams on Spotify alone with more than 850 million streams for his expansive catalog over the last 15 years. He has recorded with Universal Music (Narada), Sony Entertainment (Windham Hill), Warner Music (Atlantic Records) and 9 other independent labels. Most recently, Michael has a distribution deal with Six Degrees Records (InGrooves/UMG).
Michael loves teaching and he has been adjunct professor at the Berklee College of Music, The City College of New York and NYU. Michael performs in NYC-metro area when time allows.
By: Michael Whalen Music, LTD.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Michael Whalen Music, LTD.
- SpousesRuth Whalen(December 31, 2010 - present)Linda Zimmerman(February 18, 2006 - July 2, 2008) (divorced)Carla A. Mariano(November 29, 2003 - June 6, 2004) (divorced)Whitney Connaughton(September 15, 1990 - March 18, 2001) (divorced, 2 children)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Pronounshe/him
- Sexual orientationStraight
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityIrish, Italian
- Soaring romantic melodies... likes piano, orchestra and percussion
- Completing work on soundtrack to the feature film "Veronika Decides to Die" (starring Sarah Michelle Gellar).
- An adjunct professor at the Clive Davis school of recording at NYU.
- Michael is an associate professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and lives in New York City.
- Appointed (part-time) adjunct lecturer at City College of New York in New York City.
- Released his first EP featuring him as a vocalist. The recording is entitled "The Road of Ghosts".
- The path to uniqueness is the loneliest road of all
- Everybody - just calm down
- Slavery and the Making of America (2005) - $85,000
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