McCuistion, Michael

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McCUISTION, Michael

PERSONAL

Career: Composer, orchestrator, music arranger, and conductor.

Awards, Honors: Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding music direction and composition, 1999, for "Judgement Day," and 2000, for "The Brightest Day," both episodes of The New Batman/Superman Adventures; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding music direction and composition (with others), 2000, and Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding music direction and composition (with others), 2001, both for Batman Beyond; Annie Award nomination, outstanding music score for an animated television production (with others), International Animated Film Society, 2001, for "The Accomplice," The Zeta Project; Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding music direction and composition (with others), 2002 and 2003, both for The Zeta Project; Annie Award nomination, outstanding music in an animated television production (with others), 2004, for "Divide & Conquer," Teen Titans.

CREDITS

Film Work; Orchestrator:

(With others) Last Action Hero, Columbia, 1993.

Striking Distance, Columbia, 1993.

(With others) The Three Musketeers, Buena Vista, 1993.

(With others) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (animated; also known as Batman: Mask of the Phantasm; The Animated Movie, Batman: The Animated Movie, and Mask of the Phantasm: Batman the Animated Movie ), Warner Bros., 1993.

(And conductor) New Nightmare (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 and Wes Craven's New Nightmare ), New Line Cinema, 1994.

Principal orchestrator, Highlander III: The Sorcerer (also known as Highlander: The Final Dimension, Highlander: The Magician, Highlander III, and Highlander 3: The Final Conflict ), Dimension Films, 1994.

Vampire in Brooklyn (also known as Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn ), Paramount, 1995.

(With others) Batman Forever (also known as Forever ), Warner Bros., 1995.

Fear (also known as No Fear ), Universal, 1996.

Escape from L.A. (also known as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. ), Paramount, 1996.

(With others) Batman & Robin, Warner Bros., 1997.

Turbulence, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1997.

(With others) Under the Lighthouse Dancing, 1997.

(With others), The Jackal (also known as Le Chacal and Der Schakal ), Universal, 1997.

(With others), Mystery Men, MCA/Universal, 1999.

Principal orchestrator, Mr. Accident, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 2000.

(And music arranger) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (animated; also known as Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker and Return of the Joker ), Warner Bros., 2000.

(With others) Jeepers Creepers II, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 2003.

Television Work; Movies:

Orchestrator and music conductor, Mistrial, HBO, 1996.

Orchestrator, Rasputin (also known as Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny ), HBO, 1996.

Music conductor, Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (also known as Subzero ), The WB, 1998.

Television Work; Other:

Orchestrator (with others) and conductor, Earth 2 (pilot), NBC, 1994.

Orchestrator, The Others (series), NBC, 2000.

WRITINGS

Television Music; Series:

(With others) Batman: The Animated Series (also known as The Adventures of Batman & Robin ), Fox, beginning 1994.

(Uncredited; with others) Space: Above and Beyond, Fox, 1995.

(With others) Batman Beyond (animated; also known as Batman of the Future ), The WB, 1999.

(With others) The Zeta Project (including the episode "The Accomplice"), The Kids WB, beginning 2001.

Justice League (animated; also known as JL, JLA, and Justice League of America ), Cartoon Network, 2001.

(With others) Teen Titans (animated; including the episode "Divide & Conquer"), Cartoon Network, 2003.

Also composer for The New Batman/Superman Adventures (animated; including the episodes "Judgement Day" and "The Brightest Day"), The WB; and Superman (also known as Superman: The Animated Series ), The WB.