Michael Hoenig
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Michael Hoenig | |
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| Born | 4 January 1952 Warner Bros. Records |
Michael Hoenig (born 4 January 1952) is a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for composing the theme to the science fiction series Dark Skies.[1]
Early career
As the editor of the underground magazine LOVE in the late sixties, Hoenig was part of the burgeoning progressive rock scene in Berlin, which fostered bands like
Berlin School classic Departure from the Northern Wasteland, and left for Los Angeles shortly after it was released.[2]
Later career
Hoenig owns a recording studio in Los Angeles and through his company Metamusic Productions, he has composed the scores for several movies (see filmography below) and television shows. In addition to this, he has composed music for the extremely popular
Nashville, making the attraction the first roller coaster to be synced to music. Bones on the Beach has also been used at a similar roller coaster, Revolution, at Bobbejaanland, a family park in Lichtaart, Belgium
from 2004 to 2008 and since 2011.
Discography
Albums
- Departure from the Northern Wasteland (1978)
- Xcept One (1987)
- The Blob soundtrack (1988)
- Dark Skies score (1997)
with Tangerine Dream
- Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1 (2003)
- In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979(2019)
with Manuel Göttsching
- Early Water (1997)
Producer
- Lovely Thunder – Harold Budd (1986)
Filmography
Films
- Deadly Encounter (1982)
- Koyaanisqatsi (1982 – additional music)
- Night Patrol (1984)
- Silent Witness (1985)
- 9½ Weeks (1986 – additional music)
- The Gate (1987)
- Shattered Spirits (1987)
- The Wraith (1987)
- The Blob (1988)
- I, Madman (1989)
- The Last of the Finest (1990)
- Class of 1999 (1990)
- Visions of Murder (1993)
- The Amy Fisher Story (1993)
- Search for Grace (1994)
- Eyes of Terror (1994)
- Above Suspicion (1995)
- Terminal Justice (1995)
- Her Costly Affair (1996)
- Thrill (1996)
- After Alice (1999)
- Contaminated Man (2000)
- Dracula 3000 (2004)
Television series
- Max Headroom (1987–88)
- Dark Skies (1996–1997)
- Strange World (1999)
- The District (2000–2004)
Games
- Baldur's Gate (1998)
- Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999)
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
References
- Emmys.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
External links
- Michael Hoenig at IMDb
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Michael Hoenig at AllMusic
- Departure From The Northern Wasteland review (in Spanish)
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