Mike Reagan
American composer
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Michael Reagan is an American composer, songwriter and music producer for film, television, and video games. His TV work includes The Powerpuff Girls, Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt, and Bob Boyle's Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!.[1] His film work includes Any Given Sunday, Odnoklassniki.ru: naCLICKay udachu starring Snoop Dogg, the original song "Heart and Soul" for Ripple Effect[2] featuring Asdru Sierra from Ozomatli, and the song "Take The First Step" for the Sony Pictures / Jim Henson Studios feature film Elmo in Grouchland,[3] which won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Soundtrack.
Mike Reagan | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Television, film, video games |
| Occupations | Composer, songwriter, music producer |
His video game work includes Square Enix' Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Valhalla Game Studios Devil's Third, and Sony Interactive Entertainment's God of War,[4] God of War II, God of War III, and God of War: Ghost of Sparta,[5] which won several awards including the Interactive Academy Award, Game Audio Network Guild's Music of the Year and Best Original Soundtrack.[6] Other game projects include Conan, Twisted Metal: Black, NBA 2K8, Darkwatch, Rise of the Kasai[7] and Brute Force.[8]
Career
Reagan studied guitar, composition, and music synthesis at Berklee College of Music[9] in Boston, Mass. He began his professional career as a sound designer at Soundelux,[10] Hollywood. Reagan's work was recognized with an Academy Award nomination for sound design in John Woo's Face/Off.[11] It was during this project that Reagan met director John Woo, and composers John Powell, Hans Zimmer and other notable talent working at what is now known as Remote Control Productions (American company).
While continuing his career in sound design, Reagan began simultaneously writing and producing original songs for various films. At the same time, Reagan began scoring top video games for Walt Disney Studios, Activision, Microsoft, Universal and Sony Computer Entertainment including the God of War and Twisted Metal Franchises, as well as iconic properties such as Conan,[12] The Transformers,[13] Darkwatch, Darksiders,[14] Marvel's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse[15] and many others.[16]
As film and television projects soon followed, Reagan found his way to a full-time career as a composer. First with the films Unbeatable Harold[17] starring Henry Winkler, and Magic Laptop starring Snoop Dogg. Episodic television work soon followed, and to date Reagan has written the scores and songs for hundreds of television episodes including Bob Boyle's Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Rovio's Angry Birds Toons[18] series, Cartoon Network’s The Powerpuff Girls, and the 2020 Netflix release of Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt.[19] Reagan scored the 2021 feature film: Abby's List: a Dogumentary.
Discography
Composer
| Year | Title | Studio/Production Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2006–2010 | Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! | Bolder Media, Starz Media |
| 2008 | Wubbzy's Big Movie! | |
| 2009 | Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Wubb Idol | |
| Ape Escape | Toonzone Studios, Hawaii Film Partners, Frederator Studios | |
| 2011 | Sports Ballz | Blue Apples Media |
| 2013–2016 | Angry Birds Toons | Rovio Animation |
| 2016–2019 | The Powerpuff Girls | Cartoon Network Studios |
| 2019 | The Wonderful Wingits | |
| 2020 | Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt | Silvergate Media |
| Trick Moon | Cartoon Network Studios | |
| 2023–present | Rock Paper Scissors | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
| 2024 | Invincible Fight Girl | Cartoon Network Studios |
| Year | Title | Production company |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Nowhere to Hide | ICT Productions Inc. |
| 2004 | V.E.N.O.M. | Blue Apples Media |
| 2006 | Unbeatable Harold | All Is Well Films, Mirror Images Productions Corp |
| 2008 | The Writer Couple (Short) | Contradictory Elements, Nomadic Creations |
| 2012 | Angry Birds: Meet the Pink Bird (Short) | Rovio Entertainment |
| Angry Birds Star Wars Cinematic Trailer (Short) | ||
| 2013 | Odnoklassniki.ru: naCLICKay udachu | Art Pictures Studio |
| 2014 | Somewhere in the Valley (Short) | N/A |
| Funeral Friends (Short) | ||
| 2015 | American Snapper (Short) | Hazel Films |
| 2020 | Abby's List: A Dogumentary | Albert Pictures[20] |