Mike Reagan

Mike 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. Reagan is the voice of the Tarzan yell in the 1999 Walt Disney Studios film Tarzan.

Mike Reagan
BornLos Angeles, United States
GenresTelevision, film, video games
Occupation(s)Composer, songwriter, music producer

His video game work include 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, God of War: Chains of Olympus, 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, Hanz 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 (2016 TV series), and the 2020 Netflix release of Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt.[19] Reagan is currently scoring the upcoming feature film: Abby's List: a Dogumentary, scheduled for release in 2021.

Discography

Composer

Television
YearTitleStudio/Production Company
2006-2009Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!Starz
2009Wow Wow Wubbzy: Wubb IdolDiscovery Family Channel, Chalkline Productions, Bolder Media for Boys and Girls
2009Ape EscapeToonzone Studios, Hawaii Film Partners, Frederator Studios
2011Sports BallzBlue Apples Media
2013-2016Angry Birds ToonsAtomic Cartoons, Rovio Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television
2019The Wonderful WingitsCartoon Network Studios
2016-2017The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV series)Cartoon Network Studios
2020–presentChico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool BeltNetflix
2020Trick MoonCartoon Network Studios
Video Games
YearTitleProduction Company
1999Villains' RevengeDisney Interactive
1999Xena: Warrior PrincessVivendi Universal Games
2000NHL 2001EA Sports
2000NBA 2001EA Sports
2001Twisted Metal: BlackIncog Inc. Entertainment
2001Final Four 2002Sony Computer Entertainment America
2001Twisted Metal Small BrawlIncog Inc. Entertainment
2002Draconus: Cult of the WyrmTreyarch
2003Brute ForceDigital Anvil
2003Rise to HonorSony Computer Entertainment America
2004Van HelsingSaffire
2005God of WarSanta Monica Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment
2005Rise of the KasaiBottleRocket
2005Darkwatch: Curse of the WestBlack Powder Media Inc., Sammy Studios
2007God of War IISanta Monica Studio
2007ConanVoiceWorks Productions
2007Spider-Man: Friend or FoeArtificial Mind & Movement (A2M), Beenox, Columbia Pictures
2008God of War: Chains of OlympusReady at Dawn Studios
2010DarksidersPCB Productions
2010God of War IIISanta Monica Studio
2010God of War: Ghost of SpartaReady at Dawn Studios
2012Trials EvolutionRedLynx
2012OutwittersOne Man Left Studios
2013Pudding MonstersZeptoLab
2013Amazing AlexRovio Entertainment
2013Turbo Racing LeagueDreamWorks Animation
2015Devil's ThirdValhalla & Doobic, Valhalla Game Studios
2017Life Is Strange: Before the StormDeck Nine Games, Idol Minds
Film
YearTitleProduction Company
2002Nowhere to HideICT Productions Inc.
2004V.E.N.O.M.Blue Apples Media
2006Unbeatable HaroldAll Is Well Films, Mirror Images Productions Corp
2008The Writer Couple (Short)Contradictory Elements, Nomadic Creations
2012Angry Birds: Meet the Pink Bird (Short)Rovio Entertainment
2012Angry Birds Star Wars Cinematic Trailer (Short)Rovio Entertainment
2013Odnoklassniki.ru: naCLICKay udachuArt Pictures Studio
2014Somewhere in the Valley (Short)n/a
2014Funeral Friends (Short)n/a
2015American Snapper (Short)Hazel Films
2020Abby's List: A DogumentaryAlbert Pictures[20]

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