Biography

Michael Stearns is a composer and soundtrack designer/producer. His credits include music and soundtrack production for television, feature films, theme parks, twenty one IMAX films and seventeen solo albums. He has created music for Disney Films, HBO, ABC's "The World of Explorers", 20/20, Ripley's Believe It or Not, and Ron Fricke's non-verbal global film masterpieces "Chronos", "Sacred Site", "Baraka" and "Samsara". His music has been used by NASA, Laserium, and choreographed by the Berkshire Ballet.

Michael has produced the soundtracks to Universal Studio's themed attractions "Earthquake" and "Back to the Future, The Ride", the latter utilizing motion control vehicles in an OMNIMAX theater. He produced the soundtrack to Paramount Picture's ride film "Star Trek, The Experience" and music for World's Fair/Expos in Korea, Japan and Spain.

Stearns works in his recording and post production facility The Guest House, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Studio 'A' has 9.2.4 (Dolby ATMOS, IMAX and special venue) monitoring capability for pre-dubbing and mixing. Studio 'B' is set up for composition and recording with stereo and 7.1 monitoring.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joy Traxler