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Michael Leonhart

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Michael Leonhart was born on 21 April 1974 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer, known for Boy Kills World (2023), Mortdecai (2015) and Barbie (2023).
BornApril 21, 1974
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    • Known for

    Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård, Brett Gelman, Jessica Rothe, Sharlto Copley, Michelle Dockery, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, and Andrew Koji in Boy Kills World (2023)
    Boy Kills World
    6.4
    • Music Department
    • 2023
    Mortdecai (2015)
    Mortdecai
    5.5
    • Music Department
    • 2015
    Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Barbie (2023)
    Barbie
    6.8
    • Music Department
    • 2023
    Ava's Possessions (2015)
    Ava's Possessions
    5.6
    • Music Department
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Composer

    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • music by / original score by
      • 2025
    • Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2024)
      Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
      7.6
      • music by / original score by
      • 2024
    • Crawdaddy (2023)
      Crawdaddy
      5.0
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Kung Fu Zohra (2021)
      Kung Fu Zohra
      5.4
      • Composer (as El Michels Affair)
      • 2021
    • The Conservation Game (2021)
      The Conservation Game
      7.3
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Luana Muniz in Queen of Lapa (2019)
      Queen of Lapa
      7.3
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • The Show's the Thing: The Legendary Promoters of Rock (2018)
      The Show's the Thing: The Legendary Promoters of Rock
      6.8
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • Arkabutla
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • The Student Body (2016)
      The Student Body
      6.0
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • 30 for 30 Shorts (2012)
      30 for 30 Shorts
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Raise the ToyGantic (2015)
      Raise the ToyGantic
      7.2
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • No Small Parts (2013)
      No Small Parts
      6.4
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • Grant Hill and Christian Laettner in Duke 91 & 92: Back to Back (2012)
      Duke 91 & 92: Back to Back
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2012
    • B Movie (2004)
      B Movie
      7.3
      • Composer
      • 2004

    Music Department

    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • trumpet & banjo & pump organ & accordion & piano & guitars & vibraphone & bass & drums & voice & mellotron & optigan & samplers & brass & kazoos
      • 2025
    • Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2024)
      Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
      7.6
      • trumpet & banjo & pump organ & accordion & piano & guitars & vibraphone & bass & drums & voice & mellotron & optigan & samplers & brass & kazoos
      • 2024
    • Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård, Brett Gelman, Jessica Rothe, Sharlto Copley, Michelle Dockery, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, and Andrew Koji in Boy Kills World (2023)
      Boy Kills World
      6.4
      • musician: original songs trumpet
      • 2023
    • Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Barbie (2023)
      Barbie
      6.8
      • musician
      • 2023
    • Instrument of Hope (2020)
      Instrument of Hope
      Short
      • musician
      • 2020
    • Ava's Possessions (2015)
      Ava's Possessions
      5.6
      • musician: trumpets
      • 2015
    • Mortdecai (2015)
      Mortdecai
      5.5
      • musician: trumpet
      • 2015
    • Bruno Mars in Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk (2014)
      Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk
      7.0
      Music Video
      • musician
      • 2014
    • Nikita Cash and Winnifred Bonjean Alpart in Sexy Baby (2012)
      Sexy Baby
      6.0
      • musician: keyboards
      • 2012

    Soundtrack

    • Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård, Brett Gelman, Jessica Rothe, Sharlto Copley, Michelle Dockery, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, and Andrew Koji in Boy Kills World (2023)
      Boy Kills World
      6.4
      • writer: "Pushing Rocks"
      • 2023
    • Jenny Slate in Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
      Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
      7.6
      • performer: "Taps", "Amazing Grace"
      • 2021

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • El Michels Affair
    • Born
      • April 21, 1974
      • New York City, New York, USA

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Son of bassist Jay Leonhart and singer Donna Leonhart. Brother of singer Carolyn Leonhart.

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