---
name: "Michael Brook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-brook"
fi1m_id: "michael-brook"
imdb_id: "nm0111649"
tmdb_id: 19016
wikidata_id: "Q1349166"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-17T13:45:46.866634+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Brook

## Identity

Michael Brook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-brook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-brook
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111649
- **TMDB ID:** 19016
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1349166
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19016

Composer. Born 1 January 1952 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2004–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Davis Guggenheim](https://film.one/person/davis-guggenheim.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (3), 2010s 79 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Documentary 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $327m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19016

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Fighter*](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Perks of Being a Wallflower*](https://film.one/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.md) (76)

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## Biography

Michael Brook is a Canadian composer, guitarist, producer and recording artist. Born in 1952 in Toronto, Ontario, he began his career as a recording artist and collaborator, working with musicians including Brian Eno and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He invented the Infinite Guitar and has produced albums across genres including ambient, world and minimalism.

Brook moved to Los Angeles in 1999 to focus on film and television scoring. His credits include the HBO series *Deadwood* (2004) and films such as *Into the Wild* (2007), *The Fighter* (2010), *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012) and *Brooklyn* (2015). He received a Golden Globe nomination for *Into the Wild* and ASCAP awards for *The Fighter* and *The Vow* (2012).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Brooklyn* (2015), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.md)
- *The Fighter* (2010), Fi1m 79, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md)
- *Into the Wild* (2007), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-wild.md)
- *An Inconvenient Truth* (2006), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-truth.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Lightkeeper* (2026), Music
- *Bedford Park* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Anorgasmia* (2025), Music
- *The Signal* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Slash/Back* (2022), Music
- *Embattled* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Good Trouble* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Giant Little Ones* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Paper Year* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *My Days of Mercy* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Le Brio* (2017), Music
- *Stronger* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *All We Had* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Milton's Secret* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Tallulah* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *Cesar Chavez* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Aloft* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Jerusalem* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Morning* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Cas & Dylan* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Kill for Me* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.md)
- *The Vow* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Undefeated* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Darwin* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Country Strong* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Fighter* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md)
- *El Infierno* (2010), Music, Original Music Composer, Compositor
- *Arcadia Lost* (2010), Music
- *Wrecked* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Road, Movie* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *9500 Liberty* (2009), Music
- *Journey to Mecca* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Sugar* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Into the Wild* (2007), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-wild.md)
- *An Inconvenient Truth* (2006), Music — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-truth.md)
- *Americanese* (2006), Music
- *Tre* (2006), Music
- *Ashes and Snow* (2005), Music
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Phone Booth* (2003), Musician
- *Straight Up: Helicopters in Action* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *September 11* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *India: Kingdom of the Tiger* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), Additional Music — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *The First Year* (2001), Music
- *Crime + Punishment in Suburbia* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Buddy Boy* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Affliction* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Albino Alligator* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Fires of Kuwait* (1992), Music

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