---
name: "Michael Convertino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-convertino"
fi1m_id: "michael-convertino"
imdb_id: "nm0006016"
tmdb_id: 4055
wikidata_id: "Q940995"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 March 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:37:32.273250+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 Convertino

## Identity

Michael Convertino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-convertino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-convertino
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006016
- **TMDB ID:** 4055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q940995
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Convertino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4055

Composer. Born 14 March 1952 in New York City, New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 March 1952, New York City, New York
- **Active:** 1986–1994
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (2), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $273m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Convertino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4055

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Bull Durham*](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md) (83), [*Children of a Lesser God*](https://film.one/film/children-of-a-lesser-god.md) (66)
- **Disney+:** [*The Santa Clause*](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Convertino is an American composer and musician. Born on 14 March 1952 in New York City, he studied at Yale University and the Paris Conservatoire. In the early 1980s he played in the rock band The Innocents before moving into film scoring.

His credits include the scores for *Frankenweenie* (1984), *Children of a Lesser God* (1986), *The Hidden* (1987), *Bull Durham* (1988), *Guarding Tess* (1994), *The Santa Clause* (1994), *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995) and *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997). He has collaborated repeatedly with director Randa Haines.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Santa Clause* (1994), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md)
- *Bull Durham* (1988), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *Children of a Lesser God* (1986), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-a-lesser-god.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Wake Wood* (2011), Music
- *Milwaukee, Minnesota* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Liberty Stands Still* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Snow White* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Where's Marlowe?* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Dance with Me* (1998), Music
- *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Last of the High Kings* (1996), Music
- *Mother Night* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Pie in the Sky* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Bed of Roses* (1996), Thanks, Original Music Composer
- *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Santa Clause* (1994), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md)
- *Milk Money* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Guarding Tess* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Wrestling Ernest Hemingway* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *A Home of Our Own* (1993), Music
- *Bodies, Rest & Motion* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *The Waterdance* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *The Doctor* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The End of Innocence* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Shattered Dreams* (1990), Music
- *Queen of Hearts* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bull Durham* (1988), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *The Hidden* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Mistress* (1987), Music
- *Christmas Snow* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Children of a Lesser God* (1986), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-a-lesser-god.md)
- *Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp* (1986), Music
- *Hollywood Vice Squad* (1986), Music
- *Frankenweenie* (1984), Music
- *Curious George* (1984), Music

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