---
name: "Michael Galasso"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-galasso"
fi1m_id: "michael-galasso"
imdb_id: "nm0301704"
tmdb_id: 12454
wikidata_id: "Q555542"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 April 1949"
died: "9 September 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:49:19.147228+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 Galasso

## Identity

Michael Galasso

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-galasso
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-galasso
- **IMDb ID:** nm0301704
- **TMDB ID:** 12454
- **Wikidata ID:** Q555542
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Galasso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12454

Composer. Born 5 April 1949 in Hammond, Louisiana, USA. Died 9 September 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 April 1949, Hammond, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 9 September 2009
- **Active:** 1994–2000
- **Frequently works with:** [Tony Leung](https://film.one/person/tony-leung-chiu-wai.md), [Wong Kar-Wai](https://film.one/person/wong-kar-wai.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 91 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Galasso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12454

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*In the Mood for Love*](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md) (91), [*Chungking Express*](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md) (85)

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## Biography

Michael Galasso was an American composer, violinist and music director. Born in Hammond, Louisiana, he studied at Oberlin College and Dartmouth College. He began his career composing for theatrical productions, notably several early works by Robert Wilson in the 1970s, and later collaborated with Wilson on further stage projects including adaptations of Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov.

Galasso wrote scores for films including Wong Kar-wai's *Chungking Express* (1994) and *In the Mood for Love* (2000), as well as *Séraphine* (2008), for which he received the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film in 2009. He also composed for dance and contributed to other international productions such as *Secret Ballot* (2001). He died in Paris in 2009.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *In the Mood for Love* (2000), Fi1m 91, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md)
- *Chungking Express* (1994), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature* (2022), Music
- *The Wanderer* (2021), Sound
- *Interdependence* (2019), Music
- *Above Us Only Sky* (2019), Music
- *Stories on Human Rights* (2008), Music
- *Séraphine* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The New Man* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *A Common Thread* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *History of a Secret* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Waiting for the Clouds* (2003), Music
- *Mud* (2003), Music
- *Dead Man's Memories* (2003), Music
- *Angel on the Right* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *In the Mood for Love* (2000), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md)
- *Chungking Express* (1994), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/chungking-express.md)
- *Cloud Dance* (1979), Music
- *Syracuse Sequence*, Music

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/michael-galasso