Michael Penn

Composer. Born 1 August 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.

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1 August 1958, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Michael Penn is an American composer, musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known for scoring Paul Thomas Anderson's early films Hard Eight (1996) and Boogie Nights (1997).

Born in New York City in 1958, Penn released his debut album March in 1989. Its lead single 'No Myth' reached the US Top 40. He has since composed scores for films including The Anniversary Party (2001), The Last Kiss (2006) and Sunshine Cleaning (2008), and for television series such as Masters of Sex and Good Girls. Penn is married to singer-songwriter Aimee Mann.

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Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Michael Penn is known for Hard Eight (1997), Sunshine Cleaning (2008), Good Girls (2018), Barefoot (2014), Carrie Pilby (2017), Masters of Sex (2013), The Last Kiss (2006) and Solitary Man (2009).

Boogie Nights

1997 · Music