Michael Perfitt

Michael Perfitt is an award winning music producer, mixer, and composer. He has contributed to acclaimed scores like Fargo, Hannibal, Heroes, Gus Van Sant's Boss, and Mike Mills' films 20th Century Women and Beginners. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2017 for his work on Fargo and his work on Nurse Jackie won an Emmy in 2010. Michael studied electronic music and broadcast arts at San Francisco State University and has been creating music since the age of 5. He began his professional career in the 90's working with pop music producer Trevor Horn and recorded albums with pop luminaries Madonna, Prince, Roger Waters, Fiona Apple and Seal, selling over 30 million albums. Michael collaborated with Indian prodigy Shenkar (Last Temptation of Christ, Passion of the Christ) to create the supernatural vocalizations and doppler effects that became the signature sound of NBC's ground breaking sci-fi show Heroes. He recently produced large scale orchestral scores for Mile22, Lizzie, Submission, Three Christs, Star Trek Discovery, Fargo, and Night Of. Michael is a sought after collaborator due to a stylistic approach that merges music and sound design....utilizing granular synthesis, tape speed manipulation, extreme time stretching, spacial disorientation, and timbral transplants.