Michael Brook

Michael Brook (born 1952) is a Canadian guitarist, inventor, music producer, and film music composer. He plays in many genres, including rock, electronica, world music, minimalism and film scores. His collaborations with musicians around the world have made him "one of the most sought-after producers in the music industry."

Career Brook studied music and electronics at York University and worked as an engineer at the Grant Avenue studios, then owned by the Lanois brothers. Here he worked with Brian Eno, The Edge, Jon Hassell and Harold Budd. In 1985 he released his first solo album Hybrid, containing instrumental tracks with Indian and African elements. He also opened the concerts with a solo set, featuring the Infinite Guitar with effects and sequencer backing. In 1998, he produced the album "Volcán: Tributo a José José", a tribute album to singer Jose Jose. In 2006, the solo album RockPaperScissors was released, with an ambient remix version following in 2007. Brook toured small venues in Canada and the United States in late January/early February, 2007. In writing about his score for the film 2015 film Brooklyn, Variety said the film was "buoyed along by a beautiful Michael Brook score and The Hollywood Reporter praised his "evocative scoring."

Awards and honors He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1996 for his production work and as a co-artist on Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's album Night Song.

Brook's soundtrack to Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2008.

He also contributed a track to The Edge's soundtrack for the film Captive (1986). Brook's Infinite Guitar was later utilized by The Edge on U2's The Joshua Tree (1987).

He won ASCAP awards in 2011 for The Fighter and 2013 for The Vow. He won the Havana Film Festival award for best music in 2011 for El Infierno.

Selected discography Studio and live albums YearArtistsTitleDetails1985 Michael Brook with Brian Eno and Daniel LanoisHybrid Released: 26 July 1985 Label: Editions EG (EGED 41) Formats: LP, CD1986 Jon HassellPower Spot Released: 29 September 1986 Label: ECM (ECM 1327) Formats: LP, CD Brook plays infinite guitar on three tracks1987 Pieter Nooten and Michael BrookSleeps with the Fishes Released: 12 October 1987 Label: 4AD (CAD 710) Formats: LP, CD1990 Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanMustt Mustt Released: 14 February 1990 Label: Real World (RW 15) Released: 1 June 1992 Label: 4AD (CAD 2007) Formats: CDReissued together in 1999 as a 2-CD set titled Cobalt Blue & Live at the AquariumLive at the Aquarium - London Zoo 21 May 1992 Released: 21 September 1992 Label: 4AD (TAD 2011) Formats: limited edition CD1994 David Sylvian and Robert FrippDamage: Live Released: 1 October 1994 Label: Virgin (DAMAGE 1) Formats: CD Featuring Michael Brook1995 U. Srinivas and Michael BrookDream Released: 29 August 1995 Label: Real World (RW 47) Formats: CD Featuring Trey Gunn Michael BrookShona Released: 1995 Label: Sine (SIN002) Formats: CD Unofficial release, recorded live during the Lanzarote Music Festival, December 19891996 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael BrookNight Song Released: 20 February 1996 Label: Real World (RW 50) Formats: CD Second collaboration with Khan1997 Iarla Ó Lionáird with Michael BrookThe Seven Steps to Mercy (Seacht gCoiscéim Na Trocaire) Released: 22 September 1997 Label: Real World (RW 67) Formats: CD Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael BrookNusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook Remixed: Star Rise Released: 6 October 1997 Label: Real World (RW 68) Formats: CD, 2LP Last collaboration with Khan; features remixes of tracks from Mustt Mustt and Night Song 1998 Djivan Gasparyan and Michael BrookBlack Rock Released: 7 September 1998 Label: Real World (RW 73) Formats: CD 2001 Hukwe Zawose and Michael BrookAssembly Released: 29 October 2001 Label: Real World (RW 100) Formats: CD 2006Michael BrookRockPaperScissors Released: 18 July 2006 Label: Canadian Rational/bigHelium Entertainment (CRBHE002) Formats: CD 2007BellCurve Released: 23 October 2007 Label: Canadian Rational/bigHelium Entertainment (CRBHE010) Formats: CD Remix album of RockPaperScissors by James Hood2008 Djivan Gasparyan and Michael BrookPenumbra Released: 23 September 2008 Label: Canadian Rational (CR 1011) Formats: CD Second collaboration with Gasparyan

Soundtracks Captive (1986) – co-writer/producer with The Edge. Heat (1995) Albino Alligator (1996) Affliction (1997) Getting to Know You (1999) Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000) Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Black Hawk Down (2001) - music composed by Hans Zimmer Charlotte Sometimes (2002) India: Kingdom of the Tiger (2002) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) Tre (2007) Into the Wild (2007) Americanese (2008) Road, Movie (2009) Morning (2010) 9500 Liberty (2010) The Fighter (2010) Country Strong (2010) El Infierno (2010) Darwin (2011) Undefeated (2011) The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Cas and Dylan (2013) Aloft (2015) Brooklyn (2015) Tallulah (2016) Stronger (2017) My Days of Mercy (2017) Le Brio (2017) Giant Little Ones (2019)