Michael Wandmacher

Michael Wandmacher (born October 29, 1967) is an American composer of film, television, and video game scores. Life and career Wandmacher was born in Minneapolis. He began his career composing music for local news media and television commercials before scoring short and feature films by local filmmakers. While following a series of email exchanges that started via a film music newsgroup, Wandmacher met Alan Silvestri and was invited to Los Angeles to participate in several scoring sessions. They composed music for the English-language releases of several Jackie Chan films including Armour of God and Drunken Master II. He eventually found success with the black comedy horror film Modern Vampires. Wandmacher co-composed the score with Danny Elfman, the brother of the film's director Richard Elfman. Wandmacher permanently relocated to Los Angeles.

The majority of Wandmacher's work consists of genre films particularly horror and thriller films. In 2015, Wandmacher composed the score to the role-playing video game Bloodborne.

Wandmacher also creates remixes under the pseudonym "Khursor". As such, he has worked with Godhead including a track on The Shadow Realigned album. The Khursor remix of Sting's Every Breath You Take was featured on the trailer for the third season of The Americans.

Wandmacher was the string arranger on Evanescence's 2026 album Sanctuary.

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Notes 1997 Tokyo Pig US version 2002 She Spies 2005–06 Night Stalker 10 episodes 2006 South Beach 9 episodes 2011–12 Breaking In 19 episodes 2013–23 The Goldbergs 163 episodes 2017 Imaginary Mary 5 episodes 2018 Into the Dark Episode: "Flesh & Blood" 2019–20 Schooled 34 episodes

TV films and miniseries Year Title Director 2004 Crimes of Fashion Stuart Gillard 2009 Ben 10: Alien Swarm Alex Winter

Video games Year Title Notes 2005 Madagascar 2006 Over the Hedge 2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2010 Singularity Composed with Charlie Clouser 2012 Twisted Metal 2015 Bloodborne Composed with Ryan Amon, Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Suzuki and Cris Velasco