Mac Quayle is an American composer for film, television and video games, best known for his work on the

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's '' Mr. Robot'' and for FX's ''

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''. Quayle was born in Suffolk, Virginia, but moved around the state, living in

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and

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. He attended Matthew Fontaine Maury High School, and graduated from

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. Quayle first discovered music at age 6 when he was part of his church's choir, and would take piano and percussion lessons. During school, he served as a band member for two different bands: The Naros and The X-Raves. Quayle moved to

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to attend

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, but departed when his internship at a studio allowed him to make a living working as a keyboard player and programmer. In 2004, he moved to

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, where he worked as an additional composer for the CBS crime drama ''

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''. He was introduced to film composer

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, and would work under him on films such as '' The Lincoln Lawyer'', '' Drive'' and '' Contagion''. His work was noticed by Ryan Murphy when Quayle and Martinez worked on his television film ''

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'', and invited him to audition to be the composer for the fourth season of ''American Horror Story''. He was hired the day after his audition. Quayle would also compose the score for Murphy's programs '' Scream Queens'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Pose'', '' The Politician'', '' 9-1-1: Lone Star'', and '' Ratched''. For his work on the first season of ''Mr. Robot'', Quayle was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. He would also be nominated for his work on ''American Horror Story'' and ''Feud''.

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

References

External links

Mac Quayle
at the

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