Michael John Higham (born 25 April 1970) is a British
sound editor, record producer,
audio engineer
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, and composer known for his work in film and television. He won a
for his work on the 2001
HBO
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miniseries ''
Band of Brothers.''
Career
Higham began his career as a recording engineer for producer
Trevor Horn
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, and worked with artists like
Seal
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,
Tina Turner
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,
Eric Clapton
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, and
Sting
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. Since the late 1990s, he has worked primarily as a music editor and supervisor for feature films; including ''
High Fidelity
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,
Bridget Jones's Diary
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,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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,
Hellboy II: The Golden Army,
Captain Phillips,'' and ''
Edge of Tomorrow
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''. He was co-composer on the
Tim Burton
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2016 film
''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'', substituting for Burton's usual collaborator
Danny Elfman
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.
Awards and nominations
Won
* 2002
(for
''Band of Brothers'')
* 2017
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films (for
''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'') – with
Matthew Margeson
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* 2001
Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic) (for
''High Fidelity'')
Nominated
* 2016
Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film (for ''
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'')
* 2015
Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing Best Sound Editing – Music in a Musical Feature Film (for
''Into the Woods'')
* 2015
(for
''Into the Woods'') – with
Paul Gemignani
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Career
Gemignani began his career in 1971 as a replacement musical director for Stephen Sondheim's ' ...
* 2011
Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film (for
''Alice in Wonderland'')
* 2008
Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing Best Sound Editing – Music in a Musical Feature Film (for
''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'')
* 2005
Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Animated (for ''
Corpse Bride
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'')
References
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1970 births
Living people