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'', '' Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt'', and Bob Boyle's ''

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''. His film work includes ''

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''
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, the original song "Heart and Soul" for Ripple Effect featuring Asdru Sierra from

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, and the song
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for the

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feature film '' Elmo in Grouchland'', which won a

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for Best Children's Soundtrack. His video game work include

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' '' Life Is Strange: Before the Storm'', Valhalla Game Studios '' Devil's Third'', and

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's ''

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'', ''

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, and '' God of War: Ghost of Sparta'', which won several awards including the Interactive Academy Award, Game Audio Network Guild's Music of the Year and Best Original Soundtrack. Other game projects include '' Conan'', '' Twisted Metal: Black'', '' NBA 2K8'', '' Darkwatch'', '' Rise of the Kasai'' and '' Brute Force''.

Career

Reagan studied guitar, composition, and music synthesis at

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in Boston, Mass. He began his professional career as a

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, Hollywood. Reagan's work was recognized with an Academy Award nomination for sound design in

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. It was during this project that Reagan met director John Woo, and composers John Powell,

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and other notable talent working at what is now known as

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. While continuing his career in sound design, Reagan began simultaneously writing and producing original songs for various films. At the same time, Reagan began scoring top video games for Walt Disney Studios,

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and

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including the

and

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Franchises, as well as iconic properties such as Conan,

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, Darkwatch,

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, Marvel's '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' and many others. As film and television projects soon followed, Reagan found his way to a full-time career as a composer. First with the films '' Unbeatable Harold'' starring

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, and ''Magic Laptop'' starring

. Episodic television work soon followed, and to date Reagan has written the scores and songs for hundreds of television episodes including Bob Boyle's ''

'', Rovio's ''

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'' series,

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’s ''

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'', and the 2020 Netflix release of '' Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt''. Reagan is currently scoring the upcoming feature film
Abby's List: a Dogumentary
scheduled for release in 2021.

Discography

Composer

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reagan, Mike Living people American video game composers American film score composers American television composers Songwriters from California Year of birth missing (living people) American male film score composers American male songwriters Place of birth missing (living people)