Paul Oakenfold and Michael J McEvoy - A collaborative partnership composing and supervising music to picture.
For the past 30-plus years, Paul Oakenfold has remained in the vanguard of the global electronic music community. With more than 110 million streams collectively, over 5 million albums sold worldwide and three GRAMMY nominations, Oakenfold is one of the industry’s most revered and most successful artists—ever. Hailed as the “Godfather of electronic music,” he’s been voted the world’s best DJ twice by DJ Mag, named the most influential DJ of all time by the London Evening Standard and recognized as the world’s most successful DJ by Guinness World Records.
Michael is an award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist with many film, television and pop music credits including Richard Loncraine’s feature Finding Your Feet, and Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles starring Zac Efron and Clare Danes. He has collaborated with Paul Oakenfold on the films Nothing Like the Holidays, Vexille and The Heavy and feature documentary, Citizen Bio for SHOWTIME. His work also features in David Brent: Life on the Road, Wild Card, Wild Target, plus TV dramas The Wire and Dark Angel.
Selected Projects
Ending Real Fur
Directed by Taimoor Choudhry, Ending Real Fur (2023) is a fast-paced, award-winning film that also features fashion legend Tim Gunn, of Making the Cut and Project Runway fame, who joins forces with Choudhry along with Arch Enemy lead singer Alissa White-Gluz.
Music score by Mike McEvoy, with tracks by Paul Oakenfold.
Point of Change
Point of change is the true story of the discovery of a perfect wave in nias and the dramatic consequences for the people involved.
Music by Paul Oakenfold & Michael J. McEvoy.
Soundtrek Mount Everest: A Musical Journey by Paul Oakenfold
Soundtrek Mount Everest : A Musical Journey by Paul Oakenfold hosts ‘The Highest Concert on Earth’ with Electronic Dance Music Pioneer Paul Oakenfold. Watch Oakenfold and his skilled team make the 37-mile hike through Nepal’s remote villages and the Himalayan Mountains for a groundbreaking live concert event, spinning a set at the base camp of Mount Everest.
Paul Oakenfold – Original Music, Actor, Producer & Writer.
Ordinary World
Paul Oakenfold has done a cover of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” with Kilanova and Aisha Vaughan that has been featured in the newest trailer for Netflix’s new hit show “Sweet Tooth” that is executive produced by Susan and Robert Downey Jr.
Olympic Destroyer
Seconds before the opening ceremony of the winter games in Pyeongchang 2018 critical computer systems fail. Malware attacks the servers. The world quickly concludes: it must have been North Korea. But the truth is much more complicated.
Music by Mike McEvoy.
Citizen Bio
CITIZEN BIO follows the stories of four of America’s most notorious bio-hackers and their relationships with Aaron Traywick, self-proclaimed bio-hacker who was found dead at a meditation spa at the age of 28.
Music by Paul Oakenfold & Michael J. McEvoy.
Wannacry: The Marcus Hutchins Story
One day in May 2017, computers all around the world suddenly shut down. A malware called WannaCry asks for a ransom. The epidemic suddenly stops, because a young, British researcher finds a killswitch, by accident.
Music by Mike McEvoy.
Carbanak: “Cashing In”
The Carbanak Group attacks a bank in Taiwan and sends 22 money mules into the country. What they didn’t anticipate: within a few hours the Taiwanese police publish surveillance pictures of all the money mules. The hunt begins.
Music by Mike McEvoy.
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Winston Churchill was mad about movies, arguably more so than any other politician in history, but the true extent of his use of them as a war weapon, and his wider involvement in the film business, has not been previously explored, this documentary delves into how Britain’s wartime leader changed the course of history.
Music by Michael J. McEvoy
The Jazz Ambassadors
Peabody Award winner 2018.
In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Dave Brubeck travel the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors.
Music by Michael J. McEvoy.
Queen of the World
This documentary mini TV series on ITV/HBO takes a rare look inside the life of Queen Elizabeth II, featuring footage from the Queen’s private film archive, as complex preparations for the traditional royal summit with all 53 member states of the British Commonwealth begin.
Series Music – ITV/HBO (2 episodes) – Michael J. McEvoy
Finding Your Feet
On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.
Music by Michael J. McEvoy.
Live from Abbey Road Classics
Live from Abbey Road Classics – Self explanatory. Various artists perform at the infamous Abbey Road studios in London, UK.- Stereophonics &
- Richard Ashcroft (2017)
- Brian Wilson & Feist (2015)
Title music (2 episodes, 2015-2017) – Michael J. McEvoy
David Brent: Life on the Road
Comedy legend Ricky Gervais brings back character David Brent 13 years later. The former star of the fictional British TV series The Office (2001), as he now fancies himself a rock star on the road, a camera crew follows his progress…
String arrangements – Michael J. McEvoy
Dark Angel
A two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.
Series Music by Michael J. McEvoy (2 episodes, 2016).
Hector
A portrait of an invisible man and an authentic account of homelessness within contemporary Britain, Hec McAdam is at once a powerful character study and an insight into the lives of those on the margins.
Composer: Additional music – Michael J McEvoy
Wild Card
Nick Wild – Action movie actor Jason Statham is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. He has one last play…and it’s all or nothing.
Composer: additional music – Michael J McEvoy
Young Dracula
A comedy drama TV series about a young vampire Vlad trying to fit in as a normal boy as he contends with life in English suburbia. BAFTA winner & nominee for best Children’s TV programme (2006-2014).
TV Series (13 episodes) Music by Michael J McEvoy
Alien Deep
Dr. Bob Ballard, best known for his work finding and exploring the Titanic, hosts this five-part event, which reveals what really happens thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Earth’s oceans.
Series Music by Michael J. McEvoy.
The Decoy Bride
Famous actress Lara Tyler can’t get married to author James Arber without intrusive paparazzi crashing the ceremony. Because of James’s best-seller, Lara’s agent, Steve, checks out the little known Hegg Island in Scotland as the site for their next attempted wedding. A local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
‘Take me as I could be‘ Writer – Michael J McEvoy
TT3D: Closer to the Edge
Documentary about motorcycle racers revealing their motivation to participate each year in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, the most dangerous and deadliest event in the sport, staring Guy Martin, Ian Hutchinson and John McGuiness.
Music orchestrator – Michael J McEvoy
Forget Me Not
Love Happens. When you least expect it. Forget Me Not is a moving, modern day love story set over twenty four hours against a stunning London backdrop.
Music by Michael J. McEvoy.
Summer in Transylvania
A family moves to Transylvania, but it’s not what they expected… The town is overrun with zombies, mummies, vampires, werewolf and all other weird supernatural beings. But instead of them being scary they are socializing like normal humans, kinda.
TV Series/Nickelodeon – (10 episodes) Series music by Michael J McEvoy
Wild Target
In this 2010 action comedy a hitman – a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, tries to retire, but a beautiful thief may change his plans. Great cast including: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt and Rupert Grint.
Composer: additional music – Michael J McEvoy
G-Force “Falling Down”
A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.
Music by Paul Oakenfold.
The Heavy
During a routine hit, “Boots” Mason (Gary Stretch) learns a hit has been placed on his own life when a crooked cop, Dunn (Vinnie Jones), tries to kill him. While seeking his revenge, secrets kept hidden are exposed and no innocent bystander is safe as bullets fly. In this world where you can trust no one, all bets are off.
Music and Music Supervision by Paul Oakenfold. Michael J. McEvoy – composer: additional music.
Me and Orson Welles
In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of “Julius Caesar”, directed by a young Orson Welles.
Music by Michael J. McEvoy.
Nothing Like the Holidays
A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.
Music by Paul Oakenfold. Michael J. McEvoy – composer: additional music / music arranger / music programmer.
The Bourne Conspiracy
2008 Video Game that takes place prior to, and during the events of the film The Bourne Identity.
Soundtrack/Music – Paul Oakenfold
Nobel Son
A professor of chemistry wins the Nobel Prize. His wife joins him to Stockholm but his PhD. working son gets kidnapped. The kidnapper demands $2,000,000 = prize sum.
Music by Paul Oakenfold.
Vexille
Paul and Mike collaborated to create the music for Vexille. A Japanese CGIanime film, written, directed, and edited by famed Ping Pong director Fumihiko Sori, and features the voices of Meisa Kuroki, Yasuko Matsuyuki, and Shosuke Tanihara.
Japan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind.
Music by Paul Oakenfold. Michael J. McEvoy – composer: additional music.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom & Kiera Knightley star in this action movie. Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
Music remixer on “Jack’s Suite” – Paul Oakenfold
Transformers: Cybertron
The Autobots embark on a quest to locate mystical artifacts to save their homeworld of Cybertron from being sucked into a black hole. But the Decepticons want to get their hands on those artifacts too.
TV Series Composer – (52 episodes) 2005-2006 – Paul Oakenford
The Pink Panther
Remake of the classic comedy crime movie. The bumbling Inspector Clouseau must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond.
‘The Pink Panther Theme’ (Perfecto Allstarz Remix) – AKA Paul Oakenfold
Einstein’s Big Idea
This docudrama examines the history of scientific discovery that lead up to Albert Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2 and its aftermath in the creation of nuclear energy.
Music by Michael J. McEvoy.
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Action adventure video game. Join the other side of the law, as you play a rogue MI6 Agent, who becomes involved in a bitter gang war between Dr. No and Auric Goldfinger.
Music – Paul Oakenfold
Shrek 2
Classic Dreamworks animated film sequel. Shrek and Fiona travel to the Kingdom of Far Far Away, where Fiona’s parents are King and Queen, to celebrate their marriage. When they arrive, they find they are not as welcome as they thought they would be.
Music Producer on “Holding Out for a Hero” – Paul Oakenfold
Collateral
Tom Cruise stars with Jamie Fox in this action movie. An LA cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Performer: “Ready Steady Go (Korean Style)” – as Oakenfold)
The Matrix Reloaded
Epic Sci-Fi movie staring the awesome Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss & Laurence Fishburne as characters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus. These freedom fighters continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
Track ‘When the World Ends‘ (Oakenfold Remix)”) – performer: “Dread Rock” – as Oakenfold
Blade II
Wesley Snipes stars as Blade – in this sequel he forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires. A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper.
Performer/Producer/ Writer: “Right Here, Right Now”- Paul Oakenfold
The Bourne Identity
Action movie with Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
Performer: “Ready Steady Go” – (as Oakenfold) / Writer: “Ready Steady Go”
The Battle of Hood and Bismarck
The voyage to find history’s two greatest battleships. It was the greatest sea battle of World War Two. It ended in the destruction of the two finest warships the world has ever seen and claimed the lives of almost 3,500 men.
Documentary music – Michael J McEvoy
The Rat Pack’s Las Vegas
Film released in the United States
TV Movie documentary: Music – Michael J McEvoy
Biography
In this TV documentary series the life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
– Kevin Bacon: Am I Me?
Music producer (1 episode) – Michael J McEvoy
Swordfish
A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel Shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but it’s all locked away. Gabriel brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help him.
Music by Paul Oakenfold.
Planet of the Apes
It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station on a rescue and recovery mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over primative humans. Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Roth star in the action adventure film.
‘Rule The Planet Remix’ – Producer – Paul Oakenfold