Dancing in Black and White

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Dancing in Black and White

DANCING IN BLACK AND WHITE - a “best of” collection of MICHAEL WHALEN solo piano recordings taken from over 15 years of superlative work. For MICHAEL WHALEN, the passionate pursuit of music represents his life story, not merely the contents of a resume. The evocative works he composes and produces have become a part of our lives too, through his remarkably diverse ventures in television, films, theater, multi-media and on his own recordings. So far, Michael has more than 500 television scores and dozens of feature and short film credits to his name. He created the uplifting opening theme to the ABC News morning show “Good Morning America”, music for the “Oprah Winfrey Show”, Martha Stewart and the news magazine “Inside Edition”. He is a two-time Emmy® award-winner and a multiple Emmy®-nominated composer, music supervisor and sound designer. His most recent Emmy was in 2008 for PBS’ acclaimed 8-hour “America at a Crossroads” series. In 2009, he also won a BMI award for his work on “Crossroads”. You might have also heard his sprawling score to the acclaimed four-hour 2005 PBS series “Slavery and the Making of America” or his music for the inspirational 2004 indie film hit “What the Bleep Do We Know”? His music is currently featured on over a dozen shows including the CBS/P & G soap opera, “As the World Turns”.

He's also put out a shingle as a music supervisor. Michael is currently working on the forthcoming feature film “Veronika Decides to Die” starring Sarah Michelle Gellar based on the novel by Paulo Coelho. Other supervision work includes the forthcoming theatrical documentary “Brothers on the Line” and the just finished television film “Hit To Right”, the short film “Napoleonic” (original songs by Dr. John).

If you happened to miss any or all of those, you've undoubtedly heard Michael's work in one of the literally thousands of commercials he scored for clients like Apple, Coca-Cola, Disney and Nike. But he's not just a composer-for-hire: Michael is also building a significant discography -- 22 CDs to date -- as a solo recording artist, working in pop, jazz, classical, electronic and those fascinating, unclassifiable spaces in between. Released in January of 2009, “The Tree of Life” (Spout/MWM), is a free download of ambient compositions inspired by the awe-inspiring visits that he has made to the Redwood forests of central California. Also coming in 2009, “The Road of Ghosts”, a 7-song recording where Michael’s long-time dream to sing comes to full and fantastic fruition. Backed by a incredible back-up band and some of the best singers on the planet: David Pack and Larry Hoppen - - Michael’s entrance to the world of vocals is decisive. “Vanilla” is my favorite track on the collection. Stay tuned for this one.

1 The Waiting Time

2 Moonglow

3 Footsteps in the Snow

4 My Linda

5 Two As One

6 Before I Close My Eyes

7 For You

8 Together With You

9 Life is a Circle

10 I Have Loved You for a Thousand Lifetimes

11 First Light

12 Autumn Color Fields