Michael Wandmacher

Michael Wandmacher (born October 29, 1967) is an American composer of music for film, television, and video games. He has worked on numerous well-known projects, including Piranha 3D, Punisher: War Zone, Bloodborne, Twisted Metal, and The Goldbergs. Most recently, he has worked on Underworld: Blood Wars, succeeding previous series composers Paul Haslinger and Marco Beltrami.

Wandmacher was born on October 29, 1967, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He began his career composing music for local news media and television commercials before scoring short and feature films by local filmmakers. While following a series of email exchanges that started via a film music newsgroup, Wandmacher met Alan Silvestri and was invited to Los Angeles to participate in several scoring sessions composing music for the English-language releases of several Jackie Chan films including Armour of God and Drunken Master II. He eventually made his break with the black comedy horror film Modern Vampires. Wandmacher co-composed the score with Danny Elfman, brother of the film's director Richard Elfman. Wandmacher permanently relocated to Los Angeles.

The majority of Wandmacher's work consists of genre films, in particular horror and thriller films. In 2015, Wandmacher composed the score to the role-playing video game Bloodborne.

Wandmacher also performs as remixer under the pseudonym "Khursor".As such, he has worked with Godhead, including one track on The Shadow Realigned album.The Khursor remix of Sting's Every Breath You Take was featured on the trailer for the third season of The Americans.

Film

• Armour of God (1986) - international version
• Twin Dragons (1992) - international version
• Once a Cop (1993) - international version
• Drunken Master II (1994) - international version
• Modern Vampires (1998)
• From Justin to Kelly (2003)
• Cry Wolf (2005)
• The 6th Day (2000)
• The Killing Floor (2007)
• Never Back Down (2008)
• Train (2008)
• Punisher: War Zone Original Motion Picture Score (2008)
• My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)
• Piranha 3D (2010)
• Drive Angry (2011)
• The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
• The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)
• 13 Sins (2014)
• Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
• Voice from the Stone (2017)
• Patient Zero (film) (2018)

Television

• Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
• Breaking In (2011-2012)
• The Goldbergs (2013-)

Video games

• Bloodborne (2015)
• Twisted Metal (2012)
• Singularity (2010)
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
• Madagascar (2005)