Michael Frankenberger

Michael Frankenberger

composer, music department, producer

Michael Frankenberger was born on Jan 03, 1999 in Austria. Michael Frankenberger's big-screen debut came with Jerkwater Town directed by Lorenz Wetscher in 2017. Michael Frankenberger is known for Salzburg. Eine Kunstgeschichte. directed by Daniel H. Ronacher, Donka Angatscheva stars as Self and Judith Brandstätter as Judith Brandstätter. Michael Frankenberger has got 7 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Michael Frankenberger achieved is Festigious International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Michael Frankenberger plays is Attack which will be released on Apr 01, 2022.

Michael Frankenberger is an award-winning film composer and classical artist born in Salzburg (Austria), known for his work on Salzburg. Eine Kunstgeschichte, We Shall Not Die Now, Bang on Time (RedBull) and his solo albums Love Letters & In Silentio.Michael has been working under Grammy-winner Lorne Balfe (known for Top Gun: Maverick, Mission Impossible 6, Black Widow) on Projects like Man Vs. Bee (Netflix) and Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons (Hulu). While working with 14th Street Music, which was founded by Lorne Balfe and Hans Zimmer, Michael had the chance to gain a vast experience on various projects and styles led by Balfe.The Music for We Shall Not Die Now was composed in collaboration with Ashton Gleckman and Golden Globe, Emmy & Grammy nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch, who wrote the Main Theme. The Documentary was already streamed over 50 Million Minutes on Amazon Prime. Next to writing the score for Salzburg. Eine Kunstgeschichte Michael collaborated with Dominic Muhrer from The Makemakes to write and produce a theme song for the film.In 2021 Michael had the chance to write the music for Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian World Summit which took place in Vienna on 1st July. Recorded at Synchron Stage, "Voce Salis" is Michael's new work for Salzwelten Altaussee which can be heard at the underground lake.For his work Michael was rewarded with a placement in the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 List in 2020 powered by Forbes Dach. Next to Michael the list is full of well-known entrepreneurs, athletes, bloggers and artists. His music has been licensed and screened by major TV stations such as Netflix, NBC, Fox Network, 3Sat and ORF. Michael counts to one of the most streamed young classical Artists with around 400.000 monthly listeners on Spotify. For his music Michael has won several awards for Best Music at film festivals around the world.In his early years, Michael performed at dozens of concerts and won several international competitions on the accordion. He then studied Composition (BA) and Music theory at the worldwide renowned University of Mozarteum in Salzburg.Next to his work on Feature Films, TV Series, Shortfilms, Library Music and Concert Music since 2017, Michael has composed for several commercials. corporate Videos and Soundbrandings for clients like Voestalpine, MAN, Verbund, S-Link and many more.Michael has already worked for a wide range of companies as freelance composer including Hans Zimmer's Extreme Music / Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop, 14th Street Music, Gothic Storm Music and Atom Music Audio. Furthermore, he also completed an internship at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions in Los Angeles. He has also attended several Masterclasses at Oscar winning composer Alexandre Desplat.

  • Birthday

    Jan 03, 1999
  • Place of Birth

    Salzburg, Austria

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 5 nominations

Festigious International Film Festival
2019
Best Score
Winner - March Award
Salzburg - Brauchtum Im Herzen (2019)
2019
Best Score
Winner - March Award
Salzburg - Brauchtum Im Herzen (2019)
Global Film Festival Awards
2019
Best Original Score
Winner - Honorable Mention
Salzburg - Brauchtum Im Herzen (2019)
2017
Best Original Score
Winner - Honorable Mention
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