Michael Tavera
Michael Anthony Tavera (born September 24, 1961 in Los Angeles ) is an American composer who is best known for his many years of work on the film series "In a Land Before Time" and several Disney productions .
Life
Michael Anthony Tavera began playing the piano at the age of four and began composing at the age of twelve. Already during his school days he attracted attention with his compositions, so that he signed a contract as a songwriter with Criterion Music Publishing . And although he thus made good money, he let expire the contract and focused fully on composing, so that it in the late 1980s as a composer of television series such as Fantastic Max , Potsworth & Co. and The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley engaged has been. Since then, Tavera has mainly been responsible for composing the film series In a Land Before Time and several Disney productions , the best known of which are the cartoon series Mickey's Clubhouse , Lilo & Stitch and Kuzco's premier class .
Michael Anthony is married to Diane Michelle Weiss, with whom he has two daughters.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1988: Lucky Stiff
- 1992: Baby from the Bank (Frozen Assets)
- 1992: a dog named Beethoven (Beethoven)
- 1993: Bloody Harvest (Bitter Harvest)
- 1994: The Land Before Time II - The Adventure in the Great Valley (The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure)
- 1995: In a Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
- 1996: Brutal love - and everyone is silent (No One Would Tell)
- 1996: In a Land Before Time IV - In the Valley of the Fog (The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists)
- 1997: In a Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
- 1997: Darling, Now We're Shrunk (Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves)
- 1997: Mayday in the Pacific - Vacation in the blue hell (Two Came Back)
- 1997: Mr. Magoo
- 1997: Black masses on the campus (Dying to Belong)
- 1998: Cool Girl (Girl)
- 1998: In a Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock)
- 1999: The Invasion of the Rattlesnakes (Silent Predators)
- 1999: Falcone - In the crosshairs of the Mafia (Excellent Cadavers)
- 1999: Feivel the Mouse Wanderer: The Monster of Manhattan (An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster)
- 2000: The Fall of Mona (Drowning Mona)
- 2000: In a Land Before Time VII - The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
- 2000: Jamie and the Quintuplets (Quints)
- 2001: The Land Before Time VIII - The Big Freeze (The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze)
- 2001: Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
- 2001: Super Villains Conspiracy (Mickey's House of Villains)
- 2002: Cinderella 2 - Dreams Come True (Cinderella II: Dreams Come True)
- 2002: In a Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water)
- 2003: In a Land Before Time X: The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
- 2003: Piglet Wilbur's Great Adventure (Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure)
- 2003: Stitch & Co. - The Movie (Stitch! The Movie)
- 2005: In a Land Before Time XI - The Secret of the Little Saurians (The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses)
- 2006: In a Land Before Time XII - The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
- 2007: In a Land Before Time XIII - In Search of the Berry Valley (The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends)
- 2010: Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
- 2011: Quest for Zhu
Series
- 1988: The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
- 1988–1990: Fantastic Max
- 1990: Captain N & the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
- 1990: Potsworth & Co.
- 1991: Back To the Future
- 2001–2002: Mickey's Clubhouse
- 2003–2006: Au rind! (Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks)
- 2003–2005: Lilo & Stitch (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
- 2005-2007: Kuzco's premier class (The Emperor's New School)
- 2006–2008: Yin Yang Yo!
- 2010–2013: Planet Max (Planet Sheen)
- since 2015: Guardians of the Galaxy
Web links
- Michael Tavera in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Tavera on faqs.org (English), accessed December 14, 2011
- ↑ Michael Tavera on radaris.com (English), accessed December 14, 2011
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tavera, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tavera, Michael Anthony (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |