Michael Stearns was born on October 16,1948 and is an American musician and composer of ambient music.
13 Facts About Michael Stearns
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Michael Stearns is known as a film composer, sound designer and soundtrack producer for large format films, theatrical films, documentaries, commercials, and themed attractions.
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In 1975, Michael Stearns met Emilie Conrad and Gary "Da'oud" David.
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Stearns and his girlfriend Susan Harper moved in Los Angeles, California, to join Emily Conrad, and Michael Stearns became a resident musician and composer until 1981.
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Michael Stearns developed then on synthesizers musical ideas that would feed his first solo albums.
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Michael Stearns later joined Stearns to play live for Continuum, bringing his Serge synthesizer with him, on which Stearns would record his album Morning Jewel in 1979 before building his own Serge synthesizer.
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In 1981, Continuum moved to a new location and Michael Stearns began a solo career.
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Michael Stearns put together some ideas he performed live during the workshops on his Serge and came to his classic Planetary Unfolding.
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Michael Stearns signed on the label Sonic Atmospheres in 1984, on which some of his earlier works would be re-released.
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Michael Stearns was involved in the music for the film Samsara which premiered in 2011.
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In 2020, Michael Stearns scored the music for the movie Switzerlanders.
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Michael Stearns has since used it in many albums as well as in concert and film scores.
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Michael Stearns' music is always very ambient and woven with sounds of nature or human voices.