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Michael Andrews is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tears for Fears, John Barry, Ennio Morricone, Gary Jules and Curt Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Andrews arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Angelo Badalamenti, Cliff Martinez, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santaolalla and Danny Elfman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gary Jules, Brendan Benson, Metric, Fitz and the Tantrums and Coconut Records, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Michael Andrews, reaching back through Tears for Fears and forward to Gary Jules. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Michael Peter Andrews, also known as Elgin Park, is an American multi-instrumental musician, producer, and film score composer. He is best known for a cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with Gary Jules for the Donnie Darko soundtrack, and which became the 2003 UK Christmas number one. He is a founding member of the San Diego soul-jazz band The Greyboy Allstars, where he goes by the moniker Elgin Park.
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Michael Andrews connections
Michael Andrews grew out of Tears for Fears, John Barry, Ennio Morricone and Gary Jules, shares an orbit with Angelo Badalamenti, Cliff Martinez, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Gustavo Santaolalla, went on to shape Gary Jules, Brendan Benson, Metric and Fitz and the Tantrums. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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