Composer Michael Cohen was born and raised in Hollywood, Florida, and
graduated from Harvard University in 1999 with a Bachelor's degree in
Psychology. After graduating, he attended the Scoring for Film and
Television program at the University of Southern California, where he
studied under such teachers as
Elmer Bernstein,
Christopher Young, and
David Raksin.
He has composed music for numerous feature films including
The Hebrew Hammer (2003),
Go for Broke (2002),
Higher Ed (2001), _Spider's Web (2001)_ and _Guns and Roses (2003)_. He has also written music for
television shows, national commercials and video games, and has
composed the scores for over 70 short films.
On the Internet, he wrote music for the behind-the-scenes documentary
covering the filming of
James Cameron's 3D IMAX film 'Ghosts of the Abyss'
(2003), which focuses on capturing more in-depth images of the Titanic
using a new technology developed by Cameron.