Michael Wandmacher (born October 29, 1967) is an American composer of film, television, and video game scores. Life and career Wandmacher was born in Minneapolis. He began his career composing music for local news media and television commercials before scoring short and feature films by local filmmakers. While following a series of email exchanges that started via a film music newsgroup, Wandmacher met Alan Silvestri and was invited to Los Angeles to participate in several scoring sessions. They composed music for the English-language releases of several Jackie Chan films including Armour of God and Drunken Master II. He eventually found success with the black comedy horror film Modern Vampires. Wandmacher co-composed the score with Danny Elfman, the brother of the film's director Richard Elfman. Wandmacher permanently relocated to Los Angeles.
The majority of Wandmacher's work consists of genre films particularly horror and thriller films. In 2015, Wandmacher composed the score to the role-playing video game Bloodborne.
Wandmacher also creates remixes under the pseudonym "Khursor". As such, he has worked with Godhead including a track on The Shadow Realigned album.Godhead website The Khursor remix of Sting's Every Breath You Take was featured on the trailer for the third season of The Americans.
Wandmacher was the string arranger on Evanescence's 2026 album Sanctuary.
Filmography
Film Year Title DirectorNotes 1986 Armour of God Miramax English version 1992 Twin Dragons 1993 Supercop 2 Stanley Tong 1994 Drunken Master II Lau Kar-leung 1997 Street Gun Travis Milloy 1998 Modern Vampires Richard Elfman With or Without You Wendell Jon Andersson 1999 Freestyle: The Victories of Dan Gable Kevin KelleyDocumentary 2000 Farewell, My Love Randall Fontana 2001 The Accidental Spy Teddy ChanMiramax English version Max Keeble's Big Move Tim Hill On the Borderline Michael Oblowitz 2003 From Justin to Kelly Robert IscoveComposed with Gregory Siff 2005 Cry Wolf Jeff Wadlow 2007 The Killing Floor Gideon Raff Man of Two Havanas Vivien Lesnik WeismanDocumentary 2008 Never Back Down Jeff Wadlow Train Gideon Raff Punisher: War Zone Lexi Alexander 2009 My Bloody Valentine 3D Patrick Lussier 2010 Freakonomics VariousDocumentary Piranha 3D Alexandre Aja 2011 Drive Angry Patrick Lussier 2012 Werewolf: The Beast Among Us Louis Morneau 2013 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Tom Elkins The Last Exorcism Part II Ed Gass-Donnelly 2014 13 Sins Daniel Stamm 2016 Underworld: Blood Wars Anna Foerster 2017 Voice from the Stone Eric Dennis Howell A Symphony of Hope Brian WeidlingDocumentary 2018 Patient Zero Stefan Ruzowitzky 2019 Trick Patrick Lussier2024 AftermathTBD47 Meters Down: The WreckPost-production
Television Year Title Notes 1997 Tokyo Pig US version 2002 She Spies 2005–06 Night Stalker 10 episodes 2006 South Beach 9 episodes 2011–12 Breaking In 19 episodes 2013–23 The Goldbergs 163 episodes 2017 Imaginary Mary 5 episodes 2018 Into the Dark Episode: "Flesh & Blood" 2019–20 Schooled 34 episodes
TV films and miniseries Year Title Director 2004 Crimes of Fashion Stuart Gillard 2009 Ben 10: Alien Swarm Alex Winter
Video games Year Title Notes 2005 Madagascar 2006 Over the Hedge 2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2010 Singularity Composed with Charlie Clouser 2012 Twisted Metal 2015 Bloodborne Composed with Ryan Amon, Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Suzuki and Cris Velasco
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