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Michael Tavera
Birth name	Michael Anthony Tavera
Also known as	Mike Tavera
Born	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Film score, video game music

Michael Anthony Tavera is an American composer best known for his animation scores. He has also worked on countless television series, live-action films, and direct-to-video sequels. He composed at the London Symphony Orchestra.

Biography

Tavera grew up in Los Angeles. He is most notable for composing music for shows such as ¡Mucha Lucha!, Star Wars Resistance, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Notes
1988	Lucky Stiff
1992	Frozen Assets
1993	Bitter Harvest
1994	The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure	with James Horner
1995	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
	The Chili Con Carne Club
	Jingle Bell Rock
	Restoration
1996	No One Would Tell
1996	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists	with James Horner
1997	Dying to Belong
	Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
	Two Came Back
	RocketMan
	Culture
	Mr. Magoo
	The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island	with James Horner
	Holiday in Your Heart
1998	Girl
	Forever Love
	An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island	with James Horner
	The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock	with James Horner
1999	Special Delivery
	Silent Predators
	Excellent Cadavers
	CinderElmo
2000	Quints
	Drowning Mona
	An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster	with James Horner
	The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire	with James Horner
2001	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
2001	The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze	with James Horner
2002	Cinderella II: Dreams Come True^[1]
	Mickey's House of Villains	with Randy Petersen
	The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water	with James Horner
2003	Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure
	Stitch! The Movie^[2]	Themes by Alan Silvestri
	The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
2005	The Origin of Stitch
	¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico
	The Fix
	The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses	with James Horner
2006	On Native Soil^[1]
2006	The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
2007	The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
2008	Waiting in Beijing
2009	The Girl in the Window
	The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu
	Lionelville: Destination Adventure
2010	U/Gen-10
2010	Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2011	Bounty Killer
	Slightly Single in L.A.
	Quest for Zhu
	Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz
2012	Soldiers of Fortune	with Joseph LoDuca
2012	Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse
2013	Dog It Down
	Slightly Single in L.A.
	Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
2014	Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
2015	Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
2016	The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave
2016	Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
2017	Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory	with Walter Scharf

Television

Year	Series	Notes
1983	Star Search
1988	The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
1988–1990	Fantastic Max
1989	Wowzer	Music Arranger, with Bob Mitchoff
1990	Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone
	The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3	with Evan Roberts, Joellyn Cooperman, and Paige Ashley
	The New Adventures of He-Man	Music Arranger, with Steve Marston
1990–1991	Captain N: The Game Master	Also worked on orchestration and music arrangement for Season 1 in 1989
	The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda
	Wake, Rattle, and Roll
1991	Good Sports
	Swamp Thing: The Series
	Super Mario World	with Monroe Michaels
	Where's Waldo
	Charlie Hoover	Episode 1.5
	Sightings
1991–1992	Back to the Future: The Animated Series
1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1993	Sonic the Hedgehog	Season 1 and main theme song
1993–1995	Exosquad
1993-1997	Hurricanes	Co-produced With Reed Robbins and Mark Simon
1994	Beethoven: The Animated Series
1995	Melrose Place	Episode 3.20: Boxing Sydney
1995	What-a-Mess
1996–1998	The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
1996	Richie Rich
1998	Toonsylvania
1998–1999	Hyperion Bay
1999–2002	Beyond Chance
1999	Invader Zim	Pilot
2000	HBO First Look	Episode: What Lies Beneath: Constructing the Perfect Thriller
2001–2003	House of Mouse
2001	Time Squad
2002	Butt-Ugly Martians
2002	The Cartoon Cartoon Show	Episode: Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order
2002–2005	¡Mucha Lucha!	Season 1 and 2
2003–2007	Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003–2006	Lilo & Stitch: The Series
2005-2007	Pet Alien
2006–2008	The Emperor's New School
2006–2009	Yin Yang Yo!
2006	Mix Master
2008	Ben & Izzy
2008	Random! Cartoons	Episodes: The Finster Finster Show; Ivan the Unbearable
2008–2010	The Secret Saturdays
2009	So Random!	Writer: Socks with Sandals
2010–2013	Planet Sheen
2012–2014	Monsuno
2013	Max Steel
2013-2015	The Awesomes
2015	Get Blake!	Uncredited
2015–2019	Guardians of the Galaxy
2016–present	Kulipari: An Army of Frogs
2018–2020	Star Wars Resistance^[3]	Original Star Wars themes and score by John Williams

Video games

Games

Year	Game	Notes
1993	Lil' Howie's Fun House: Tuneland
1995	Lil' Howie's Fun House: The Great Word Adventure	songs: Opening Song; Goin' to the Attic; You're Gonna Be Scared; You're Smart
1996	Lil' Howie's Fun House: The Great Math Adventure	songs: Opening Song; You're Smart
1996	Lil' Howie's Fun House: The Great Reading Adventure	songs: Opening Song; You're Smart
2002	Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626

References

^ ^a ^b "Michael Tavera". BFI. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
^ "STITCH! THE MOVIE". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
^ Weiss, Josh. "May The 4th: 'Galaxy of Adventures' Composer Ryan Shore On John Williams, 'A New Hope,' And 'IX'". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-01-04.

External links

Michael Tavera at IMDb

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