Guy Michelmore


Guy Michelmore is an English film and television composer and former television news presenter.

Early life

Michelmore is the son of BBC presenters Cliff Michelmore and Jean Metcalfe. His mother Jean was the presenter of Two Way Family Favourites and Woman's Hour. His father Cliff was best known for the BBC television programme Tonight. Cliff once interviewed himself, and asked whether either his son or daughter had shown any interest in television – Cliff answered by saying that ten-year-old Guy was "at that point where he is fascinated and interested in all things... even his father's job!"
Michelmore was educated at the independent St John's School in Leatherhead, Surrey and Pembroke College, Oxford.

News presenter

Michelmore began reporting on Anglia TV's About Anglia before joining the BBC programme Newsroom South East in 1993. He left the programme to be replaced by Tim Ewart from ITN.
Michelmore famously spilt his drink all over himself and his desk before going into a live link on Newsroom South East. The incident was shown on the BBC's Auntie's Bloomers outtakes show.

Composer

Michelmore is a composer of music for film and television. He is best known for his work with Marvel which includes eight animated feature films and a number of TV series, including ', ' and The Super Hero Squad Show. He scored Ewan McGregor's feature film Jackboots on Whitehall in 2010 His other work includes The Jungle Book, Growing Up Creepie, for which he received an Annie Award nomination, and scores for Emmy Award winner Tutenstein, The Woodlies, The DaVincibles, amongst others. He worked extensively scoring natural history films and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his score to "The Queen of Trees" for the Nature series on PBS.

Selected filmography

Film

Michelmore is CEO and founding member of the online education provider, ThinkSpace Education, which trains composers for jobs in music for visual media. ThinkSpace Education was the world's first online postgraduate degree provider in composition for film, games and television.
ThinkSpace Education's YouTube channel is hosted by Michelmore, where he performs scoring demonstrations and teaches compositional techniques.