Jeff Mercel is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and studio musician, best known for his time in the indie rock band,

Mercury Rev Mercury Rev is an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York.
Original personnel were In 1996, Mercel played drums with the band Grand Mal on their self-titled album released by Number Six Records.

Time with Mercury Rev

Mercel first played with Mercury Rev on their breakthrough 1998 album, "Deserter's Songs", playing drums, both in studio and on tour. For the band's next album, 2001's "All is Dream", his role expanded to pianos, contributing to the arranging, mixing, and producing. He stayed with Mercury Rev for the next nine years, playing on the albums "The Secret Migration" (2005), "Hello Blackbird" (2006), "Back to Mine" (2006), "Snowflake Midnight" (2008), and "Strange Attractor" (2008). In 2011 Mercel rejoined with the band for a world tour to promote the release of the double disc reissue of "Deserter's Songs."

Work as a composer

During his time with Mercury Rev, Mercel helped score the feature-length film, Bye Bye, Blackbird (2005). In 2010, Mercel left working with Mercury Rev full-time to pursue work as a composer. His work has appeared in numerous television shows such as ''

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'' on CBS, and Showtime's ''

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''. His work can also be heard in commercials for BMW, and a Got Milk? ad campaign featuring

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. Mercel has also worked in film scoring the animated short, ''Marvin'' (2010) starring Steve Coogan, and the live action shorts ''Daniel'' (2010), ''Chaser'' (2012), and ''Sam'' (2012). In 2012 he composed the music for the feature film " 5 Shells."

Discography

Filmography

References

External links

Official Site
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