Michael John Higham (born 25 April 1970) is a British sound editor, record producer, audio engineer, and composer known for his work in film and television. He won a

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for his work on the 2001 HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers.''

Career

Higham began his career as a recording engineer for producer

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, and worked with artists like

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, Eric Clapton, and Sting. Since the late 1990s, he has worked primarily as a music editor and supervisor for feature films; including '' High Fidelity,

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, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Captain Phillips,'' and ''

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''. He was co-composer on the

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2016 film ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'', substituting for Burton's usual collaborator Danny Elfman.

Awards and nominations

Won

* 2002

(for ''Band of Brothers'') * 2017 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films (for ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'') – with

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* 2001 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic) (for ''High Fidelity'')

Nominated

* 2016 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film (for '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'') * 2015 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing Best Sound Editing – Music in a Musical Feature Film (for ''Into the Woods'') * 2015 Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million (for ''Into the Woods'') – with

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* 2011 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Music in a Feature Film (for ''Alice in Wonderland'') * 2008 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing Best Sound Editing – Music in a Musical Feature Film (for ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'') * 2005 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Animated (for ''

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'')

References

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