Michael Convertino
Michael Convertino (born in 1952 in New York City) is an American musician and
film score composer. After studying piano and composition at Yale, where he led
a jazz band, he debuted a classical work at Carnegie Hall at 23. In the early
1980s, he sang and wrote with the New Wave band The Innocents, releasing a
self‑titled album in 1982. Convertino's filmography included Hollywood Cop
(1985), followed by Children of a Lesser God, for which he earned a 1987 NARAS
Soundtrack of the Year award and a Grammy nomination in the category Best
Arrangement on an Instrumental for the same fi...
