M.G. ESPAR • 917.771.7467 • mike@mgespar.com
M.G. ESPAR • 917.771.7467 • mike@mgespar.com
M.G. ESPAR
Composer for Film • Media Arts Educator
BIO
M.G. Espar is a composer, music producer and educator. His music has been featured in films screened at Lincoln Center and the Sundance Film Festival, and in theaters and concert halls around the country. Notable projects include an ominous orchestral score for The Man Who Would Be Polka King (truTV), epic Latin/symphonic textures for Mamachas del Ring (Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival), and a swirling collage of noise-rock guitar and electronic percussion for indie feature Altamont Now (Winner, Best Narrative, Arizona Underground Film Festival). He has also composed commercial music for high-profile clients including Heineken, Levis, Fruit of the Loom and Ford Models and produced independent pop and rock artists.
Espar uses the media arts to empower, inspire and build community through his work as an Assistant Professor of Music at San Diego City College where he teaches music history and music production technology.
LISTEN
A sampling of music for feature films, independent shorts and TV documentaries.
CREDITS
Select feature films I've scored. Complete credits below.
Altamont Now
(d. Joshua von Brown)
Indie feature
Mamachas del Ring
(d. Betty M. Park)
Documentary feature
The Man Who Would Be Polka King
(d. John Mikulak and Joshua Brown)
Documentary feature (truTV)
Sex Crimes Unit
(d. Lisa F. Jackson)
Documentary feature (HBO)
Film & TV Credits
FEATURE FILMS & TELEVISION
American Exile (2020) John J. Valadez, dir.
Documentary Feature
Patrimonio (2018) Lisa F. Jackson and Sarah Teale, dirs.
Documentary Feature
Berlin Film Festival
Three Women: The Hidden Face of Colombia’s War (2011) Lisa F. Jackson, dir.
Documentary Feature
Sex Crimes Unit (2011) (HBO) Lisa F. Jackson, dir.
Documentary Feature
LA Film Fest
Aired on HBO
My Life As Liz (2010) (MTV)
Two original songs for reality series
Mamachas del Ring (2009) Betty M. Park, dir.
Documentary Feature
HBO New York International Latino Film Festival
Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival
Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI)
The Man Who Would Be Polka King (2009) John Mikulak & Joshua Brown, dirs.
Documentary Feature
Brooklyn International Film Festival
Krakow Film Festival
Boston Underground Film Festival
Altamont Now (2008) Joshua (von) Brown, dir.
Independent Narrative Feature
Winner, Best Narrative, Arizona Underground Film Festival
Winner, Best Director, Atlanta Underground Film Festival
Mystery of the Polka King (2007) (TruTV) John Mikulak & Joshua Brown, dirs.
Documentary
Aired on truTV as part of the series “The Investigators”
COMMERCIALS & BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT
Luv My Levi’s (2008) Rob Meyer, dir. Glam.com, prod.
Nine webisodes for Levi’s jeans
Ford Models (2008) Sasie Sealey, dir. TAG Creative, prod.
Original song for online video, co-branded with Fruit of the Loom
Time (2008) Evan McNary & Jacob Motz, dirs.
Political Advertisement
Sam’s Tail (2006) Rob Meyer, dir.
Branded short film for Heineken
Aired on IFC
SHORT FILMS & TV PILOTS
Infallible (2011) Jaclyn Gramigna, dir.
Dramatic short film
Mary, Mary (2009) Ani Williams, dir.
Dramatic short film
The Plaza (2008) Chris McGuire, dir.
Series pilot
Aquarium (2007) Rob Meyer, dir.
Short film. Wrote/produced original song.
Honorable Mention, Sundance Film Festival, 2008
Featured on NBC Online and YouTube Screening Room, aired on IFC
Jove (2007) Ani Williams, dir.
Series pilot
Participant in the Marche du Film at Cannes, 2008
In Silent Spaces (2007) Safiya Songhai, dir.
Short film
NYU First Run Festival
Finalist in WNET online shorts competition
Flight to Savannah (2007) Robert Pietri, dir.
Dramatic short film. Co-Composed with Vincent Iannelli.
Winner, Best Sound Design, NYU First Run Festival, 2007
Coppelia (2007) Tristian Goik, dir.
Animated short film
Score performed live at Lincoln Center
ProMotion Show Reel (2007) ProMotion Pictures, prod.
Show reel for production company specializing in branded entertainment
You Win Some, You Lose Some (2006) Lars Fuchs, dir.
Short film
New York Comedy Film Festival
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