Michael Kondakow

Composer/Producer

About


    Michael is an award winning song writer from Thunder Bay, ON. He moved to Toronto in 2010 to pursue a career in music, which led him across Canada and the US for over ten years in the Canadian rock group Poor Young Things. Michael’s passion for production and thirst for knowledge have served him well during his time in the Audio Production Program at the Harris Institute. Having completed the SCGC mentorship program under composer Tom Third, he is currently pursuing a career as a composer for film and television as well as producing music for several artists.

    Nominations and Awards


  • Canadian Music Publishers Association Scholarship (Harris Institute)
  • 2013 Sirius XM emerging artist of the year
  • COCA best emerging act of the year
  • International Songwriters Award

    • Credits


  • Life in Plastic - Music
  • Designer Baby - Music
  • Avara Media - Music / SFX
  • Glitch - Music
  • Ezra Tennen - Producer
  • Arianna Mae - Producer
  • Dylan Cohen - Producer
  • Titus Andronicus Stage Production - Music / SFX
  • Engineered Arianna Mae Live performance for RBC FirstUp concert series

    • Equipment


  • All analog equipment custom built by Mikadon Eng.
  • La2a compressors
  • 1176 compressors
  • Pultec Eq1
  • Neve 1073 mic Pre/EQ
  • Fender deluxe amp custom
  • Bernie amp (Filmsound Mod 1958)
  • Custom Microphones
  • Bryston 3B amplifier
  • Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitors
  • Dynaudio MK11 Monitors
  • Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo
  • Universal Audio Apollo X6
  • VCA G-Compressor

Testimonials

Scott

When working on a personal mobile game project called Cubica, I approached Michael with the idea of collaborating together and without hesitation Michael jumped on the opportunity.Michael's natural ability to take a simple phone recording and create a workable track quickly, that matched the overall tone and theme of the game, made the sound track completely original and mada me proud to say is Cubika's.

Scott Herman

Virtual Reality and 360 Video production
Ted

Michael's years of expierence with the band "Poor Young Things" paved the way for him to become an exceptional Guitarist. As an Alumni of the Harris Institute, Michael has focused on the engineering/production side of audio.Listening to early creations of his has me excited about what he will produce in the future.

Ted McIlwain

Level Designer Ubisoft Toronto
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Working with Michael was a great experience. He has a strong musical sensibility that helps him to create bold pieces by just looking at still images from the shoot. He also has Uber speed so we wrapped up the project a week before our deadline. I would definitely recommend Michael for any music-related project!

Leyla Bulatova

Director
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"I've had the privilege to work with Michael on my last few films and there's no question that adding his original scores helped connect our audiences to the stories."

Ryan La Via Writer CUP CONFIDENTIAL

Producer/Director

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