Michael W. Bell is an accomplished music professional and lecturer with expertise in film music composition, sound design, audio engineering, and musical artistry. His contributions to the world of film music have been recognised with accolades and he has lent his diverse skill set to numerous films, documentaries, trailers, animations, commercials, and TV productions worldwide.
He has 12 releases in his discography and is one-half of the unique sound art project, ProtoVoid. In addition to his own musical works, Michael has produced, mixed and mastered, and managed music for a variety of independent bands and artists via his production company, Aurora Eclipse Productions Ltd.
Given his lifelong enthusiasm for immersive sound and multidimensional art forms; Michael is currently in the process of completing his practice-based PhD. The study is entitled “Experiential Soundtracks: A Creative, Programmatic Approach Utilising Contemporary Spatial and Multichannel Audio Technologies (CS-MAT)”. The project seeks to explore the creative use of such technologies to articulate theories around the application of sound objects within contemporary meta-based audio technologies through practice-led research.
Improvised Soundscape by Stace Constantinou, with Live Spatial Mix by Michael W. Bell.
2024 - Title: Rebel-Misfits
The Hive, Worcestershire, UK (Private view: Live performance)