Mac Quayle

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Mac Quayle
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Quayle in 2018
Background information
Birth nameMac Quayle
Born Suffolk, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • arranger
Years active1991–present

Mac Quayle is an American composer for film, television and video games, best known for his work on the USA Network's Mr. Robot and FX's American Horror Story .

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Quayle was born in Suffolk, Virginia, but moved around the state, living in Richmond, Norfolk and Chesapeake. He attended Matthew Fontaine Maury High School, and graduated from Western Branch High School. [1] Quayle first discovered music at age 6 when he was part of his church's choir, and would take piano and percussion lessons. During school, he served as a band member for two different bands: The Naros and The X-Raves. [1]

Quayle moved to New York City to attend New York University, but departed when his internship at a studio allowed him to make a living working as a keyboard player and programmer. In 2004, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as an additional composer for the CBS crime drama Cold Case . He was introduced to film composer Cliff Martinez, and would work under him on films such as The Lincoln Lawyer , Drive and Contagion . [1] His work was noticed by Ryan Murphy when Quayle and Martinez worked on his television film The Normal Heart , and invited him to audition to be the composer for the fourth season of American Horror Story. [2] He was hired the day after his audition. [1] Quayle would also compose the score for Murphy's programs Scream Queens , [3] American Crime Story , Feud , 9-1-1 , Pose , The Politician , 9-1-1: Lone Star , and Ratched . [4]

For his work on the first season of Mr. Robot, Quayle was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. [5] He would also be nominated for his work on American Horror Story and Feud. [6] [7]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
20062010 Cold Case Additional composer87 episodes (uncredited)
2014 The Normal Heart Television film
2013 Bad Samaritans Composer5 episodes
2014present American Horror Story 74 episodes
20152019 Mr. Robot 45 episodes
20152016 Scream Queens 23 episodes
2016present American Crime Story 29 episodes
2017 Feud Miniseries, 8 episodes
2018–present 9-1-1 78 episodes
20182021 Pose 26 episodes
20192020 The Politician 15 episodes
2020-present 9-1-1: Lone Star 42 episodes
2020-present Ratched 8 episodes
2022 Gaslit Miniseries, 8 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 The Lincoln Lawyer Music programmerComposer: Cliff Martinez
Drive
Contagion Additional composer
2012 Arbitrage
Savages Additional music programmerComposer: Adam Peters
The Company You Keep Additional composerComposer: Cliff Martinez
Stolen Composer: Mark Isham
Spring Breakers Composer: Cliff Martinez
2013 Only God Forgives
2023 Leave the World Behind Composer

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Far Cry 4 Additional composerComposer: Cliff Martinez
2020 The Last of Us Part II Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla

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