Michael Penn

Michael Penn is an American singer, songwriter and composer. Prior to the release of his 1989 debut album March, Penn was a member of the Los Angeles band Doll Congress.

March, and the first single, "No Myth," gave Penn the 1990 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Penn's follow-up albums were Free-for-All in 1992, Resigned in 1997, MP4: Days Since a Lost Time Accident in 2000, Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 in 2005 and Palms and Runes, Tarot and Tea in 2007.

Penn collaborated with the renowned surrealist animators The Brothers Quay on "Long Way Down (Look What The Cat Drug In)," which won awards along the way.

He has worked extensively creating original music for film including 1993's Tales From the Vienna Woods, Hard Eight and Boogie Nights in 1997. Other films scored by Penn include The Anniversary Party, Suffering Man's Charity, American Teen, Sunshine Cleaning, the documentary The Comedians of Comedy and The Last Kiss. In 2003, he was nominated for a DVDX Award for Best Original Score in a DVD Premiere Movie for Melvin Goes to Dinner.

In late 2009, Penn composed the music for the film That Evening Sun. In 2012 Penn composed music for the HBO TV show "Girls".

Music Videos

 * Long Way Down (Look What The Cat Drugged In)
 * No Myth
 * Seen The Doctor
 * This and That
 * Try