About — Max McGuire

Max McGuire: UK-based composer writing music for AAA video games, films and television

GRAMMY and Ivor Novello winning, BAFTA nominated

As a frequent collaborator to acclaimed composer Stephen Barton, Max has contributed as a composer and orchestrator to some of the industry’s most recognisable franchises, including **Star Wars Jedi: Survivor** (Grammy and Ivor Novello winning, BAFTA nominated), **Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order** and **Star Trek: Picard**.
More recently, Max has worked as an orchestrator on Academy Award nominated composer Harry Gregson-Williams’ score for **Gladiator II.**

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Powerful music for powerful stories

Max’s music has featured on major primetime productions including; BBC’s **Panorama**, **Scam Interceptors** and **BBC Spotlight**, Channel 4’s **Dispatches** (BAFTA-winning), and Mindhouse’s **America’s New Female Right.**
He composed the score for Channel 4’s true crime series **The Body Detectives,** narrated by Anna Maxwell Martin, and his music has been recorded at world-renowned studios including Abbey Road Studios and AIR Studios in London, as well as the Sony Pictures Scoring Stage and Warner Bros. Scoring Stage in Los Angeles.
His work has also been broadcast on **Classic FM**.

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From AAA video games to studio feature films

- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Lucasfilm/Respawn) - GRAMMY & Ivor Novello Winning
- Star Trek Picard (Paramount)
- Gladiator II (Paramount/Ridley Scott)
- Apex Legends (Respawn)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Lucasfilm/Respawn)
- Multiversus (Player First Games/Warner Bros)
- Mysterious Planet (Discovery Channel)
- 12 Monkeys (Syfy/Netflix)
- The First Descendant (Nexon Games)
  
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Awards associated with Stephen Barton:
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Video Game Score - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- BAFTA Nomination for Music - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media (SCL Awards) - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- BMI Video Game Award - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media (SCL Awards); Video Game Score of the Year (ASCAP Composer’s Choice Award) - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Awards as lead composer:
- Best Film Trailer Music (Music Production Association Awards) - Breathtaking Journey (World’s Collide)
- H.G. Wells Best Composer (LA Sci-Fi Film Festival) - Stalled Trek: The City on the Edge of Foreclosure
- Best Original Score (IndieX Film Festival) - Stalled Trek: The Dumbsday Machine
Max has written for major production music houses including Burnett Music Group, 5 Alarm, BMG, and Grey Man Production Music, with placements across BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Amazon Prime, CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, E!, and more.