Michael Andrews: The man behind Walk Hard's soundtrack

When you're trying to put together a film soundtrack that parodies varying styles from the earliest rock 'n' roll to disco to contemporary sounds, you need something more substantial than Weird Al Yankovic. So when Judd Apatow started working on Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, he probably had his old collaborator Michael Andrews on speed dial. Although he hasn't yet attained the profile of fellow composer Jon Brion, Andrews has put together quite an oeuvre. He began inauspiciously enough, working on the score for a little show called Freaks and Geeks. Later came his work on films like Donnie...  read more