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Mac Quayle
Birth nameFrederick MacDonald Quayle, Jr.
BornSuffolk, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • singer
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • synthesizers
  • piano
  • guitar
  • percussion
Years active1987–present
LabelsLakeshore
Websitemacquayle.com

Frederick MacDonald "Mac" Quayle, Jr.[1] is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer. He has worked as the score composer for several TV series, including American Horror Story, Mr. Robot, Scream Queens, American Crime Story, Feud, Pose, 9-1-1 and its spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star, and The Politician. Quayle has also scored additional music for films and video games, and has mixed and produced scores led by other composers.

Quayle began his career in the late 1980s, working with producer Hex Hector as HQ2 and briefly performing in hip hop band Rise Robots Rise. He worked with Cliff Martinez as an additional composer for several films, including Drive (2011), Contagion (2011), and Spring Breakers (2013). He won the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for Mr. Robot, and has also been nominated for three other Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Early life

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Quayle was born in Suffolk, Virginia to Fred Quayle, a lawyer and politician, and Brenda Smith, a schoolteacher.[2] He spent his early childhood in Richmond before his family moved to Norfolk. He sang in the choir of Christ and St. Luke's Church starting at age six. He attended Matthew Fontaine Maury High School for three years, but in Quayle's final year of high school, his family moved again to Chesapeake. He graduated from Western Branch High School. He played percussion in his high school band program and subsequently started playing in local bands, including the Naros and the X-Raves.[3]

Career

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Beginnings

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Remixing and writing

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Television and film scoring

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Personal life

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Quayle is married to Cat Deakins,[3] with whom he has two children.[4]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Episode Result Ref(s)
2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special American Horror Story: Freak Show "Orphans" Nominated [5]
2016 Outstanding Music Composition for a Series Mr. Robot "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov" Won [5]
2017 Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Feud: Bette and Joan "Pilot" Nominated [5]
Outstanding Main Title Theme —
2021 British Academy Games Awards Best Music The Last of Us Part II — Nominated[a]

Discography

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Soundtracks

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  • Mr. Robot: Vol. 1
  • Mr. Robot: Vol. 2
  • Mr. Robot: Vol. 3
  • Mr. Robot: Vol. 4
  • Mr. Robot: Vol. 5
  • Mr. Robot: Vol. 6
  • Mr. Robot: Vol. 7

Filmography

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Television

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Year(s) Title Position Notes
2006 Close to Home Additional music composer 3 episodes
2006–2010 Cold Case Additional music composer
2013 Bad Samaritans Score composer
2014–present American Horror Story Score composer
2014 The Knick End title music arrangement Episode: "Crutchfield"
2015–2019 Mr. Robot Score composer
2015–2016 Scream Queens Score composer
2016–present American Crime Story Score composer
2017 Feud Score composer
2018–present 9-1-1 Score composer With Todd Haberman
2018–2021 Pose Score composer
2019–2020 The Politician Score composer
2020–present 9-1-1: Lone Star Score composer With Todd Haberman and Justin Caine Burnett
2020 The Vow Score composer
2020–present Ratched Score composer
2021 The Pact Score composer
2021 American Horror Stories Score composer Episodes: ""Rubber(wo)Man Part One" and "Rubber(wo)Man Part Two"
2022–present Gaslit Score composer

Film

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Year Title Position Notes
2008 Stiletto Music programmer
2008 Vice Additional music composer and score programmer
2008 Severe Clear Music programmer
2010 Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Additional music composer
2011 The Lincoln Lawyer Music programmer
2011 Drive Music programmer
2012 Contagion Additional music composer
2012 Arbitrage Additional music composer
2012 Savages Additional programmer
2012 Spring Breakers Additional music composer and score mixer
2012 The Company You Keep Additional music composer
2012 Stolen Additional music composer
2013 Only God Forgives Additional music composer
2013 A Belfast Story Score composer With Nick Glennie-Smith
2014 My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Additional music composer
2015 Autism in Love Score composer and producer
2015 Frank and Cindy Score composer
2015 L.A. Slasher Score composer
2015 Other People's Children Score composer

Video games

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Year Title Position
2014 Far Cry 4 Additional music composer and arranger
2020 The Last of Us Part II Additional music

List of references:

Quayle himself, influences, style, and approach:

Band history:

Credits:

Awards/charting:

Notes

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  1. ^ Shared with Gustavo Santaolalla and Scott Hanau

References

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  1. ^ Ress, Dave (November 26, 2018). "Former state Sen. Fred Quayle dies". Daily Press. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Frederick M. Quayle (1936 - 2018)". The Virginian-Pilot. Tribune Publishing, via Legacy. November 26, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Poulter, Amy (October 17, 2019). "From Hampton Roads to Hollywood: How Mac Quayle became the man responsible for TV's eeriest soundtracks". The Virginian-Pilot. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Mr. Robot, Vol. 3 (Original Television Series Soundtrack) (booklet). Mac Quayle. Lakeshore Entertainment. 2017. LKS350162.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ a b c "Mac Quayle - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Taylor, Chuck (June 23, 2001). "Spotlight: Janet - "Someone to Call My Lover"". Billboard. New York City: Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen. p. 24. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
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