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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 for FX's American Horror Story.

Mac Quayle
Quayle in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Mac Quayle
Born	Suffolk, Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	Composer arranger
Years active	1991–present

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2010	Cold Case	Additional composer	87 episodes (uncredited)
2014	The Normal Heart		Television film
2013	Bad Samaritans	Composer	5 episodes
2014–present	American Horror Story		74 episodes
2015–2019	Mr. Robot		45 episodes
2015–2016	Scream Queens		23 episodes
2016–present	American Crime Story		29 episodes
2017	Feud		Miniseries, 8 episodes
2018–present	9-1-1		78 episodes
2018–2021	Pose		26 episodes
2019–2020	The Politician		15 episodes
2020-present	9-1-1: Lone Star		42 episodes
2020-present	Ratched		8 episodes
2022	Gaslit		Miniseries, 8 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Lincoln Lawyer	Music programmer	Composer: Cliff Martinez
	Drive
	Contagion	Additional composer
2012	Arbitrage
	Savages	Additional music programmer	Composer: Adam Peters
	The Company You Keep	Additional composer	Composer: Cliff Martinez
	Stolen		Composer: Mark Isham
	Spring Breakers		Composer: Cliff Martinez
2013	Only God Forgives

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Far Cry 4	Additional composer	Composer: Cliff Martinez
2020	The Last of Us Part II		Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla

References

External links

• Mac Quayle at the Internet Movie Database

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