Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Michael Brook has established his presence in contemporary music by means both numerous and varied. As a solo performer, he has toured the world performing compositions which are sleek, elegant, disturbing and powerful. His technical aptitude yields inventions on the order of the Infinite Guitar, which has become Michael's musical signature. Michael has collaborated with such artists as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Brian Eno.

The complexion of his own music, born of love for Middle Eastern and Indian melodies, has unique and undeniable pictoral qualities. These qualities have been recognized by the directors whose films Michael has scored.

In 1986, Michael Brook collaborated with The Edge, guitarist for U2, on the soundtrack to the film Captive. The film's score and it's accompanying soundtrack album (Virgin Records) introduced the voice of Sinead O'Connor to the world. Later, in 1994, Michael composed the score for Fires of Kuwait, the IMAX documentary. Nothing less than a vision of hell on earth, the film provided a stark canvas for which the Arabic inflections of Michael's Infinite Guitar were perfectly suited.

Tracks licensed from his "Colbalt Blue" album were mixed with cues specially written and performed by Michael for the soundtrack of Michael Mann's 1996 drama, Heat. The following year saw the release of Albino Alligator, featuring Michael Brook's score for the much anticipated directing debut of renown actor Kevin Spacey. The film's soundtrack (4AD Records) veers from swampy, blues-rock to insistent ostinatos which bring to mind the dynamic stasis of Phillip Glass' best work. Included on the album is a duet (Jimmy Scott and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe) which Brook co-produced with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Michael's film, Affliction, a hit at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, features Brook compositions performed by the composer, the Turtle Island String Quartet and a cast of Bay Area musicians. The soundtrack was released on Citadel Records.