Mike Morasky

• Name — Mike Morasky • Birth Name — Mike Morasky • Born — 14 June 1964 • Birthplace — Detroit, Michigan, U.S. • Genre — Orchestral, electronica, musique concrete, ambient, dark ambient, noise rock, hardcore punk • Occupation — Composer, musician, visual effects artist • Instrument — Electric guitar, vocals • Years Active — 1986—present

For Valve, Morasky composed the music for Team Fortress 2, Portal (with Kelly Bailey), Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2 (including composing and playing the guitar, keyboard and bass for the fictional hard rock band Midnight Riders), Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx, and Counter-Strike 2. He also worked as a senior visual effects artist and technical director on The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix film trilogies. Morasky was part of the now-defunct hardcore punk/noise rock band Steel Pole Bath Tub, which he founded in 1986 with Dale Flattum. S.P.B.T. disbanded in 2002.

• "Left 4 Dead" - Game Audio Network Guild Summer Summit (2010) • "Matrix Revolutions: Techniques and Methodologies With Large Scale Sentinel 'Swarm' Scenes" - Silicon Valley ACM Siggraph (2004) • "Matrix Sequels: Animation and Pipeline Methodologies in Large CG Film Productions" - San Francisco ACM Siggraph Student Chapter (2004) • "Wiring Cracker: The Mechanics of a Non-Anthropomorphic, Real-Time, Performance Animation Puppet" - ACM Siggraph (1998)

• Year — Title — Notes • 2007 — Team Fortress 2 • Portal — With Kelly Bailey • 2008 — Left 4 Dead • 2009 — Left 4 Dead 2 • 2010 — Alien Swarm • 2011 — Portal 2 • 2012 — Counter Strike: Global Offensive • 2020 — Half-Life: Alyx • 2022 — Aperture Desk Job • 2023 — Counter-Strike 2 • 2024 — Little Kitty, Big City

• Butterfly Love (Boner Records, 1989) • Lurch (Boner Records, 1990) • Tulip (Boner Records, 1990) • The Miracle of Sound in Motion (Boner Records, 1993) • Your Choice Live Series 019 (Your Choice Records, 1993) • Best of Steel Pole Bathtub (Sento, 1993) • Scars from Falling Down (Slash/London, 1995) • Unlistenable (Zero to One, 2002)

• "I Dreamed I Dream" - Split 7'/10" With Melvins - (Boner/Tupelo, 1989) • "Arizona Garbage Truck / Voodoo Chile" (Sympathy for the Recording Industry, 1990) • "European Son / Venus in Furs" (The Communion Label, 1991) • "We Walk" - Split 7" with Jawbreaker - (Staple Gun Records, 1991) • "Your Choice Live" - Limited 7" - (Your Choice Records, 1991) • "Bozeman" (Boner/Tupelo, 1992) • "Some Cocktail Suggestions EP" (Boner/Tupelo, 1994) • "Tragedy Ecstasy Doom and So On EP" (Genius Records, 1995) • "Auf Wiedersehen / Surrender" (Man's Ruin Records, 1995) • "Twist / Surrender" (Slash Records, 1995) • "Hey Bo Diddley Live in Tokyo" - Split 7" with Unwound - (Honey Bear Records, 1996) • "Soul Cannon" - "Live at Emo's: Volume 2 - #2: This Place Sucks" - Split 7" with "Unsane" / "Gomez" - (No Lie Records, 1997)

• "Bee Sting" - The Thing That Ate Floyd - (Lookout! Records, 1988) • "We Walk" - Surprise Your Pig - A Tribute to R.E.M. - (Staple Gun Records, 1992) • "Chemical Warfare" - Virus 100 - (Alternative Tentacles, 1992) • "Down All the Days" - The Mission District: 17 Reasons - 7" Box (Mission Merchants, 1992) • "Kung Fu Love" - Milk for Pussy - (Mad Queen Records, 1993) • "Froggie Would a Wooing Go" - Power Flush - as "Mud Bath" with Mudwimmin - (Broken Rekids, 1993) • "The Seventh Hour of the Seventh Day" - Smitten - A Love Song Compilation - (Karate Brand Records, 1994) • "A Washed Out Monkey Star Halo" - Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Volume Ten - (Amphetamine Reptile Records, 1994) • "The 500 Club" - CMJ New Music August - Volume 24 - (College Music Journal, 1995) • "Twist" - Introducing Vol. 2 - (Indigo, 1995) • "Twist" - London Records (London Records, 1995) • "The Charm" - Jabberjaw... Pure Sweet Hell - (Mammoth, 1996) • "The Ghost" - Twisted Willie - (Justice Records, 1996) • "A Washed Out Monkey Star Halo" - Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Volumes 8-11 - (Amphetamine Reptile Records, 1997) • "Soul Cannon" - Live at Emo's BOX SET - 7" Box (No Lie Music, 1997) • "I Dreamed I Dream" - Confuse Yr Idols (A Tribute To Sonic Youth) (Narnack Records, 2004)

• "Love God" (Boner Records / Tupelo Recording, 1993) • "Burn or Bury" (Priority Records, 1994) • "Bruce Lee Marvin Gaye" (ZK Records, 1994) • "Project M-13" (Zero to One Records, 2000)

• "Mama Paranoia" - Split 7' With Dosed Bernie - (Box Dog, 1994)

• Tumor Circus (Alternative Tentacles, 1991)

• "Take Me Back or I'll Drown Our Dog" - 7'/12" - (Alternative Tentacles, 1991) • "Meathook Up My Rectum" - 7' - (Alternative Tentacles, 1991)

• "Meathook Up My Rectum" - "The Bat is Back" - (Alternative Tentacles, 1992)

• Blowhard (Boner Records, 1991) • The Unholy Handjob (Alternative Tentacles, 1995)

• Jawbreaker - "Chesterfield King" EP (Communion/Tupelo, 1991) • Jawbreaker - Bivouac (Communion/Tupelo, 1991) • Warlock Pinchers - Circusized Peanuts (Boner Records, 1991) • Blister - Glitches (1992) (Executive Producer) • Tumor Circus - Tumor Circus (Alternative Tentacles, 1991) • Jello Biafra - I Blow Minds for a Living (Alternative Tentacles, 1991)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (lead massive crowd technical director) • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (senior massive technical director) • The Matrix Reloaded (2003) (lead technical director) • The Matrix Revolutions (2003) (sentinel/swarm lead) • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (senior massive technical director) • Catwoman (2004) (CG supervisor) • Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) (lead technical director) • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (digital artist)

• Dopamine (2003) (guitar) • One Winter Story (2006) • I Die Daily: The Making of Matthew Barney's 'Cremaster Cycle (2007) • Life in Flight (2008) • Ayiti Mon Amour (2016)