Michael Andrews is an American musician and film score composer. He debuted as a music director in the 1999 film Chapter Zero, and rose to prominence with his cover version of the 1982 song Mad World, which he recorded with Gary Jules for the 2001 sci-fi film Donnie Darko. Andrews has since scored the music for films like Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Funny People (2009), Bridesmaids (2011), Bad Neighbours (2014) and The Big Sick (2017). He has also released two solo albums: Hand on String (2006) and Spilling a Rainbow (2012). Significant television credits include Togetherness, Ben and Kate and Freaks and Geeks. His 2019 release includes Second Act.