Mike O'Donnell

Mike O'Donnell (born: ) is an English composer, songwriter and musician. He was the co-music composer for Thomas & Friends, from its debut in 1984 until 2003. He was also the music composer for TUGS.
Mike, a bass guitarist and vocalist, worked at the Beatles' "Apple Studios", where his love for music grew stronger after some memorable sessions with several famous singers. He also joined a band, Gold, who, despite having few hits, sold a number of singles such as "Stay with Me My Love" and "Paradise".
==Content==
His channel is known from uploading his music composer from Thomas & Friends.
==Trivia==
*Mike lives in Surrey with his wife Barbara, daughter Sian and son Ben.
*According to a Tweet from Mike, he and Junior composed the music with Proteus 1 and 2xr, and 2000 modules, Prophet 2000 Sampler, Yamaha rx5 Drum module, Yamaha Grand Piano, and Rickenbacker Bass Guitar to compose Series 1 all the way to Series 7 from Thomas & Friends. To add up, the Jupiter 6 was used from Series 1-2.
*Mike O'Donnell has said that he does not have a favourite song from the show due to each song having their own sense of charm.
*In his youth, Mike was brought up on his favourite American cartoons Tom and Jerry and The Flintstones, as well as Harman and Ising.
*In real life, Mike does not know how to read sheet music.
*Mike had started coming up with music ideas for the eighth series from Thomas & Friends, before it was revealed they were not to return.
*Sometimes on his YouTube channel, Mike releases re-recordings of certain characters' themes or songs. Gordon's original theme is an example of this.
*He based the original theme tune on the feel of Mean Mr. Mustard by the Beatles with the thought in mind of having Ringo Starr sing an extended near-three minute rendition with lyrics.
*Mike has released recreations of several Thomas themes as part of The Engine Themes which can be purchased directly from his website.
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