Michael Andrews

Michael Andrews is a San Diego musician and film score composer. He is best known for a cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with

Michael Andrews is a San Diego musician and film score composer. He is best known for a cover version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World", which he recorded with Gary Jules for the Donnie Darko soundtrack, and which became a number one single in the UK in Christmas 2003.

Michael Andrews and childhood friend Gary Jules grew up in San Diego, California where they shared a love of 1980s bands such as Tears for Fears, The Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen. The duo formed an early version of the Origin, but Jules had left the group by the time it signed a record deal with Virgin Records. At that point Michael Andrews was the chief songwriter and musical leader of the group.