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Kevin MacLeod

1972 - Today

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Kevin MacLeod ( mə-KLOWD; born 1972) is an American composer and music producer. Described by The New York Times as "arguably the most prolific composer you’ve never heard of", MacLeod has composed over 2,000 pieces of royalty-free library music and made them available under a Creative Commons copyright license. One of his compositions, "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", released on February 3, 2014, is among the most played on TikTok; from January through June 2021, it was played over 31.6 billion times. The wide availability and freeness of his work have made it featured in thousands of films, video games and millions of videos on YouTube. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kevin MacLeod is the 1,028th most popular composer (up from 1,030th in 2019), the 5,954th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,363rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kevin MacLeod ranks 1,028 out of 1,451. Before him are Gustav Lange, Edvard Mirzoyan, Philippe Sarde, Alessandro Grandi, R. Murray Schafer, and Joseph Hellmesberger Sr.. After him are Ruperto Chapí, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Sergei Vasilenko, Marcos Portugal, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, and Kalevi Aho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Kevin MacLeod ranks 130. Before him are Esther Duflo, Gulnara Karimova, Matt Schulze, Christophe Dugarry, Mohammad Rasoulof, and Eric Dane. After him are Selma Blair, Wil Wheaton, Goran Višnjić, Joe Wright, Nek, and Steve McManaman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin MacLeod ranks 5,954 out of 20,380. Before him are Richmond K. Turner (1885), Gary Chapman (1938), Linda Fiorentino (1958), Frank Zamboni (1901), John Mayer (1977), and Michael Peña (1976). After him are Bob Crane (1928), Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Jason White (1973), Donella Meadows (1941), and Bret Harte (1836).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Kevin MacLeod ranks 57. Before him are Elliott Carter (1908), Cathy Berberian (1925), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Meredith Monk (1942), Roger Sessions (1896), and William Christie (1944). After him are Frederic Rzewski (1938), Joseph Lamb (1887), Ferde Grofé (1892), Walter Piston (1894), John Ottman (1964), and Peter H. Gilmore (1958).

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