Michael Montes is a Peruvian-American composer for films, album projects and all other media.Michael Montes was born in Houston, Texas, the son of American nurse Anne Pryor and Peruvian doctor Mario Montes who came to the United States in the early fifties. The family eventually settled in Eden, NY.He began piano studies at age seven, quit in frustration with his teacher's methods, returned feverishly at age thirteen and later dropped out of medical school in order to pursue composition as his life's work.As a child his first film music experience occurred while watching the Jules Verne classic Mysterious Island. Years later he discovered that Bernard Herrmann had composed the score.Later on Pink Floyd became an influence, specifically their innovative production techniques and use of hallucinatory textures.