Mick Lynch is a Minneapolis-based composer, producer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who has worked in all corners of the film and music industries, including composing music for award-winning local films and production libraries.

Mick made his first impression on the Minnesota music scene in 2020 when he formed the pop-punk trio Little Disasters as a freshman in high school.

Alongside writing and performing songs in Little Disasters, Mick also began to delve deeper into his fascination with composing music and how soundtrack music enhances storytelling, avidly following the works of many esteemed film composers such as Joe Hisaishi, Bernard Herrmann, and Danny Elfman.

Shortly before graduating, Mick and his bandmates in Little Disasters decided to part ways as Mick decided to pursue film music and composition.

Getting his start in composing writing scores for his friends’ games of Dungeons & Dragons, Mick would begin apprenticing under local composers and producers in his free time, including Tom Scott and Isaac Levy.

In late 2024, following some vocal therapy for a rare condition called puberphonia which caused his vocal cords to develop later than most and expanded his singing range, Mick returned to singing & songwriting and formed the ‘60s and ‘70s-inspired pop-rock band Polliwog, who released their debut self-titled EP in June 2025, produced and recorded by Mick and The Suburbs’ producer and bassist Steve Price.

Recently, Mick has written music for successful short films such as BUTTONS, a dreamy and hopeful film by Elijah Plaep about incremental personal growth and overcoming addiction; THE COMBINATION, a brief glimpse into the origin on Minneapolis’ most notorious gangster (soon to be a TV series). He is also currently continuing to write music with Polliwog and composing the soundtrack for the gorgeous upcoming indie adventure game GIVE UP THE GHOST, coming sometime 2026-2027. Mick is also a major advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and mental health awareness, going as far back as his days in Little Disasters when he donated all the modest profits from their single “Optimist” to Mental Health America.

To see a full list of Mick’s scores and projects, check out his IMDb page.