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Mike Viola

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Mike Viola
Viola at a thrift store
Viola at a thrift store
Background information
Born
Michael Anthony Viola

(1966-09-26) September 26, 1966 (age 60)
Stoughton, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • bass
  • drums
Years active1985–present
Member ofCandy Butchers
Formerly ofThe Shining
Websitemikeviola.com

Michael Anthony Viola (born September 26, 1966) is an American record producer, musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work with Dawes, Panic! at the Disco, Andrew Bird, Ryan Adams, J.S. Ondara, Mandy Moore, and Jenny Lewis. [2][3][4][5] His original music has been featured on soundtracks for movies such as That Thing You Do!, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, and Get Him to the Greek.

As a teenager in the early 1980s, Viola played Boston-area clubs with his band, the Bottom Line, and was billed as "Boston's youngest musical talent." His parents, Charlene and Larry Viola, bought his equipment and allowed their basement to be turned into a rehearsal room.[6]

Viola got his major professional start in the mid-1990s as the musical architect for New York–based band Candy Butchers, releasing three critically acclaimed albums with RPM/Sony Records before focusing on music production.[7]

Soundtrack work

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Viola, along with friend Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, co-produced the title track for Tom Hanks's 1996 movie That Thing You Do! The selection received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Viola sang lead on the track, and as the accepted singing voice of Johnathon Schaech's character, Jimmy, also sang on other tracks in the film, such as "Little Wild One" and "All My Only Dreams."

For the 2007 Jake Kasdan/Judd Apatow film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Viola wrote or co-wrote "A Life Without You (Is No Life at All)", "Darling", "(I Hate You) Big Daddy", "Dear Mr. President", "Beautiful Ride", "Sir Ringe The Marshmallow Elephant", and "Let Me Hold You Little Man". Viola served as musical director on a promotional tour for the film in December 2007, with John C. Reilly acting out his fictional character of Dewey Cox.

Viola also contributed songwriting for Russell Brand's character Aldous Snow in the 2010 film Get Him to the Greek, including "African Child", "The Clap", "I Am Jesus", "Searching For a Father in America", "Little Bird", "Furry Walls". In 2012, he played the character of Franky in two promotional songs for the video game Club Penguin, "Anchors Aweigh" and "Ghosts Just Wanna Dance".[8]

Discography

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Solo work

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Year Artist Album Role
1996 Candy Butchers Live at La Bonboniere (EP) Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
1999 Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers Let's Get Serious (EP) Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers Let's Get Christmas (EP) Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
Candy Butchers Falling into Place Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
2001 Mike Viola Temple of Static Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
2002 Candy Butchers Play with Your Head Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
2004 Candy Butchers Hang On Mike Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
2005 Mike Viola Just Before Dark Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2006 Candy Butchers Making up time (Candy Butchers 1994 – 1996) Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2007 Mike Viola Lurch Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2010 Mike Viola & Kelly Jones Melon Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2011 Mike Viola Electro De Perfecto" Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
Mike Viola 2011 Primer (Collection) Producer, songwriter, musician[11]
2012 Mike Viola Acousto De Perfecto Producer, songwriter, musician[11]
2013 Mike Viola Ghoul Producer, songwriter, musician[11]
2015 Mike Viola Stairway to Paradise (EP) Songwriter, musician
2018 Mike Viola The American Egypt Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer
Mike Viola Here We Go, It's Christmas Time (EP) Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer
Mike Viola Bitten and Cursed (EP) Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer
2020 Mike Viola Godmuffin Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer
2023 Mike Viola Paul McCarthy[12] Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer
2024 Mike Viola Rock Of Boston[13] Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer

Production and writing credits

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Year Artist Album Song Role
2026 Vulfmon Dott "Mellotron" Musician, singer, songwriter, engineer
Noam Weinstein Male Model N/a Co-producer, musician[14]
2025 Vulfmon Deg "Dawn" Co-producer, engineer
Trapper Schoepp Osborne N/a Producer, musician[15]
Drumming Bird Roadkill Poetry N/a Producer, musician, singer[16]
2024 Dawes Oh Brother N/a Producer, engineer[2]
Madison Cunningham, Andrew Bird Cunningham Bird N/a Producer, musician[17]
Vulfmon Dot "Little Thunder" Co-producer, musician, engineer
2022 Panic! at the Disco Viva Las Vengeance N/a Producer, musician, singer, songwriter[10]
Vulfmon Here We Go Jack "Let's Go! Let's Go!" Singer, songwriter[18]
J.S. Ondara Tax Code 1: Telepathy Of a Mammoth N/a Producer[10]
Andrew Bird Inside Problems N/a Producer, musician, singer[10]
Mandy Moore In Real Life N/a Producer, musician, singer, writer[10]
Noam Weinstein Undivorceable N/a Producer, musician, singer[19]
2021 Andrew Bird, Jimbo Mathus These 13 N/a Producer, musician, singer[10]
Andrew Bird Hark! "Greenwine" Producer[10]
Semisonic You're Not Alone "Basement Tapes" Songwriter[10]
Allie Crow Buckley Moonlit and Devious N/a Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2020 Mandy Moore Silver Landings N/a Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
Watkins Family Hour Brother Sister N/a Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2019 Mandy Moore N/a "When I Wasn't Watching" Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer[10]
Andrew Bird My Finest Work Yet "Archipelago" Musician[10]
Johnathan Rice The Long Game N/a Producer, musician[10]
Allie Crow Buckley So Romantic N/a Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2018 J.S. Ondara Tales Of America N/a Producer, musician, engineer[10]
Van William Countries "Before I Found You", "The Country", "You'll Be On My Mind" Songwriter[10]
Vulfpeck Hill Climber "For Survival" Singer, songwriter[20]
2017 Dan Wilson Re-Covered N/a Producer, musician, singer[10]
Shania Twain Now (Deluxe) "Life's About To Get Good" Musician[10]
Ryan Adams Prisoner "Prisoner", "Do You Still Love Me" Songwriter, musician[21]
WATERS Something More! "Molly is a Babe," "Something More," "Modern Dilemma" Producer, songwriter, musician
2016 Panic! at the Disco Death of a Bachelor "Victorious" Songwriter[10]
LOLO In Loving Memory of When I Gave a Shit" "No Time For Lonely" Songwriter[10]
MAX Hell's Kitchen Angel "Hell's Kitchen Angel," "Mug Shot (ft. Sirah)" Songwriter
The Monkees Good Times! N/a Musician[10]
Teddy Thompson, Kelly Jones Little Windows N/a Producer, musician[10]
2015 Matt Nathanson Show Me Your Fangs "Gold in the Summertime", "Show Me Your Fangs" Songwriter
Butch Walker Afraid of Ghosts N/a Musician[10]
New Politics Vikings "Pretend We're in a Movie" Songwriter[10]
Andrew McMahon Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness "High Dive," "Black & White Movies," "Driving Through A Dream," "Halls" "Rainy Girl," "Maps for the Getaway," "Lottery Ticket," "Art School Girlfriend," "Cecilia and the Satellite" Producer, songwriter, engineer[9]
Ryan Adams Vampires (Paxam Singles Series Volume 3) (EP) "Magic Flag" Songwriter, musician[9]
2014 Ryan Adams N/a Producer, musician[9]
Matt Nathanson The Last of the Great Pretenders "Earthquake Weather," "Mission Bells," "Kinks Shirt," "Sky High Honey," "Kill The Lights," "Heart Starts" Producer, songwriter, musician, engineer[10]
Jenny Lewis The Voyager N/a Producer, musician[10]
Brett Dennen Smoke and Mirrors "Out of My Head" Songwriter[9]
Jill Sobule Dottie's Charms N/a Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
2013 New Politics A Bad Girl in Harlem "Harlem" Songwriter[10]
Fall Out Boy Pax Am Days N/a Producer[9]
Lori McKenna N/a "Love Can Put It Back Together" Songwriter[10]
2012 Karise Eden My Journey "You Won't Let Me" Songwriter[citation needed]
Rachael Yamagata Heavyweight (EP) "Heavyweight" Songwriter, musician[10]
Noam Weinstein Clocked N/a Producer, musician[22]
2011 Will Dailey and the Rivals Will Dailey and the Rivals "Best Friend" Songwriter[10]
Rachael Yamagata Chesapeake "You Won't Let Me," "Dealbreaker," "I Don't Want to Be Your Mother" Songwriter, musician[10]
Muppets: The Green Album "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" Producer, musician[9]
Gin Wigmore Gravel and Wine "Dirty Love" Songwriter[9]
2010 Jeremy Fisher Flood "All We Want is Love" Producer, songwriter, musician[10]
Infant Sorrow Get Him to the Greek "Furry Walls", "The Clap", "I Am Jesus", "African Child (Trapped in Me)", "Little Bird", "Searching For a Father" Songwriter, musician[9]
2009 Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh N/a Producer, songwriter, musician[9]
John Wesley Harding Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead "Love Or Nothing," "Sick Organism," "Congratulations (On Your Hallucinations)" Songwriter, musician[9]
2008 Tim Christensen Superior "Superior" Songwriter[9]
2007 Dewey Cox Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story "A Life Without You (Is No Life at All)", "Beautiful Ride", "Dear Mr. President", "Mulatto Song", "Let Me Hold You Little Man", "I Hate You (Big Daddy)", "Darling", "Hole in My Pants", "Who Wants To Party", "Weeping on the Inside" Songwriter[9]
2006 L.E.O. Alpacas Orgling "Distracted", "Make Me" Songwriter, musician[23]
2004 The Figgs Palais N/a Musician[10]
2003 Rasputina The Lost and Found N/a Producer, musician[9]
2002 The Figgs Slow Charm N/a Musician[10]
1998 Rasputina How We Quit The Forest "The Olde HeadBoard" Musician[10]
1996 Mono Puff Unsupervised N/a Musician[10]
The Wonders That Thing You Do! "That Thing You Do" Producer, musician[10]

References

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  1. ↑ Donelson, Marcy. "Mike Viola". Apple Music. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Duguay, Robert (November 18, 2014). "Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes on the Making of "Oh Brother"". Tape Op. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  3. ↑ Armstrong, Chuck (May 4, 2015). "Mike Viola on Working With Ryan Adams: 'It's Paid Off for Both of Us in Artistic Ways'". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy; Pelly, Jenn (May 19, 2014). "Jenny Lewis Works With Beck, Ryan Adams on New Album The Voyager, Reveals Release Details". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ Helman, Peter (April 27, 2015). "Mike Viola – "Stairway To Paradise" (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ Millman, Joyce (August 3, 1982). "Teen dream". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  7. ↑ Bacino, Mark. "Songcraft: Mike Viola Talks Songwriting Triage, Movie Music and Arcade Backlines". GuitarWorld.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Michelle [@mlewey] (September 6, 2017). "I think my favorite one we've written is Anchors Aweigh. My friend Mike Viola's voice sounds amazing on it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Mike Viola discography". discogs. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 "Mike Viola credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 "Mike Viola - Acousto De Perfecto (Lojinx)". Lojinx.com. July 16, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Mike Viola - Paul McCarthy (Lojinx)". April 14, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Mike Viola - Rock Of Boston (Lojinx)". September 20, 2024.
  14. ↑ eNoam https://eNoam.com. Retrieved April 15, 2026. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ Maitland, Kurt (August 7, 2025). "Trapper Schoepp Talks Songwriting and Side Hustles". Twangville. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  16. ↑ Edwards, Clayton (September 13, 2024). "Where Are They Now? Song Contest Winner Austin Sawyer Talks New Single "Roadkill Poetry," Touring, and What's Next". American Songwriter. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  17. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (September 17, 2024). "Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham Cover Buckingham Nicks in Full on New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Let's Go! Let's Go! - Vulfmon (feat. Mike Viola)". July 13, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2023 – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ "Noam Weinstein Official Site". eNoam. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Hill Climber – Vulfpeck". Bandcamp.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Prisoner – Ryan Adams". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Noam Weinstein Listing". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  23. ↑ "L.E.O. (4) – Alpacas Orgling". Discogs. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
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