Michael Sidney Timpson (born February 26, 1970, in Mountain View, California) is an American composer of contemporary classical music.
Although clearly a composer of the concert art-music genre,[citation needed] his definitive style combines elements of European, American, and Asian musical sources.
His musical beginnings were borne out of playing baritone saxophone and bass clarinet, often manipulating the latter instrument with guitar pedals; he was also co-founder of the group Jazz on the line with fellow saxophonists Rent Romus (Aaron Repke) and Dan Magay.
He would later evolve incorporations and influences of funk, new wave, heavy metal, new jack swing, electronica, trip hop, and shibuya-kei into his music.
A musical style that merges American jazz and pop, Asian traditions and the European avant-garde, his compositions have been featured throughout the United States, France, Czech, Ukraine, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan.