About
On his path to creating film scores of his own, he worked for some of the industry’s most prestigious composers, including Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. Some of Paesano’s notable credits include 20th Century Fox Maze Runner Trilogy, Marvel’s Daredevil, Defenders and PlayStation highly acclaimed Spider-Man.
He won a World Soundtrack Award for his score to the well-received young adult adaptation of The Maze Runner, before going on to complete the trilogy, creating equally impressive scores for The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure. He also received seven Best Score nominations for PlayStation’s Spider-Man and won an Annie Award for Best Music for his work on DreamWorks’ animated series Dragons: Riders of Berk, based on the Academy Award winning film How To Train Your Dragon.
His recent feature, series, and game credits include John Logan’s (Gladiator, Aviator) Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels, Michael Alymereda Tesla (Ethan Hawke), and Yuval Adlers WWII thriller, The Secrets We Keep (Niomi Rapace). He recently recorded the music for Marvel’s forthcoming Avengers Campus at Disneyland and his next release is PlayStation 5 flagship Miles Morales game, with production and remixing by Boi-1da while finishing up season one of Invincible, the upcoming adult animated superhero drama series, based on the comic book character of the same name by Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead) set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in 2021
Film / Episodic / Games
Recent Projects
www.johnpaesano.com
News & Interviews
AVENGERS CAMPUS AT DISNEYLAND
When Marvel needed a composer to assemble the music for their new Avengers Campus at Disneyland they called John. He created a seamless orchestral superscore, combining the themes from the big Marvel characters to play as you move throughout the different sections of the park.
AMAZON’S STAR STUDDED INVINCIBLE PREMIERES FEATURING JOHN’S EXHILIRATING SCORE
You can now stream Robert Kirkman’s Invincible here. The series, voiced by Steven Yeun, Seth Rogen, Sandra Oh, Zazie Beats, Mahershala Ali, and JK Simmons, is “more than just a superhero cartoon,” “finding the right balance” between the genres popular tropes and modern character-driven drama.
BAFTA Games Awards: John Paesano Takes Home Top Music Prize
For his work on Miles Morales, Paesano won the 2021 BAFTA for Best music in a video game. Composer John Paesano, who returned to score the game after delivering an epic soundtrack for the first installment, doesn’t disappoint in the second outing either, this time mixing hip hop beats with the grand orchestral sound of the original.
Selected Discography
A selection of composer John Paesano gramophone recordings for Film, Television, and Video Game projects.
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