Jackson Greenberg

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Jackson Greenberg
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Jackson Greenberg is an American film and television composer based in Los Angeles. [1] [2] He is best known for scoring Audible , DMX: Don't Try to Understand , Maybe This Year, Cartel Land and for writing the theme song to the Netflix series Explained. [3] [4] [5]

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Life and career

Jackson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied music at Princeton University, the Royal College of Music in London, and the University of Southern California Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program. [6] [7] He was selected as a Sundance Lab Composer Fellow in 2017. [8]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2021Won Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score — Short Film (Documentary) Audible [9]
2021Nominated Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score Cartel Land [10]

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