Jake Monaco | |
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 Monaco at the 2024 WonderCon | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Orchestral, Classical, Ambient, Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Arranger, Instrumentalist |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Piano, Bass |
| Years active | 2007-present |
Jake Monaco is an American film and TV composer. He currently scores Amazon Prime Video's The Stinky & Dirty Show , Netflix's Dinotrux , and Warner Bros. Animation's Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! .
Monaco began playing guitar in high school, [1] later touring with a group while attending the University of Richmond in Virginia. [2] A few years after graduating, his bandmates opted to take up non-musical professional careers.
At the suggestion of a friend, Monaco enrolled in a film scoring course at University of Southern California. He has stated that although he had never had interest in scoring as a child, it was these classes that piqued his interest, explaining that he was "sucked in" [2] to the world of scoring almost immediately.
Monaco began assisting for composer Christophe Beck after graduating from the USC program, and through this connection he has contributed music to The Hangover film series, The Muppets , and Get Hard . [3] Monaco credits the time he spent assisting Beck as key to his success as a scorer, and has described assistant positions as "some of the best education and experience a young composer can receive". [4] After assisting Christophe Beck for eight years, Monaco made the decision to begin scoring on his own. [2]
Monaco credits some of his inspiration as a composer to a stable of unorthodox stringed instruments he acquired from Rich Briggs. Monaco's studio includes custom-built guitars including a hub cap guitar, a copper pot guitar and a wine box bass. [5]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2010 | Role/Play | Rob Williams | — |
| 2012 | Struck by Lightning | Brian Dannelly | — |
| The Men Next Door | Rob Williams | — | |
| 2013 | Kilimanjaro | Walter Strafford | — |
| Living on One Dollar | Zach Ingrasci Sean Leonard Chris Temple | — | |
| 2014 | Out to Kill | Rob Williams | — |
| Let's Be Cops | Luke Greenfield | Composed with Christophe Beck | |
| Playing It Cool | Justin Reardon | — | |
| 2016 | Kindergarten Cop 2 | Don Michael Paul | — |
| Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Mandie Fletcher | — | |
| A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits | Michelle Johnston | — | |
| Keeping Up with the Joneses | Greg Mottola | — | |
| 2018 | Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost | Doug Murphy | Composed with Matthew Janszen |
| Dumplin' | Anne Fletcher | — | |
| 2019 | Through the Windows | Petey Barma Bret 'Brook' Parker | — |
| A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish | Michelle Johnston | — | |
| 2020 | Walkaway Joe | Tom Wright | Composed with Christophe Beck |
| Think Like a Dog | Gil Junger | — | |
| 2021 | Flora & Ulysses | Lena Khan | — |
| A Cinderella Story: Starstruck | Michelle Johnston | Composed with Brittany Dunton | |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2005 | Stuck | Adam Kargman | — |
| 2007 | Routine | Scott Brown | — |
| Union Station | Beth Spitalny | — | |
| 2008 | Better than Astronauts | Jonathan Barenboim | — |
| Secret Circles, Hidden Prayers | Amber Beard | — | |
| The Orphan | Dan Treharne | — | |
| 2009 | Roses | Trish Hadley | — |
| Elevated | Jared Mark | — | |
| Point of Entry | Zeus Quijano Jr. | — | |
| 2010 | Where Life Is | Coyote Marino | — |
| A Tall Tale | Brittany Biggs | — | |
| I Suck | Jason Bowers | — | |
| 2011 | Blunderkind | Zak Mechanic | — |
| The Lepidoctor | Jonathan Barenboim | — | |
| 2012 | The Road We've Traveled | Davis Guggenheim | — |
| 2013 | The Magic Bracelet | Jon Poll | — |
| 2017 | Again | Alexis Jacknow | — |
| 2018 | Yellow is the New Black | Serguei Kouchnerov Fabien Polack | — |
| 2019 | Santa's Little Helpers | Bruno Chauffard Derek Drymon | — |
| 2020 | Lamp Life | Valerie LaPointe | — |
| Out | Steven Hunter | — |
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Edge of Tomorrow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the score album accompanying the 2014 film of the same name directed by Doug Liman, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, and featured musical score composed by Christophe Beck. This is Liman's first film not to be scored by John Powell, as the composer decided to score for animation films over live-action. Hence, Ramin Djawadi was brought in as the film's composer in September 2013, But Djawadi was later replaced by Beck in that January, making it as his maiden composition for a science fiction film.
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