Jeff Russo

Jeff Russo

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1969-08-31 (54 years old)

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Biography

Jeff Russo (born August 31, 1969) is an American composer, songwriter, guitarist, vocalist and music producer, and one of the two founding members of the rock band Tonic. He is also a founding member of acoustic rock band Low Stars.

Russo is also known for his work as composer on various films and television series, notably Snowfall, Fargo, Legion, and Counterpart, as well as the Star Trek series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and For All Mankind (TV series). He also scored the miniseries The Night Of and the acclaimed video game What Remains of Edith Finch. For his work on Fargo, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special in 2017. Russo began his music career as a rock musician. In 2012 he was invited (by his rock-band friends, Wendy & Lisa) to assist in creating the theme music for a planned TV series based on the popular movie Fargo, and he realized how much he enjoyed the process.

He currently scores two Peabody Award nominated shows: CBS’s Star Trek: Discovery and FX’s Legion, starring Dan Stevens and Aubrey Plaza. He also scores Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy starring Elliot Page, Robert Sheehan and Mary J. Blige, based on the popular comic book series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba. He wrote for Noah Hawley’s feature directorial debut from Fox Searchlight, Lucy in the Sky, starring Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm, and Altered Carbon, an adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s sci-fi novel. His film work includes scoring Mark Wahlberg’s action-thriller film Mile 22, Craig Macneill’s Lizzie, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and Jon Avnet’s Three Christs, starring Richard Gere, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

His first connection with the Star Trek franchise was his contribution to Star Trek: Discovery.Russo and his wife, musician Nina Gordon, of the band Veruca Salt, have two children.

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Filmography

all 54

TV Shows 31

Movies 23

Original Music Composer
Rob Peace

Rob Peace (2024)

Movie
Composer
Canary

Canary (2023)

Movie
Composer
What You Wish For

What You Wish For (2023)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Love & Death

Love & Death (2023)

TV
9
Original Music Composer
Mrs. Davis

Mrs. Davis (2023)

TV
Original Music Composer
The Consultant

The Consultant (2023)

TV
Music
American Dreamer

American Dreamer (2022)

Movie
Music
So Help Me Todd

So Help Me Todd (2022)

TV
Original Music Composer
Bosch: Legacy

Bosch: Legacy (2022)

TV
Main Title Theme Composer
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

TV
Original Music Composer
Brand New Cherry Flavor

Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)

TV
5.67
Original Music Composer
Oslo

Oslo (2021)

Movie
5
Original Music Composer
Utopia

Utopia (2020)

TV
Composer
Lorelei

Lorelei (2020)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Power Book II: Ghost

Power Book II: Ghost (2020)

TV
9
Original Music Composer
Brave New World

Brave New World (2020)

TV
8
Music
Warrior Nun

Warrior Nun (2020)

TV
6.6
Main Title Theme Composer / Other / Other / Original Music Composer / Main Title Theme Composer
Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

TV
6.43
Original Music Composer
For All Mankind

For All Mankind (2019)

TV
6.33
Music
Treadstone

Treadstone (2019)

TV
5.49
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Lucy in the Sky

Lucy in the Sky (2019)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Act

The Act (2019)

TV
6.31
Original Music Composer
The Umbrella Academy

The Umbrella Academy (2019)

TV
8.05
Composer
Lizzie

Lizzie (2018)

Movie
Music
Mile 22

Mile 22 (2018)

Movie
6.11
Composer
Submission

Submission (2018)

Movie
Composer
Hondros

Hondros (2018)

Movie
Composer
The Human Element

The Human Element (2018)

Movie
Main Title Theme Composer / Original Music Composer / Original Music Composer / Main Title Theme Composer
Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon (2018)

TV
5.88
Music
Waco

Waco (2018)

TV
6
Original Music Composer
Counterpart

Counterpart (2017)

TV
5.82
Original Music Composer
Ghosted

Ghosted (2017)

TV
5.7
Original Music Composer
Three Christs

Three Christs (2017)

Movie
Music
The Night Of

The Night Of (2016)

TV
5.7
Original Music Composer
Lucifer

Lucifer (2016)

TV
7.21
Original Music Composer
Tut

Tut (2015)

TV
6
Music
Complications

Complications (2015)

TV
1
Original Music Composer
The Returned

The Returned (2015)

TV
Original Music Composer
CSI: Cyber

CSI: Cyber (2015)

TV
7.5
Composer
The Surface

The Surface (2014)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Manhattan

Manhattan (2014)

TV
5.78
Original Music Composer
Power

Power (2014)

TV
6.91
Original Music Composer
Fargo

Fargo (2014)

TV
5.85
Composer
Bad Behavior

Bad Behavior (2013)

Movie
Composer
Free Ride

Free Ride (2013)

Movie
Composer
Watercolor Postcards

Watercolor Postcards (2013)

Movie
Original Music Composer
About Cherry

About Cherry (2012)

Movie
Composer
Out of Breath

Out of Breath (2012)

Movie
Composer
Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan (2010)

Movie
Love Lounge

Love Lounge (2005)

TV
Dexter
Hollywood Palms

Hollywood Palms (2000)

Movie
Once and Again

Once and Again (1999)

TV
Composer
Black Belle

Black Belle

Movie
Composer
Septimo

Septimo

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.6
Based on 2.23 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1999
2015
2018
2017
2024
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Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1969-08-31 (54 years old)

Birth Place
Los Angeles, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America


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