John Paesano

John Paesano is an Emmy nominated and BAFTA winning composer, producer, conductor, and arranger for film, television, video games and records. John studied classical music with Professor Sally Dow Miller of Conservatoire de Paris, and continued his studies at Berklee College of Music focusing on composition. On his path to creating film scores of his own, he worked for the industry's most prestigious composers, including Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. Some of Paesano's notable credits include Marvel's Daredevil, Defenders, Spider-Man for Sony PlayStation 4 and Miles Morales for PlayStation 5. He received seven Best Score nominations for Spider-Man, BAFTA win for Miles Morales, 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. He also won a World Soundtrack Award for his score to the well-received young adult adaptation of The Maze Runner. He went on to complete the trilogy, creating equally impressive scores for The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure. His score for Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is one of his best scores to date.