James L. Venable is an American composer, working primarily in American film and television. He is known for his scores to the animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The latter was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2005, the same score won a 2005 Annie Award—Venable's third—for achievement in music for an animated series. Among Venable's feature film scores are Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Scary Movie 3, 4, and 5 and Eurotrip. On August 3, 2004, Venable released an electronica album titled Holding Space with Screaming Fan Records.[1]
James L. Venable | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 19, 1975 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Film score |
| Occupation | Film composer |
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Cybersex Kittens | Kirk Bowman | |
| Repentance | Ben Brunkhardt | Short film | |
| 2000 | Time Machine: A Complete History of the Green Berets | Steve Mitchell Beebe | TV Movie |
| 2001 | Tunnel Vision | Alexander Soskin | Short film |
| Iron Monkey | Yuen Woo-Ping | Composed score for U.S release | |
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Kevin Smith | 1st of 6 collaboration with Smith | |
| 2002 | The Powerpuff Girls Movie | Craig McCracken | |
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | David Zucker | 1st of 3 collaboration with Zucker |
| 2004 | EuroTrip | Jeff Schaffer | |
| Jersey Girl | Kevin Smith | 2nd of 6 collaboration with Smith | |
| The Year of the Yao | Adam Del Deo James D. Stern |
Documentary film | |
| 2005 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Mike Bigelow | Themes music composed by John Debney |
| Venom | Jim Gillespie | ||
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | David Zucker | 2nd of 3 collaboration with Zucker |
| Clerks II | Kevin Smith | 3rd of 6 collaboration with Smith | |
| Kickin' It Old Skool | Harvey Glazer | ||
| 2007 | The Last Day of Summer | Blair Treu | |
| 2008 | Turok: Son of Stone | Curt Geda Dan Riba Frank Squillace Tad Stones | |
| Superhero Movie | Craig Mazin | ||
| Bark or Bite | Suzie Bohannon | Short film | |
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Kevin Smith | 4th of 6 collaboration with Smith | |
| An American Carol | David Zucker | 3rd of 3 collaboration with Zucker | |
| 2009 | Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel | Gareth Carrivick | |
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Bob Gosse | ||
| 2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | Sam Liu Lauren Montgomery |
Additional music by Christopher Drake |
| 2013 | Scary Movie 5 | Malcolm D. Lee | |
| Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie | Steve Stark | ||
| 2018 | Supercon | Zak Knutson | |
| 2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Kevin Smith | 5th and 6th of 6 collaboration with Smith |
| 2022 | Clerks III |
Television
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1981–present | Entertainment Tonight | |
| 1989–1999 | Hard Copy | |
| 1997–1998 | Salty's Lighthouse | with Haim Saban and Shuki Levy |
| 1998–2005 | The Powerpuff Girls | with Steve Rucker and Tom Chase |
| 1999 | The Chimp Channel | |
| Detention | with Steve Rucker and Tom Chase | |
| 2000–2001 | Clerks: The Animated Series | |
| 2001 | Imp, Inc. | with Chris Reccardi |
| 2001–2004 | Samurai Jack | with will.i.am |
| 2002–2006 | 3 South | |
| 2003–2005 | Star Wars: Clone Wars | with Paul Dinletir |
| 2003–2009 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | |
| 2004–2009 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | with Jennifer Kes Remington |
| 2008 | The Mighty B! | First episode only "Original music" credit |
| 2009 | Cartoonstitute | Episode: "Meddlen Meadows" |
| 2014-2017 | Clarence | with Simon Panrucker |
Video Games
| Year | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Adventures of Breadman[2] | |
| 2007 | Spider-Man: Friend Or Foe | With Mike Reagan |
References
- ^ "Holding Space". Amazon.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ Psyko (2019-06-22). "The Adventures Of Breadman llegará a Nintendo Switch si logra financiarse en kickstarter". Nintenderos (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
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