Jeff Russo (born August 31) is an American

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and

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, and one of the two founding members of American 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 ''

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'', '' Fargo'', '' Legion'', and '' Counterpart'', as well as the

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series '' Star Trek: Discovery'', '' Star Trek: Picard'', ''

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'', and '' Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''. He also scored the miniseries ''

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'' and the acclaimed video game ''

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''. For his work on ''Fargo'', he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special in

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Biography

Russo began his music career as a rock musician. In 2012 he was invited (by his rock-band friends,

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) 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

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nominated shows: CBS’s reimagining of the iconic cult classic series ''Star Trek: Discovery'' and FX’s ''Legion'', starring

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and

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, as well as Netflix’s ''

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'' starring

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and Mary J. Blige, based on the popular comic book series by

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and Gabriel Ba. He wrote for Noah Hawley’s feature directorial debut from Fox Searchlight, ''

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'', starring

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and

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, as well as Altered Carbon, an adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s sci-fi novel. His film work includes scoring

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’s action-thriller film ''

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'', Craig Macneill’s '' Lizzie'', starring

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and

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, which premiered at the 2018

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, and Jon Avnet’s '' Three Christs'', starring

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, which premiered at the 2017

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. His first connection with the Star Trek franchise was his contribution to Star Trek: Discovery. Russo and his wife, musician

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, of the band

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, have two children.

Albums

Tonic

Guest appearance

Low Stars

Solo

Soundtracks

Film

Television

Video game

References

External links

Jeff Russo Web Site

Jeff Russo myspace page
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Russo, Jeff 1969 births 20th-century American guitarists American alternative rock musicians American film score composers American television composers American rock guitarists Living people American male film score composers Male television composers Place of birth missing (living people) Tonic (band) members