John Frizzell (composer)

John Frizzell (born 1966) is an American film and television composer. As a young boy, Frizzell sang soprano in the National Cathedral Choir, the Paris Opera Company, and the Metropolitan Opera Company. However, once he hit puberty, his voice changed. He continued his study of music at the University of Southern California and the Manhattan School of Music, but he began to focus more on the jazz guitar than voice. After he finished college, Frizzell worked with Michael Mainieri, a famous producer and became exposed to synthesis and helped Mainieri on many commercials, movies and records.

Frizzell's career excelled and he worked with many more renowned composers, directors and producers including Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Sacret Young, James Newton Howard, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joel Silver, Randy Edelman and Mark Rydell. However, Frizzell is best known for his work with Mike Judge. He did the scores for Judge's films ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' and ''Office Space'' as well as the music for Judge's sitcom ''King of the Hill''. His other film scores include ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Alien Resurrection'', ''Dante's Peak'', ''Thirteen Ghosts'', '' Ghost Ship'', '' Gods and Generals'', '' Stay Alive'', '' The Reaping'' and the 2020 documentary ''Zappa''. He also composed the musical score for the sci-fi television series ''VR.5'', more recently the television drama series ''The Following'', '' Tell Me a Story'' and the 2020 animated comedy series, '' Duncanville''. In 2022, he returned to composed the score for '' Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'', as well as the score for the episodes of the series' new season.

Film scores

1995

* '' Whose Daughter Is She?''
* '' It Was Him or Us''

1996

* ''Deadly Pursuits''
* '' Undertow''
* ''Red Ribbon Blues''
* ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America''
* '' The Rich Man's Wife''
* ''Crime of the Century''
* ''The Empty Mirror''

1997

* ''Opposite Corners''
* ''Dante's Peak''
* ''Alien Resurrection''

1998

* ''Mafia!'' (as Gianni Frizzelli)
* ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer''

1999

* ''Office Space''
* '' Teaching Mrs. Tingle''
* ''The White River Kid''

2000

* '' Beautiful''
* ''Lockdown''
* '' Possessed''

2001

* '' Josie and the Pussycats''
* ''James Dean''
* ''Thirteen Ghosts''

2002

* '' Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice''
* '' Ghost Ship''

2003

* '' Gods and Generals''
* ''Cradle 2 the Grave''
* '' The Whizzard of Ow''

2004

* '' The Goodbye Girl''
* '' Karroll's Christmas''

2005

* '' The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio''
* ''Four Minutes''
* '' Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price''

2006

* ''A Little Thing Called Murder''
* '' Stay Alive''
* '' The Woods''

2007

* ''Careless''
* '' Primeval''
* '' First Born''
* '' The Reaping''
* '' Black Irish''
* ''Beneath''

2008

* '' Henry Poole Is Here''
* '' Wisegal''
* ''100 Feet''
* ''Tenure''

2009

* '' Evil Angel''
* '' The Lodger''
* '' From Mexico with Love''
* '' Whiteout''

2010

* ''Legion''
* ''Shelter''

2011

* ''The Roommate''

2013

* ''Texas Chainsaw 3D''

2014

* '' The Loft''

2016

* '' When the Bough Breaks''

2017

* '' Leatherface''

2018

* ''The Possession of Hannah Grace''

2020

* ''Zappa''

2022

* ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe''

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John Frizzell Biography

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1966 births
American film score composers
American male film score composers
American television composers
Composers from New York City
Living people
Male television composers
Manhattan School of Music alumni
USC Thornton School of Music alumni
Varèse Sarabande Records artists