James Lewis Venable (born May 19, 1967) is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, working primarily in

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film and television. He is known for his scores to the animated television series ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. The latter was nominated for an

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for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2005, the same score won a 2005

Annie Award The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in American cinema and television. Origina ...

—Venable's third—for achievement in music for an animated series. Among Venable's feature film scores are ''

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'', ''

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'', '' 4'', and '' 5'' and '' EuroTrip''. On August 3, 2004, Venable released an electronica album titled ''Holding Space'' with Screaming Fan Records.

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