Jared Faber (also known as J-Radical) is an American musician, composer, and producer who works primarily in television and film. He composed the theme songs for '' Oobi'', '' As Told by Ginger'', '' Emily's Reasons Why Not'', and ''

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''. He has won multiple

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s and been nominated for an

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Career

Faber was raised in New York City, where he attended

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, and later continued his music education at

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, studying jazz arranging and composition. He is half of the production team Urban Legend, with partner

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, and founded the label "Blind Lemon Music". Faber resides and is established working in Los Angeles. Faber's first professional credits are the soundtracks for the

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'' The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril'' and '' The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink'', with lyrics by Emily Kapnek, who also wrote the scripts for both games and would go on to frequently collaborate with him on their work in television. Faber composed the music for the ABC show ''Emily's Reasons Why Not'' starring

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. In addition to the episodic scoring, Faber co-wrote the theme song with series creator Kapnek, which was performed by

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. Faber and Kapnek collaborated again for Kapnek's next ABC series ''Suburgatory'', for which they wrote the theme song "Pleasant Nightmare", performed by Alih Jey. Faber's forays into Latin music have led to him scoring the Fox pilot “Ernesto” starring

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, which had a decidedly Mexican style as well as collaborating with Wilmer and

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on the viral web series, "Voto Latino". Faber contributed music to the film ''The Long Shots'' starring

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, featuring its song Faber co-wrote and produced, performed by Chris Pierce and Sy Smith.

Credits

Television

* * 2006 Emmy nomination for excellence in music composition-direction

Film

Video games

Discography

References

External links

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Jared Faber: Songwriter • Composer • Producer • Musician

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faber, Jared Living people American male composers Animation composers 21st-century American composers Musicians from Los Angeles Berklee College of Music alumni Composers from New York City Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American male musicians