Jeff Russo (born August 31) is an American composer, songwriter, guitarist, vocalist and music producer, and one of the two founding members of the rock band
Tonic. He is also a founding member of the
Americana band
Low Stars.
Russo is also known for his work as a composer on various films and television series, notably ''
Snowfall
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'', ''
Fargo'', ''
Legion'', and ''
Counterpart'', as well as the
Star Trek
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series ''
Star Trek: Discovery'', ''
Star Trek: Picard'', and ''
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'', and ''
For All Mankind''. He also scored the miniseries ''
The Night Of'' and the acclaimed video game ''
What Remains of Edith Finch''. For his work on ''Fargo'', he won the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special in
2017
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Biography
Russo began his music career as a rock musician, co-founding the band
Tonic. In 2006 he was invited (by his friends,
Wendy & Lisa) to assist in the studio while they worked on multiple film and TV projects, and he realized how much he enjoyed the process.
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He currently scores two ]Peabody Award
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nominated shows: CBS’s '' Star Trek: Discovery'' and FX’s '' Legion'', starring Dan Stevens and Aubrey Plaza
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. He also scores on Netflix’s ''The Umbrella Academy
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'' starring Elliot Page
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, Robert Sheehan
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and Mary J. Blige
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, which is based on the popular comic book series by Gerard Way
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and Gabriel Ba. He wrote for Noah Hawley’s feature directorial debut from Fox Searchlight
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, '' Lucy in the Sky'', starring Natalie Portman
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and Jon Hamm
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, and '' Altered Carbon'', an adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s sci-fi novel. His film work includes scoring Mark Wahlberg
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’s action-thriller film '' Mile 22'', Craig Macneill’s ''Lizzie
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'', starring Chloë Sevigny
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and Kristen Stewart, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival
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, and Jon Avnet’s '' Three Christs'', starring Richard Gere
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, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
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Albums
Tonic
Guest appearance
Low Stars
Solo
Soundtracks
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
Jeff Russo Web Site
Jeff Russo myspace page
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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
American male television composers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Tonic (band) members