Jake Monaco

Jake Monaco is an American film and TV composer. He currently scores Prime Video’s The Stinky & Dirty Show, Netflix’s Dinotrux, and Warner Bros. Animation’s Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!.

Jake Monaco
GenresOrchestral, Classical, Ambient, Rock
Occupation(s)Composer, Arranger, Instrumentalist
InstrumentsGuitar, Piano, Bass
Years active2007-present

Career

Monaco began playing guitar in high school,[1] later touring with a group while attending the University of Richmond in Virginia.[2] A few years after graduating, his bandmates opted to take up non-musical professional careers.

At the suggestion of a friend, Monaco enrolled in a film scoring course at University of Southern California. He has stated that although he had never had interest in scoring as a child, it was these classes that piqued his interest, explaining that he was “sucked in”[2] to the world of scoring almost immediately.

Monaco began assisting for composer Christophe Beck after graduating from the USC program, and through this connection he has contributed music to The Hangover film series, The Muppets, and Get Hard.[3] Monaco credits the time he spent assisting Beck as key to his success as a scorer, and has described assistant positions as “some of the best education and experience a young composer can receive”.[4] After assisting Christophe Beck for eight years, Monaco made the decision to begin scoring on his own.[2]

Monaco credits some of his inspiration as a composer to a stable of unorthodox stringed instruments he acquired from Rich Briggs. Monaco's studio includes custom-built guitars including a hub cap guitar, a copper pot guitar and a wine box bass.[5]

Recently, Monaco provided the score for 20th Century Fox's Keeping Up With The Joneses.[6]

Discography

Feature films
Year Title Director Notes
2010 Role/Play Rob Williams N/A
2012 Struck by Lightning Brian Dannelly N/A
2012 The Men Next Door Rob Williams N/A
2013 Kilimanjaro Walter Strafford N/A
2013 Living on One Dollar Zach Ingrasci
Sean Leonard
Chris Temple		 N/A
2014 Out to Kill Rob Williams N/A
2014 Let's Be Cops Luke Greenfield Composed with Christophe Beck
2014 Playing It Cool Justin Reardon N/A
2016 Kindergarten Cop 2 Don Michael Paul N/A
2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Mandie Fletcher N/A
2016 A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits Michelle Johnston N/A
2016 Keeping Up with the Joneses Greg Mottola Composed with Christophe Beck
2018 Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost Doug Murphy Composed with Matthew Janszen
2018 Dumplin' Anne Fletcher N/A
2019 Through the Windows Petey Barma
Bret 'Brook' Parker		 N/A
2019 A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish Michelle Johnston N/A
2020 Walkaway Joe Tom Wright N/A
2020 Think Like a Dog Gil Junger N/A
2021 Flora & Ulysses Lena Khan N/A

Short films
Year Title Director Notes
2005 Stuck Adam Kargman N/A
2007 Routine Scott Brown N/A
2007 Union Station Beth Spitalny N/A
2008 Better than Astronauts Jonathan Barenboim N/A
2008 Secret Circles, Hidden Prayers Amber Beard N/A
2008 The Orphan Dan Treharne N/A
2009 Roses Trish Hadley N/A
2009 Elevated Jared Mark N/A
2009 Point of Entry Zeus Quijano Jr. N/A
2010 Where Life Is Coyote Marino N/A
2010 A Tall Tale Brittany Biggs N/A
2010 I Suck Jason Bowers N/A
2011 Blunderkind Zak Mechanic N/A
2011 The Lepidoctor Jonathan Barenboim N/A
2012 The Road We've Traveled Davis Guggenheim N/A
2013 The Magic Bracelet Jon Poll N/A
2017 Again Alexis Jacknow N/A
2018 Yellow is the New Black Serguei Kouchnerov
Fabien Polack		 N/A
2019 Santa's Little Helpers Bruno Chauffard
Derek Drymon		 N/A
2020 Lamp Life Valerie LaPointe N/A
2020 Out Steven Hunter N/A

References
  1. "Interview: Composer Jake Monaco - Movie Mom". Movie Mom. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. Geektown (2016-10-01), Interview With Composer Jake Monaco (And His Interesting Collection Of Instruments!), retrieved 2017-01-19
  3. "How Jake Monaco uses custom instruments in his fantastic scores". The Audio Spotlight. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  4. "JOB HACKS | How To Be A Self-Employed Composer". Inverse. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  5. Composer Quest (2016-09-30), Jake Monaco's Studio Tour, retrieved 2017-01-19
  6. "Jake Monaco". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
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