Artists
Jeff Russo (Composer)
Jeff Russo, composer/songwriter/arranger
Two-time GRAMMY® and Emmy-nominated musician Jeff Russo has become a prominent composer, songwriter and arranger in the film and television industry. Russo recently received an Emmy nomination for his music on FX´s award-winning hit series FARGO, one of the most Emmy-nominated shows of the year, and has already started writing for FARGO´s second season. Jeff also composes the score for Starz´s original drama, POWER, from executive producer, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, and just completed work on A&E´s horror series, THE RETURNED, as well as CBS´s newest CSI franchise, CSI: CYBER, starring Patricia Arquette. Later this year, he is slated to begin work on the upcoming Spike TV mini-series, TUT, starring Ben Kingsley. Russo´s work on FARGO recently garnered a nomination for the International Film Music Critics Association Award.
In addition to composing music for film and television, Russo still plays music with his rock band. He is a founding member, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of two-time GRAMMY® nominated, multi-platinum selling rock band, TONIC. Their debut album, "Lemon Parade," posted three singles in the U.S. Mainstream rock Charts´ Top 10, with "If You Could Only See," rocketing to number one. In 2003, the band received two GRAMMY®-nominations, one for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" for "Take Me As I Am," and one for "Best Rock Album."
Recently, Russo co-composed the score for CBS´s television mini-series drama, HOSTAGES, starring Dylan McDermott and Toni Collette, and wrote the original score for USA Network´s Complications, starring John O´mara. In 2013, he also worked on several feature films, including Shoreline Entertainment´s WATERCOLOR POSTCARDS, starring Laura Bell Bundy, and the independent feature, FREE RIDE, starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea de Mateo. Russo´s work can also be heard in films and television shows such as Marvista Entertainment´s film BAD BEHAVIOR; the independent feature ABOUT CHERRY; Lifetime´s MEET JANE; the pilot for ABC´s CHARLIE´S ANGELS; Showtime´s SHAMELSS episode, "It´s Time to Kill the Turtle"; ABC´s MY GENERATION and THE UNUSUALS; a documentary featuring interviews of the original students and teachers of the 1967 "Third Wave Experiment," LESSON PLAN; and ABC/Bad Robot´s main title song for WHAT ABOUT BRIAN with Low Stars. Russo has also contributed to the score for Showtime´s WEEDS; a rap song for ABC´s hit-series CASTLE; score for NBC´s SMASH; and NBC´s final season of CROSSING JORDAN and debut season of THE BIONIC WOMAN, both under renowned composers, Wendy & Lisa. Tonic´s music has also been featured in films such as, Universal Pictures´ AMERICAN PIE and Dimension Films´ SCREAM 2.
In addition to scoring film and television, Russo has composed music for the New York Ballet Company Cedarlake Ensemble.
Two-time GRAMMY® and Emmy-nominated musician Jeff Russo has become a prominent composer, songwriter and arranger in the film and television industry. Russo recently received an Emmy nomination for his music on FX´s award-winning hit series FARGO, one of the most Emmy-nominated shows of the year, and has already started writing for FARGO´s second season. Jeff also composes the score for Starz´s original drama, POWER, from executive producer, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, and just completed work on A&E´s horror series, THE RETURNED, as well as CBS´s newest CSI franchise, CSI: CYBER, starring Patricia Arquette. Later this year, he is slated to begin work on the upcoming Spike TV mini-series, TUT, starring Ben Kingsley. Russo´s work on FARGO recently garnered a nomination for the International Film Music Critics Association Award.
In addition to composing music for film and television, Russo still plays music with his rock band. He is a founding member, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of two-time GRAMMY® nominated, multi-platinum selling rock band, TONIC. Their debut album, "Lemon Parade," posted three singles in the U.S. Mainstream rock Charts´ Top 10, with "If You Could Only See," rocketing to number one. In 2003, the band received two GRAMMY®-nominations, one for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" for "Take Me As I Am," and one for "Best Rock Album."
Recently, Russo co-composed the score for CBS´s television mini-series drama, HOSTAGES, starring Dylan McDermott and Toni Collette, and wrote the original score for USA Network´s Complications, starring John O´mara. In 2013, he also worked on several feature films, including Shoreline Entertainment´s WATERCOLOR POSTCARDS, starring Laura Bell Bundy, and the independent feature, FREE RIDE, starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea de Mateo. Russo´s work can also be heard in films and television shows such as Marvista Entertainment´s film BAD BEHAVIOR; the independent feature ABOUT CHERRY; Lifetime´s MEET JANE; the pilot for ABC´s CHARLIE´S ANGELS; Showtime´s SHAMELSS episode, "It´s Time to Kill the Turtle"; ABC´s MY GENERATION and THE UNUSUALS; a documentary featuring interviews of the original students and teachers of the 1967 "Third Wave Experiment," LESSON PLAN; and ABC/Bad Robot´s main title song for WHAT ABOUT BRIAN with Low Stars. Russo has also contributed to the score for Showtime´s WEEDS; a rap song for ABC´s hit-series CASTLE; score for NBC´s SMASH; and NBC´s final season of CROSSING JORDAN and debut season of THE BIONIC WOMAN, both under renowned composers, Wendy & Lisa. Tonic´s music has also been featured in films such as, Universal Pictures´ AMERICAN PIE and Dimension Films´ SCREAM 2.
In addition to scoring film and television, Russo has composed music for the New York Ballet Company Cedarlake Ensemble.
