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John Massari

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Sound Department
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Concert Tour Promo for Live to Film for Killer Klowns from Outer Space
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John Massari is a cherished American composer.









Creating music for iconic brands such as Disney, HBO, MGM and Sony Pictures, Massari's innovative gifts have proven greatly versatile.

Film music's powerful influence drew him to explore creating original music at age 6 as he began playing the piano, trumpet and bass. While performing in student orchestras and rock bands, Massari studied musical composition privately at Chapman University. At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) earning the Frank Sinatra Music Award for composition, studying composition and orchestration with Henri Lazarof, and David Raksin as well as private studies with Dr. Albert Harris and Leonard Stein at the University of Southern California (USC).

John Massari's Extreme Music catalog is featured in countless trailers, TV series, features and video games credited as John Massari, Biggy G and David Inlander.
BornMarch 25, 1957
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BornMarch 25, 1957
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations

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Halloween Horror Nights Universal Hollywood Red Carpet
Composer hangout
KKFOS cast and crew
Post concert interview
John Massari - at the Lair Recording Studio
John Massari's Killer Klowns from Outer Space Soundtrack release by Waxwork Records
Invading Hollywood
Gertie and Dolly World Premier
Killer Klowns in Concert May 19, 2019
Gertie & Dolly WORLD Premiere! February 17, 2019
John Massari
Who's the Killer?

Known for

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
6.2
  • Composer(music by)
  • 1988
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979)
The Wizard of Speed and Time
7.4
Short
  • Composer
  • 1979
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
The Ray Bradbury Theater
7.3
TV Series
  • Music Department(additional music)
The Magical World of Disney (1954)
The Magical World of Disney
8.4
TV Series
  • Music Department

Credits

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Music Department

  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game
    • Synth Programming/Orchestration, sequence music programmer
    • In Production
    • Video Game
    • 2023
  • The Masked Singer (2019)
    The Masked Singer
    • Additional Music
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Making the Cut (2020)
    Making the Cut
    • Additional Music
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Mary Berry and Thaer Al-Shayei in Mary Berry's Fantastic Feasts (2022)
    Mary Berry's Fantastic Feasts
    • Additional Music
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Super Bowl LIV: San Francisco 49ers vs. Kansas City Chiefs (2020)
    Fox NFL Kickoff
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Kelly Clarkson in The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
    The Kelly Clarkson Show
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Santiago of the Seas (2020)
    Santiago of the Seas
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Traci Paige Johnson and Joshua Dela Cruz in Blue's Clues & You (2019)
    Blue's Clues & You
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Blaze and the Monster Machines (2014)
    Blaze and the Monster Machines
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2020
  • PAW Patrol (2013)
    PAW Patrol
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Warpath (2020)
    Warpath
    • orchestrator
    • 2020
  • RuPaul in RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
    RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Additional Music
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020
  • 100 Humans: Life's Questions. Answered. (2020)
    100 Humans: Life's Questions. Answered.
    • Additional Music
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Annie Murphy, and Dan Levy in Schitt's Creek (2015)
    Schitt's Creek
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Nailed It! Holiday! (2018)
    Nailed It! Holiday!
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Ryan Kaji in Ryan's Mystery Playdate (2019)
    Ryan's Mystery Playdate
    • additional music
    • TV Series
    • 2019

Composer

  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game
    • Composer
    • In Production
    • Video Game
    • 2023
  • The Return of the Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 3D
    • Composer
    • In Production
  • Bounded
    • Composer
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Teddy Told Me To (2022)
    Teddy Told Me To
    • Composer
    • 2022
  • Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror (2022)
    Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror
    • Composer
    • Video
    • 2022
  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game - Behind the Scenes with the Chiodo Brothers (2022)
    Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game - Behind the Scenes with the Chiodo Brothers
    • Composer
    • Video
    • 2022
  • Wish, Bang, POP!
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • John Massari, Todd Jenkins, and Margaret Sanchez in Pieces of Life (2021)
    Pieces of Life
    • composer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie in Today (1952)
    Today
    • Composer (addition music)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Rebel Wilson in Pooch Perfect (2021)
    Pooch Perfect
    • Composer (addition music)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Warpath (2020)
    Warpath
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Colleen Elizabeth Miller and Carolyn Vasko in Gertie & Dolly (2019)
    Gertie & Dolly
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Mark Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg, and Paul Wahlberg in Wahlburgers (2014)
    Wahlburgers
    • Composer (background score)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Mythical Beasts (2018)
    Mythical Beasts
    • Composer (underscore)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Cruel Hearts (2018)
    Cruel Hearts
    • Composer
    • 2018
  • Dancing with the Stars (2005)
    Dancing with the Stars
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths (2018)
    Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • What Lies Beneath (2018)
    What Lies Beneath
    • Composer (underscore)
    • TV Series
    • 2018

Sound Department

  • Colleen Elizabeth Miller and Carolyn Vasko in Gertie & Dolly (2019)
    Gertie & Dolly
    • sound designer
    • sound mixer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Thrill Kill (2016)
    Thrill Kill
    • sound editor
    • sound effects editor
    • 2016
  • The Cell 2 (2009)
    The Cell 2
    • additional sound designer (uncredited)
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Audrey Hepburn: Fashion Icon
    • sound designer
    • sound editor
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • William Holden: The Paramount Years
    • sound designer
    • sound editor
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
    • sound designer
    • sound editor
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Dead End City (2008)
    Dead End City
    • dialogue editor
    • sound editor
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Sweeney Todd: Sweeney Is Alive - The Real Story of the Demon Barber
    • sound editor
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Requiem & Rebirth: Superman Lives!
    • sound designer
    • sound editor
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Toys, Toys Galore
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2007
  • The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
    • sound designer
    • sound editor
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2007
  • How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Working with Walt
    • sound designer
    • sound editor
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm (2006)
    Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
    • sound designer
    • sound mixer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Bones: Skeleton Crew
    • sound designer
    • sound mixer (2006-2007)
    • TV Series
    • 2006

Videos4

Killer Klowns from Outer Space in live-to-film concert!
Demo Reel 1:10
Killer Klowns from Outer Space in live-to-film concert!
Killer Klowns from Outer Space Concert Tour Promo
Demo Reel 1:01
Killer Klowns from Outer Space Concert Tour Promo
Live-to-Film CONCERT POSTER REVEAL
Demo Reel 0:39
Live-to-Film CONCERT POSTER REVEAL
From the Dark
Trailer 1:57
From the Dark

Personal details

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    • Industry, Bio
  • Alternative names
    • Biggy G.
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • March 25, 1957
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouses
      Aimee Lombard MassariDecember 31, 2016 - present

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    His original music is administered by Extreme Music as John Massari and two pen names, David Inlander & Biggy G. His music is also administered by A-List Trailer Music, Sound Ideas and Westar Music.
  • Nicknames
    • Johnny
    • Giovanni

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