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Shawn Patterson(I)

  • Composer
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Composer Shawn Patterson attends the Hollywood Reporter's 3rd Annual Academy Awards nominees night at Spago
Shawn Patterson is an Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy nominated Composer, Songwriter and Music Producer.

Originally hailing from Athol, Massachusetts, Patterson's life long passion for music started with his late father, Ronald Patterson, a multi-instrumentalist musician. As a child, Shawn was exposed to television shows whose music scores (and sometimes songs) became engrained in his head: Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man, Lost In Space, and Starsky & Hutch. But it was his introduction to John Williams' legendary scores of Star Wars and Superman that initiated Patterson's profound life long journey to become a score composer and a part of cinematic storytelling through music.

In his youth, Shawn attended Berklee College of Music and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; where he was selected to study privately and perform with legendary jazz musicians Dr. Billy Taylor and Max Roach. As a jazz, blues, rock guitarist and bandleader, Shawn played shows and lead various bands (including trio, duo and solo settings) anywhere he could while writing compositions in his free time. In 1987, Patterson attended and graduated from the Grove School of Music in Studio City, California. While attending Grove, Shawn studied orchestration and arranging privately with Roger Steinman. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1990, Patterson studied composition and orchestration privately with legendary Los Angeles Composer and Orchestrator, Jack Smalley. Patterson soon found success writing music for film trailers around town.

Over the years, Shawn has composed score and written songs in an enormous wide range of styles for a number of award winning episodic television shows.

In 2013, Patterson was approached to write a pop song for Warner Brother's upcoming animated feature, "The Lego Movie." Shawn spent about six days writing the music and lyrics in his studio. The song became so engrained within the film the Lego Corporation memorialized it as their global theme parks' official song playing it throughout the parks, property hotels and even restaurants. Patterson was asked to perform Everything Is Awesome at the 30th Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards. In addition to receiving the Academy Award and Grammy nominations (and multiple film festival award wins) for Everything Is Awesome, Shawn also received the Critic's Choice Award nomination.

In 2015, Shawn was honored with the very first Variety Artisan Award at the 30th Annual Santa Barbara Film Festival for his contribution to film.

Patterson continues on his endless quest to explore musical styles in both song and score across film, television and theater mediums.

He lives in Los Angeles with his three kids and three dogs.
BornSeptember 14, 1965
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 8 wins & 13 nominations total

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Shawn Patterson and Chris Evans at The 20th Critics' Choice Awards, January 15, 2015
2018
The Hollywood Reporter 2015 Academy Award Song Summit: Common and Shawn Patterson
Shawn Patterson
Shawn Patterson
Shawn Patterson
Hans Zimmer, David Foster, Shawn Patterson and Johann Johannsonn attend the Warner Brothers Pre Oscar Dinner
Academy Award nominee Shawn Patterson and girlfriend attend the 87th Academy Awards
Shawn Patterson and Common at the Oscars Luncheon, February 2, 2015
Recipients of the 1st Annual Variety Artisan Award at the 30th Santa Barbara Film Festival
The Lego Movie World Premiere, February 1, 2014, Shawn Patterson and Will Arnett
Spring 2018

Known for

Thomas R. Burman and John Chambers in Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
7.7
  • Composer
  • 2019
Morgan Freeman, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Charlie Day, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Channing Tatum, Alison Brie, and Jonah Hill in The Lego Movie (2014)
The Lego Movie
7.7
  • Soundtrack("Everything is Awesome (Unplugged)", "Everything is Awesome (The Awesome!! Version)", "Everything is Awesome (Saloon Version)", "Everything is Awesome (Awesome Remixxx!!!)", "Everything is Awesome (Unplugged)")
  • 2014
The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015)
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
6.6
TV Series
  • Composer
Neil Patrick Harris in The Oscars (2015)
The Oscars
6.5
TV Special
  • Self - Nominee
  • 2015

Credits

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Composer

  • Managed
    • Composer
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Contract Player
    • Composer
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Thomas R. Burman and John Chambers in Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)
    Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015)
    The Adventures of Puss in Boots
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2018
  • Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale (2017)
    Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Victor & Valentino (2016)
    Victor & Valentino
    • Composer (music by)
    • TV Short
    • 2016
  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship (2015)
    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Robot Chicken (2001)
    Robot Chicken
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2014
  • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise (2014)
    Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange (2012)
    The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2012)
    Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2012
  • Clare Grant and Rileah Vanderbilt in Saber (2009)
    Saber
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Mad (2010)
    Mad
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2012
  • Malcolm Barrett, Scout Raskin, Jared Hillman, Andrew Racho, Sara Jo Elice, Tomer Shechori, and Jeff 'Nachotoonz' Campbell in Zombie Murder Explosion Die! (2012)
    Zombie Murder Explosion Die!
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • The Matthew Morrison Story
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Robot Chicken: Star Wars III (2010)
    Robot Chicken: Star Wars III
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2010
  • Page Turner
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2009

Music Department

  • SuperMansion (2015)
    SuperMansion
    • composer: theme music
    • composer: opening title music
    • opening title music ...
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2019
  • The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015)
    The Adventures of Puss in Boots
    • music
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2018
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed (2014)
    Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed
    • featured musician: drum set
    • featured musician: synthesizer
    • Video Game
    • 2014
  • Mad (2010)
    Mad
    • composer: additional music
    • songwriter
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Touring
    • music
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Robot Chicken (2001)
    Robot Chicken
    • music by
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Bridget Fonda, Brendan Fraser, Rose McGowan, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, and Chris Kattan in Monkeybone (2001)
    Monkeybone
    • composer: animated opening
    • 2001
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)
    The Ren & Stimpy Show
    • music editor
    • TV Series
    • 1994–1996
  • The Ultimate Lie (1996)
    The Ultimate Lie
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 1996
  • Ben Bode, JD Cullum, Ryan Hurst, Jerry Kernion, Monte Markham, David Sage, and LaRita Shelby in Campus Cops (1995)
    Campus Cops
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1995–1996

Additional Crew

  • Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999)
    Digimon: Digital Monsters
    • production assistant
    • TV Series
    • 2001
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)
    The Ren & Stimpy Show
    • production assistant
    • studio operations manager
    • TV Series
    • 1992–1994
  • The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades (1990)
    The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades
    • production assistant
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983)
    Alvin & the Chipmunks
    • production assistant
    • TV Series
    • 1990
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Personal details

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    • Official Site
  • Alternative name
    • Shawn Michael Patterson
  • Born
    • September 14, 1965
    • Athol, Massachusetts, USA
  • Spouse
    • Louise PattersonMay 15, 2001 - March 1, 2010 (divorced, 3 children)
  • Other works
    "The Fisher King" original music for three different trailers.
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    • 4 Interviews
    • 8 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    In the Dreamworks film, "Madagascar", the voice of "Skipper the Penguin" (voiced by Director Tom McGrath) is based on Patterson.
  • Quotes
    I love composing to picture long or short - animated or otherwise - as long as the story is decent and the characters draw you into them. If the story is good - it doesn't matter if it's a children's pop up book or finger puppets.

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