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Jacob Shea

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Jacob Shea
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Born in San Jose, CA, Jacob Shea graduated from University of California with a degree in Music Composition. He has worked alongside several of Hollywood's top composers, including Elliot Goldenthal, Steve Jablonsky, Henry Jackman and Hans Zimmer. Jacob was selected as one of six fellows to attend the prestigious Sundance Composers Lab. His work as the Lead Composer at Bleeding Fingers Music has won him two BMI awards for Mountain Men and two BMI awards for Alaskan Bush People.

Credits include music programmer for Public Enemies, arranger for Madagascar 2 and Despicable Me, and composer of additional music for Lone Survivor, Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Transformers: The Dark of the Moon and Battleship. For six seasons, Jacob's co-composed the critically acclaimed Through the Wormhole, narrated by Morgan Freeman. He has recently completed the score for the upcoming Planet Earth II, alongside Hans Zimmer and Jasha Klebe for the Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop.
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 7 nominations total

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Planet Earth II (2016)
Planet Earth II
9.5
TV Mini Series
  • Composer(2016)
Blue Planet II (2017)
Blue Planet II
9.3
TV Mini Series
  • Composer
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
Inception
8.8
  • Music Department
  • 2010
Battleship (2012)
Battleship
5.8
  • Music Department(additional music)
  • 2012

Credits

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Composer

  • Hagen
    • Composer
    • Post-production
  • How Saba Kept Singing (2023)
    How Saba Kept Singing
    • Composer
    • 2023
  • Julia Jentsch and Nicholas Ofczarek in Pagan Peak (2018)
    Pagan Peak
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2022
  • Children of the Corn (2020)
    Children of the Corn
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Planet Earth: A Celebration (2020)
    Planet Earth: A Celebration
    • Composer
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • Justin Salinger in Grant (2020)
    Grant
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)
    Seven Worlds One Planet
    • Composer (music composed by)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • The Planets (2019)
    The Planets
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Nathan Fillion in Uncharted: Live Action Fan Film (2018)
    Uncharted: Live Action Fan Film
    • Composer
    • Video
    • 2018
  • Oceans: Our Blue Planet (2018)
    Oceans: Our Blue Planet
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Blue Planet II (2017)
    Blue Planet II
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Morgan Freeman in Through the Wormhole (2010)
    Through the Wormhole
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2017
  • Planet Earth II (2016)
    Planet Earth II
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • Danny Glover, Stephen Lang, Vinnie Jones, Dominic Purcell, Trish Stratus, and Cody Hackman in Gridlocked (2015)
    Gridlocked
    • Composer (music by)
    • 2015
  • Gears of War: Judgment (2013)
    Gears of War: Judgment
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2013
  • Jake Busey, William Katt, Ashley Bell, Marina Squerciati, and Chase Williamson in Sparks (2013)
    Sparks
    • Composer
    • 2013

Music Department

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered (2020)
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
    • additional music
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • Morgan Freeman in Through the Wormhole (2010)
    Through the Wormhole
    • composer: additional music
    • additional music by
    • music
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2016
  • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    • composer: additional music
    • 2014
  • Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor (2013)
    Lone Survivor
    • composer: additional music
    • musician: guitars
    • 2013
  • Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ender's Game (2013)
    Ender's Game
    • composer: additional music
    • 2013
  • Jake Busey, William Katt, Ashley Bell, Marina Squerciati, and Chase Williamson in Sparks (2013)
    Sparks
    • composer: theme music
    • 2013
  • Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone in Gangster Squad (2013)
    Gangster Squad
    • score programmer
    • 2013
  • Battleship (2012)
    Battleship
    • composer: additional music
    • 2012
  • John DiMaggio, Carlos Ferro, Lester Speight, and Nan McNamara in Gears of War 3 (2011)
    Gears of War 3
    • composer: additional music
    • Video Game
    • 2011
  • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    • composer: additional music
    • 2011
  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penélope Cruz, and Ian McShane in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    • composer: additional music
    • 2011
  • Crysis 2 (2011)
    Crysis 2
    • composer: additional music
    • Video Game
    • 2011
  • Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)
    Rango
    • music programmer
    • 2011
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
    Inception
    • sequencer programmer
    • 2010
  • Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Pierre Coffin, Elsie Fisher, and Dana Gaier in Despicable Me (2010)
    Despicable Me
    • additional arrangements
    • 2010

Soundtrack

  • Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond in The Grand Tour (2016)
    The Grand Tour
    • writer: "The Fatherland", "Gathering Storm" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
    Journey to the End of the Night
    • performer: "Voce E Eu"
    • writer: "Sarigue"
    • 2006

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Gears of War: Judgement (VG)
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Gears of War: Judgement (VG)

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    • Lindsay SheaSeptember 6, 2009 - present

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