James L. Venable

James L. Venable
Birth nameJames Lewis Venable
Born (1967-05-19) May 19, 1967 (age 56)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)Film composer

James Lewis Venable (born May 19, 1967)[1] is an American composer, working primarily in American film and television. He is known for his scores to the animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The latter was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2005, the same score won a 2005 Annie Award—Venable's third—for achievement in music for an animated series. Among Venable's feature film scores are Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Scary Movie 3, 4, and 5 and EuroTrip. On August 3, 2004, Venable released an electronica album titled Holding Space with Screaming Fan Records.[2]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Film Director Note
2001 Iron Monkey Yuen Woo-Ping Composed score for U.S release
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Kevin Smith 1st of 6 collaborations with Smith
2002 The Powerpuff Girls Movie Craig McCracken
2003 Scary Movie 3 David Zucker 1st of 3 collaborations with Zucker
2004 EuroTrip Jeff Schaffer
Jersey Girl Kevin Smith
The Year of the Yao Adam Del Deo
James D. Stern
Documentary film
2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Mike Bigelow Themes music composed by John Debney
Venom Jim Gillespie
2006 Scary Movie 4 David Zucker
Clerks II Kevin Smith
Kickin' It Old Skool Harvey Glazer
2007 The Last Day of Summer Blair Treu Television film
2008 Turok: Son of Stone Curt Geda
Dan Riba
Frank Squillace
Tad Stones
Superhero Movie Craig Mazin
Zack and Miri Make a Porno Kevin Smith
An American Carol David Zucker
2009 Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel Gareth Carrivick
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Bob Gosse
2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Sam Liu
Lauren Montgomery
Additional music by Christopher Drake
2013 Scary Movie 5 Malcolm D. Lee
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! Steve Stark
2018 Supercon Zak Knutson
2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Kevin Smith
2022 Clerks III

Television[edit]

Year Film Notes
1998–2005 The Powerpuff Girls with Steve Rucker and Tom Chase
2000–2001 Clerks: The Animated Series
2001–2004 Samurai Jack with will.i.am
2002–2006 My Life as a Teenage Robot with Paul Dinletir
2002–2003 3-South
2003–2005 Star Wars: Clone Wars with Paul Dinletir
2004–2009 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends with Jennifer Kes Remington
2008 The Mighty B! First episode only
"Original music" credit
2014-2017 Clarence with Simon Panrucker

Video games[edit]

Year Game Notes
TBA The Adventures of Breadman[3]
2007 Spider-Man: Friend or Foe With Mike Reagan

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2001 Scoring Primetime". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 369, no. 34. August 21, 2001. p. 38. ISSN 0018-3660.
  2. ^ Holding Space. ASIN B0002L57ZU.
  3. ^ Psyko (June 22, 2019). "The Adventures of Breadman llegará a Nintendo Switch si logra financiarse en kickstarter". Nintenderos (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-13.

External links[edit]