Alec Puro
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alec Puro
| image = Alec Puro by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Puro in 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|4|25}}
| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{Flat list|
- Musician
- songwriter
- composer
}}
| years_active = 1995{{endash}}present
| spouse = {{marriage|Marla Sokoloff|2009}}
| children = 3
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instrument = {{Flat list|
- Drums
- keyboards
- piano
}}
}}
}}
Alec Puro (born April 25, 1975), also known as Alec Püre, is an American drummer, songwriter and composer. As well as being the drummer for Deadsy, Puro has composed music for numerous television shows and films.
Career
Puro is best known for scoring the drama series The Fosters{{cite web| url=https://www.agentsofgeek.com/2017/04/interview-composer-alec-puro-discusses-good-deed-entertainments-all-nighter-mtvs-sweetvicious-more/ | title=INTERVIEW: Composer Alec Puro Discusses Good Deed Entertainment’s All Nighter, MTV’s Sweet/Vicious & More}}{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnrandolph/12-things-you-didnat-know-about-composer-alec-pu-2u44p |title=12 Things You Didn't Know About Composer Alec Puro |publisher=Buzzfeed |date=2017-03-02 |accessdate=2017-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522065713/https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnrandolph/12-things-you-didnat-know-about-composer-alec-pu-2u44p |archive-date=2017-05-22 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://screenanarchy.com/2017/04/check-out-this-awesome-wondercon-17-panel-contrib.html |title=Check Out This Awesome WonderCon '17 Panel |publisher=Screenanarchy.com |date=2017-04-05 |accessdate=2017-10-27}} and Black Summer, as well as several films including The Art of Getting By (2011), starring Freddie Highmore,{{cite web| url = http://www.axs.com/interview-alec-puro-transitions-from-deadsy-to-sweet-vicious-115321| title = Official Tickets and Your Source for Live Entertainment {{!}} AXS.com}} and Higher Ground (2011), directed by Vera Farmiga. A veteran of the indie film world, he composed the music for the comedy All Nighter (2017),{{cite web|url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/03/interview-director-gavin-wiesen-composer-alec-puro-discuss-their-new-film-all-nighter/ |title=Interview – Director Gavin Wiesen & Composer Alec Puro Discuss Their New Film All Nighter |publisher=Flickeringmyth.com |date=2017-03-15 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/03/15/all-nighter-soundtrack-details/ |title='All Nighter' Soundtrack Details |publisher=Film Music Reporter |date=2017-03-15 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni60891088/|title = Interview – Director Gavin Wiesen & Composer Alec Puro Discuss Their New Film All Nighter|website = IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicdaily.com/2017/03/24/all-nighter-soundtrack-alec-puro-available-now-jk-simmons-alec-puro/ |title=All Nighter Soundtrack: Score by Alec Puro Is Out Now, J.K. Simmons and Emile Hirsch Film Now Playing! |date=25 March 2017 |publisher=Film Music Daily |accessdate=2017-10-27}} starring Emile Hirsch and J.K. Simmons, and A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017), Judy Greer's directorial debut.
In 1996, Puro formed the rock band Deadsy{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/vralphanator/top-5-tips-from-rock-stars-turned-film-composers-2trhc |title=Top Tips From Rock Stars Turned Film Composers |publisher=Buzzfeed.com |date=2017-04-03 |accessdate=2017-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522044400/https://www.buzzfeed.com/vralphanator/top-5-tips-from-rock-stars-turned-film-composers-2trhc |archive-date=2017-05-22 |url-status=dead }} with longtime friend Elijah Blue Allman and Renn Hawkey.{{cite web|url=https://artistwaves.com/alec-puro-my-journey-as-a-composer-9d62f25ff4d9#.uwip44bvi |title=Alec Puro: My Journey As A Composer – Artist Waves |publisher=Artistwaves.com |date=2017-03-24 |accessdate=2017-10-27}} After their first album was released, the band embarked upon several world tours, opening for bands such as Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots.{{cite news|author=archive-Tina-Johnson |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1427938/korn-limp-bizkit-orgy-sugar-ray-come-out-for-deadsy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109230621/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427938/korn-limp-bizkit-orgy-sugar-ray-come-out-for-deadsy/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |title=Korn, Limp Bizkit, Orgy, Sugar Ray Come Out For Deadsy |newspaper=MTV News |publisher=MTV |date=1999-12-06 |accessdate=2017-10-27}} During his time with Deadsy, Puro also began composing music for various films and television shows. Since 2007, Puro's film work has been a regular fixture at some of the world's most integral film festivals, from SXSW to Cannes to the Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite web|last=Lapowsky |first=Issie |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/practice-star-marla-sokoloff-marries-deadsy-drummer-alec-puro-article-1.416638 |title='The Practice' star Marla Sokoloff marries Alec Puro |publisher=NY Daily News |date=2009-11-09 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thesoundarchitect.co.uk/alecpuro/ |title=Interview with All Nighter Composer, Alec Puro |date=2 March 2017 |publisher=Thesoundarchitect.co.uk |accessdate=2017-10-27}}
Puro founded Gramoscope Music in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.gramoscope.com/about/ |title=Gramoscope Music - About |publisher=Gramoscope.com |accessdate=2017-10-27}} Some projects they have created music for include the new theme for Real Time with Bill Maher, American Horror Story, So You Think You Can Dance, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Wicked Tuna, Glee, and Burn Notice.{{cite web|url=https://www.romper.com/p/what-is-gia-from-full-house-doing-now-marla-lynne-sokoloff-has-embraced-motherhood-24355 |title=What Is Gia From 'Full House' Doing Now? Marla Lynne Sokoloff Has Embraced Motherhood |date=8 December 2016 |publisher=Romper.com |accessdate=2017-10-27}}
Personal life
Puro has been married to actress Marla Sokoloff since 2009.{{cite web|url=http://screenanarchy.com/2017/03/alec-puro-on-scoring-all-nighter-contrib.html |title=The Music of ALL NIGHTER: An Interview with Composer Alec Puro |date=22 March 2017 |publisher=Screenanarchy.com |accessdate=2017-10-27}} Puro and Sokoloff have three daughters.{{Cite web|date=February 8, 2012|title=Marla Sokoloff Welcomes Daughter Elliotte Anne|url=https://people.com/parents/marla-sokoloff-welcomes-daughter-elliotte-anne/|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=People.com}}{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/marla-sokoloff-welcomes-daughter-olive-mae/|title=Marla Sokoloff Welcomes Daughter Olive Mae|work=People|date=March 17, 2015|access-date=February 10, 2022|first1=Anya|last1=Leon|first2=Sarah|last2=Michaud}}{{cite web |last=Slater |first=Georgia |title=Marla Sokoloff Expecting Third Daughter with Husband Alec Puro: 'Baby Girl Coming Early 2022' |url=https://people.com/parents/marla-sokoloff-pregnant-expecting-third-baby-daughter-exclusive |website=PEOPLE.com |access-date=February 10, 2022 |date=October 13, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Slater |first1=Georgia |title=Marla Sokoloff and Husband Alec Puro Welcome Third Baby, Daughter Harper Bea: 'We Are All Obsessed' |url=https://people.com/parents/marla-sokoloff-and-husband-alec-puro-welcome-third-daughter/ |website=PEOPLE.com |access-date=February 10, 2022 |date=February 10, 2022}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 2022
|Composer |
| 2022
|Composer |
| 2021
|Composer |
| 2020
|DieHard Is Back |Composer |
| 2020
|Home But Not Alone |Composer |
| 2018
|Pimp |Composer |
| 2018
|Eyes of Faith |Composer |
| 2017
|Composer |
| 2017
|A Happening of Monumental Proportions |Composer |
| 2016
|Composer |
| 2016
|Composer |
| 2015
|Composer |
| 2014
|Mall |Composer |
| 2014
|Composer |
| 2014
|Composer |
| 2014
|Composer |
| 2012
|Kill 'Em All |Composer |
| 2012
|Dog Eat Dog |Composer |
| 2012
|What to Expect When You're Expecting |Additional music |
| 2012
|Composer |
| 2011
|Like Water |Composer |
| 2011
|The Chateau Meroux |Composer |
| 2011
|Composer |
| 2011
|Kevin |Composer |
| 2011
|Composer and Arranger |
| 2011
|Composer |
| 2011
|Composer |
| 2011
|Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2 |Additional music |
| 2011
|We Are the Hartmans |Composer |
| 2010
|Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story |Composer |
| 2013
|Growth |Opening titles theme |
| 2010
|The Street Stops Here |Composer |
| 2009
|Composer |
| 2009
|Q: The Man |Composer |
| 2009
|Composer |
| 2008
|Composer |
| 2008
|Kill the Day |Composer |
| 2007
|Living with Lew |Composer |
| 2007
|Composer |
| 2006
|Composer |
| 2006
|Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi |Composer |
| 2001
|Writer, "Razor Electric" |
| 1995
|An Eviction Notice |Composer |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 2022
|Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks Showdown |Composer |
| 2021
|Music by |
| 2020-2022
|Composer |
| 2019-2021
|Composer |
| 2018
|Composer |
| 2018
|Cult and Extreme Belief |Composer |
| 2018
|Staties (ABC) |Composer |
| 2017
|Arranger and producer, main titles theme |
| 2016–2017
|Composer |
| 2017
|Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath |Additional Music |
| 2013–2016
|Composer |
| 2016
|Additional music |
| 2012–2021
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2016
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2016
|Botched: Post-Op |Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2014–2021
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2014–2021
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2015
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2015
|Additional music |
| 2015
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2015
|Music by |
| 2013–2015
|Main titles theme |
| 2014
|Composer |
| 2014
|Additional music |
| 2014
|Running Wild with Bear Grylls |Composer |
| 2014
|Every Street United |Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2014
|Static |Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2012–2014
|Reluctantly Healthy |Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2013
|My Big Fat Revenge |Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2013
|Music by |
| 2013
|Performer, "Mississippi Queen" |
| 2012
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2012
|Additional music |
| 2012
|Main titles theme |
| 2010–2012
|Glee |Additional music |
| 2012
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2009–2012
|Additional music |
| 2009–2011
|Additional music |
| 2010
|Additional music |
| 2010
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2010
|Music by |
| 2010
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 2010
|Additional music |
| 2010
|Music by |
| 2010
|Music by |
| 2009
|Composer Select episodes |
| 2008
|Composer Pilot episode |
| 2008
|Composer |
| 2007–2008
|Additional music |
| 2007
|Additional music |
| 2007
|Victoria Beckham: Coming to America |Music by |
| 2007
|Additional music |
| 1995–2007
|Additional music |
| 2005
|Music by |
| 2005
|Music by |
| 2005
|Original Songs |
| 2005
|Music by |
| 2004
|Additional music |
| 2003
|Real World/Road Rules Challenge |Additional music |
| 2002–2003
|Additional music |
| 2001
|Main titles theme / Music by |
| 1992
|Additional music |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 2021
|Additional Music |
| 2020
|Additional music |
| 2019
|Additional music |
| 2018
|Additional music |
| 2017
|Additional music |
| 2016
|Additional music |
| 2015
|Additional music |
| 2014
|Additional music |
| 2001
|Additional music |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.gramoscope.com Gramoscope Music]
- {{IMDb name|1465570}}
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{{Deadsy}}
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Category:20th-century American composers
Category:American male songwriters
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century American drummers
Category:American male drummers
Category:American male composers
Category:21st-century American drummers
Category:20th-century American male musicians