Jake Monaco

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Jake Monaco

| image = Jake Monaco by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Monaco at the 2024 WonderCon

| genre = Orchestral, Classical, Ambient, Rock

| occupation = Composer, Arranger, Instrumentalist

| instrument = Guitar, Piano, Bass

| years_active = 2007-present

}}

Jake Monaco is an American film and TV composer. He currently scores Amazon Prime Video's The Stinky & Dirty Show, Netflix's Dinotrux, and Warner Bros. Animation's Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. He also provided scores for Disney+ originals, specifically Cars on the Road, and Toy Story specials Lamp Life and Forky Asks a Question.

Career

Monaco began playing guitar in high school,{{Cite news|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/moviemom/2016/09/interview-composer-jake-monaco.html|title=Interview: Composer Jake Monaco - Movie Mom|date=2016-09-30|newspaper=Movie Mom|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-19}} later touring with a group while attending the University of Richmond in Virginia.{{Citation|last=Geektown|title=Interview With Composer Jake Monaco (And His Interesting Collection Of Instruments!)|date=2016-10-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKCON-w7mkg|accessdate=2017-01-19}} A few years after graduating, his bandmates opted to take up non-musical professional careers.

At the suggestion of a friend, Monaco enrolled in a film scoring course at University of Southern California. He has stated that although he had never had interest in scoring as a child, it was these classes that piqued his interest, explaining that he was "sucked in" to the world of scoring almost immediately.

Monaco began assisting for composer Christophe Beck after graduating from the USC program, and through this connection he has contributed music to The Hangover film series, The Muppets, and Get Hard.{{Cite news|url=http://theaudiospotlight.com/jake-monako-interview/|title=How Jake Monaco uses custom instruments in his fantastic scores|date=2016-10-12|newspaper=The Audio Spotlight|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-19}} Monaco credits the time he spent assisting Beck as key to his success as a scorer, and has described assistant positions as "some of the best education and experience a young composer can receive".{{Cite news|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/23163-job-hacks-jake-monaco|title=JOB HACKS {{!}} How To Be A Self-Employed Composer|newspaper=Inverse|access-date=2017-01-19}} After assisting Christophe Beck for eight years, Monaco made the decision to begin scoring on his own.

Monaco credits some of his inspiration as a composer to a stable of unorthodox stringed instruments he acquired from Rich Briggs. Monaco's studio includes custom-built guitars including a hub cap guitar, a copper pot guitar and a wine box bass.{{Citation|last=Composer Quest|title=Jake Monaco's Studio Tour|date=2016-09-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLS5clHthm4|accessdate=2017-01-19}}

Discography

= Feature films =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
2010 ! scope="row" \| Role/Play \| Rob Williams \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2012 ! scope="row" \| Struck by Lightning \| Brian Dannelly \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| The Men Next Door \| Rob Williams \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2013 ! scope="row" \| Kilimanjaro \| Walter Strafford \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Living on One Dollar \| Zach Ingrasci Sean Leonard Chris Temple \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=3\| 2014 ! scope="row" \| Out to Kill \| Rob Williams \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Let's Be Cops \| Luke Greenfield \| Composed with Christophe Beck
scope="row" \| Playing It Cool \| Justin Reardon \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=4\| 2016 ! scope="row" \| Kindergarten Cop 2 \| Don Michael Paul \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie \| Mandie Fletcher \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits \| Michelle Johnston \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Keeping Up with the Joneses \| Greg Mottola \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2018 ! scope="row" \| Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost \| Doug Murphy \| Composed with Matthew Janszen
scope="row" \| Dumplin' \| Anne Fletcher \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2019 ! scope="row" \| Through the Windows \| Petey Barma Bret 'Brook' Parker \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish \| Michelle Johnston \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2020 ! scope="row" \| Walkaway Joe \| Tom Wright \| Composed with Christophe Beck
scope="row" \| Think Like a Dog \| Gil Junger \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2021 ! scope="row" \| Flora & Ulysses \| Lena Khan \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| A Cinderella Story: Starstruck \| Michelle Johnston \| Composed with Brittany Dunton

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

2010

! scope="row" | Role/Play

| Rob Williams

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2012

! scope="row" | Struck by Lightning

| Brian Dannelly

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | The Men Next Door

| Rob Williams

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2013

! scope="row" | Kilimanjaro

| Walter Strafford

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Living on One Dollar

| Zach Ingrasci
Sean Leonard
Chris Temple

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=3| 2014

! scope="row" | Out to Kill

| Rob Williams

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Let's Be Cops

| Luke Greenfield

| Composed with Christophe Beck

scope="row" | Playing It Cool

| Justin Reardon

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=4| 2016

! scope="row" | Kindergarten Cop 2

| Don Michael Paul

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

| Mandie Fletcher

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

| Michelle Johnston

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Keeping Up with the Joneses

| Greg Mottola

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2018

! scope="row" | Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost

| Doug Murphy

| Composed with Matthew Janszen

scope="row" | Dumplin'

| Anne Fletcher

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2019

! scope="row" | Through the Windows

| Petey Barma
Bret 'Brook' Parker

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish

| Michelle Johnston

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2020

! scope="row" | Walkaway Joe

| Tom Wright

| Composed with Christophe Beck

scope="row" | Think Like a Dog

| Gil Junger

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2021

! scope="row" | Flora & Ulysses

| Lena Khan

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | A Cinderella Story: Starstruck

| Michelle Johnston

| Composed with Brittany Dunton

= Short films =

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Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
2005 ! scope="row" \| Stuck \| Adam Kargman \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2007 ! scope="row" \| Routine \| Scott Brown \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Union Station \| Beth Spitalny \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=3\| 2008 ! scope="row" \| Better than Astronauts \| Jonathan Barenboim \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Secret Circles, Hidden Prayers \| Amber Beard \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| The Orphan \| Dan Treharne \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=3\| 2009 ! scope="row" \| Roses \| Trish Hadley \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Elevated \| Jared Mark \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| Point of Entry \| Zeus Quijano Jr. \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=3\| 2010 ! scope="row" \| Where Life Is \| Coyote Marino \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| A Tall Tale \| Brittany Biggs \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| I Suck \| Jason Bowers \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2011 ! scope="row" \| Blunderkind \| Zak Mechanic \| {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| The Lepidoctor \| Jonathan Barenboim \| {{N/A}}
2012 ! scope="row" \| The Road We've Traveled \| Davis Guggenheim \| {{N/A}}
2013 ! scope="row" \| The Magic Bracelet \| Jon Poll \| {{N/A}}
2017 ! scope="row" \| Again \| Alexis Jacknow \| {{N/A}}
2018 ! scope="row" \| Yellow is the New Black \| Serguei Kouchnerov Fabien Polack \| {{N/A}}
2019 ! scope="row" \| Santa's Little Helpers \| Bruno Chauffard Derek Drymon \| {{N/A}}
rowspan=2\| 2020 ! scope="row"\| Lamp Life \| Valerie LaPointe \| {{N/A}}
scope="row"\| Out \| Steven Clay Hunter \| {{N/A}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

2005

! scope="row" | Stuck

| Adam Kargman

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2007

! scope="row" | Routine

| Scott Brown

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Union Station

| Beth Spitalny

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=3| 2008

! scope="row" | Better than Astronauts

| Jonathan Barenboim

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Secret Circles, Hidden Prayers

| Amber Beard

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | The Orphan

| Dan Treharne

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=3| 2009

! scope="row" | Roses

| Trish Hadley

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Elevated

| Jared Mark

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | Point of Entry

| Zeus Quijano Jr.

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=3| 2010

! scope="row" | Where Life Is

| Coyote Marino

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | A Tall Tale

| Brittany Biggs

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | I Suck

| Jason Bowers

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2011

! scope="row" | Blunderkind

| Zak Mechanic

| {{N/A}}

scope="row" | The Lepidoctor

| Jonathan Barenboim

| {{N/A}}

2012

! scope="row" | The Road We've Traveled

| Davis Guggenheim

| {{N/A}}

2013

! scope="row" | The Magic Bracelet

| Jon Poll

| {{N/A}}

2017

! scope="row" | Again

| Alexis Jacknow

| {{N/A}}

2018

! scope="row" | Yellow is the New Black

| Serguei Kouchnerov
Fabien Polack

| {{N/A}}

2019

! scope="row" | Santa's Little Helpers

| Bruno Chauffard
Derek Drymon

| {{N/A}}

rowspan=2| 2020

! scope="row"| Lamp Life

| Valerie LaPointe

| {{N/A}}

scope="row"| Out

| Steven Clay Hunter

| {{N/A}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|2606933|Jake Monaco}}
[https://scoobydoocast.com/apnsd-episode-11-interview-with-jake-monaco Interview with Jake Monaco], [http://www.scoobydoocast.com A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo!], October 2017

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Category:American film score composers

Category:American male film score composers

Category:American male television composers

Category:American multi-instrumentalists

Category:American music arrangers

Category:American television composers

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Category:Oceanside International Film Festival award winners

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)