John Paesano was born on July 2,1977 and is an American composer working primarily in film, television and video games.
13 Facts About John Paesano
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John Paesano is known for collaborating with director Wes Ball on the Maze Runner film series, as well as composing for the Marvel Television series Daredevil and The Defenders.
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John Paesano first studied classical music at Conservatoire de Paris located in Parc de la Villette, France before continuing his studies at Berklee College of Music pursuing a major in musical composition and film scoring.
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John Paesano knew from the age of nine years old, he wanted to become a music composer.
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John Paesano then worked under composers Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams providing additional music for the former, and orchestrating for the latter.
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John Paesano cites Steven Spielberg's 1987 film Empire of the Sun as his motivation for getting into film scoring.
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In 2014, John Paesano was hired to compose the music for The Maze Runner.
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John Paesano visited the sets in New Orleans, observing the "environmental soundscape" and tried to incorporate the natural sounds into his score.
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John Paesano recorded the score with an orchestra at the Newman Scoring Stage with sessions running for 2 weeks.
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John Paesano was later tasked with composing the score to Spider-Man developed by Insomniac Games, joining the game's development in the early stages.
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John Paesano worked with game director Bryan Intihar and brought about creating several character themes, emphasising the need for the music to be its "own character" in the game.
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John Paesano ensured that his music struck a balance between the cinematics and the gameplay as he wanted the player to be fully immersed.
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John Paesano looked at distinguishing his music from past Spider-Man films and games and decided to focus on creating a musical identity for Peter Parker.