James S. Levine

**James Scott Levine** (born August 29, 1974) is an American composer.

## Early life

Levine was born in Boston, Massachusetts to David Levine and Lucy Simon. His father is Ashkenazi Jewish of Austrian Jewish, Czech Jewish, English Jewish, Hungarian Jewish, Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent and His mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish of German Jewish, Cuban and German descent.

## Composing

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Title|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1990|_The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera_|Short||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_Chill Factor_|Film (Additional music for Hans Zimmer and John Powell)|||
|_A Little Inside_|Film|||||
|2000|__|TV series||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Siren_|Film|||
|_About Barbers_|Short|||||
|rowspan="4"|2003|_Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie_|Documentary|||
|_Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast_|Short|||||
|_The Challenge_|TV movie|||||
|_The In-Laws_|Film|||||
|2003–2010|_Nip/Tuck_|TV series||||
|2003|_SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom_|Video game (Composed with Robert Crew and Alex Wilkinson)||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie_|Video game (Composed with Robert Crew, John O'Kennedy, Barry Fasman and Beth Ertz)|||
|_Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again_|TV documentary|||||
|rowspan="4"|2005|_More Sex and the Single Mom_|TV movie|||
|_Roar: Lions of the Kalahari_|Documentary short|||||
|_Madagascar_|Film (Additional music for Hans Zimmer)|||||
|_The Weather Man_|Film (Co-composer with Hans Zimmer)|||||
|2005–2012|_The Closer_|TV series||||
|rowspan="4"|2006|_3 lbs_|TV series|||
|_Running with Scissors_|Film|||||
|_American Storage_|Short|||||
|_Ajax_|Short|||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|_Hidden Palms_|TV series|||
|_Delta Farce_|Film|||||
|2007–2012|_Damages_|TV series||||
|2008|_Otis_|Film||||
|2008–2009|_Raising the Bar_|TV series||||
|2009–2015|_Glee_|TV series||||
|2009–2012|_Royal Pains_|TV series||||
|2009–2010|_NCIS: Los Angeles_|TV series||||
|2009|_SpongeBob's Truth or Square_|Video game (Archived music from _SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom_ and _The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie_)||||
|2010|_Outlaw_|TV series||||
|2010–2016|_Rizzoli & Isles_|TV series||||
|2011|_Glee: The 3D Concert Movie_|Documentary||||
|2011–2014|_American Horror Story_|TV series (40 episodes, composed with Mac Quayle)||||
|2012–2018|_Major Crimes_|TV series||||
|2012–2013|_The New Normal_|TV series||||
|rowspan="2"|2013|_Do No Harm_|TV series|||
|_The Blacklist_|TV series (3 episodes, replaced by Dave Porter)|||||
|2014–2018|_The Last Ship_|TV series (Composed with James Dooley)||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Chambers_|TV series|||
|_Soundtrack_|TV series (Composed with Andrew McMahon and Zac Clark)|||||
|2020|_Katy Keene_|TV series||||
|2020–2021|_For Life_|TV series (Composed with Dustin O'Halloran)||||
|2020|_SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated_|Video game (Archived and remastered music from the original _Battle for Bikini Bottom_)||||
|2021–2024|_La Brea_|TV series||||
|2025|_Doc_|TV series||||

## Awards

|Year|Association|Category|Nominated work|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2001|BMI Award||_What About Joan?_||
|2005|BMI Award||_Nip/Tuck_||
|2008|BMI Award||_The Closer_||
|2011|ASCAP Award|Top TV Series|_Glee_||
|2012|Online Film & Television Association Award|Best Music in a Series|_American Horror Story_||
|2012|ASCAP Award|Top TV Series|_Glee_||
|2013|ASCAP Award|Top TV Series|_Glee_||
|2013|ASCAP Award|Top Television Series|_Major Crimes_||
|2013|ASCAP Award|Top Television Series|_The New Normal_||
|2013|ASCAP Award|Top Television Series|_Royal Pains_||
|2013|ASCAP Award|Most Performed Themes and Underscore|||
|2013|Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special|_American Horror Story: Coven_||
|2013|Cinema Audio Society Awards|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series|_American Horror Story: Asylum_||
|2013|Online Film & Television Association Award|Best Music in a Non-Series|_American Horror Story_||
|2014|Cinema Audio Society Awards|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series|_American Horror Story_||
|2014|Online Film & Television Association Award|Best Music in a Non-Series|_American Horror Story_||

## Other websites

- "Interview: James Levine, Composer of 'American Horror Story,' 'Royal Pains,' and 'Glee'", Movie Mom, at BeliefNet
- Composer Interview: James S. Levine at FilmMusicMedia ()
- ASCAP
- James S. Levine AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit