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
 Year Title Notes 1990 The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera  Short 1999 Chill Factor  Film (Additional music for Hans Zimmer and John Powell) A Little Inside  Film 2000    TV series 2001 Siren  Film About Barbers Short 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) 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 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 2006  3 lbs TV series Running with Scissors  Film American Storage Short Ajax Short 2007  Hidden Palms TV series Delta Farce Film 2007–2012  Damages TV series  2008 Otis Film2008–2009 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 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) 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 Result2001BMI AwardWhat About Joan?2005BMI AwardNip/Tuck2008BMI AwardThe Closer2011ASCAP AwardTop TV SeriesGlee2012Online Film & Television Association AwardBest Music in a SeriesAmerican Horror Story2012ASCAP AwardTop TV SeriesGlee2013ASCAP AwardTop TV SeriesGlee2013ASCAP AwardTop Television SeriesMajor Crimes2013ASCAP AwardTop Television SeriesThe New Normal2013ASCAP AwardTop Television SeriesRoyal Pains2013ASCAP AwardMost Performed Themes and Underscore2013Emmy AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a SpecialAmerican Horror Story: Coven2013Cinema Audio Society AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-SeriesAmerican Horror Story: Asylum2013Online Film & Television Association AwardBest Music in a Non-SeriesAmerican Horror Story2014Cinema Audio Society AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-SeriesAmerican Horror Story2014Online Film & Television Association AwardBest Music in a Non-SeriesAmerican Horror Story

References

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

Category:1974 births
Category:American movie score composers
Category:Jewish American musicians
Category:Living people
Category:People from Medford, Massachusetts