caption associated_acts years_active alias label article_title name background instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
jewel in 2012 glass candy chromatics desire symmetry 1994 -- present john david v italians do it better johnny jewel
 johnny jewel non_vocal_instrumentalist bass programming guitar synthesizer keyboards vocals guitar drum machine vocoder electronic houston , texas , u.s. john padgett record producer composer bassist keyboardist
johnny jewel

johnny jewel -lrb- born john padgett -rrb- is an american record producer , composer , and visual artist .
he is a multi-instrumentalist who is known for using all-analog equipment .
he has been recording and releasing records since the mid-1990s .
jewel owns and operates his own record label called italians do it better .
he is a member of multiple bands on the label , including glass candy -lrb- along with vocalist ida no -rrb- , chromatics -lrb- along with ruth radelet , adam miller and nat walker -rrb- , desire -lrb- with megan louise and nat walker -rrb- , and symmetry -lrb- with nat walker -rrb- .
jewel also occasionally collaborates with artists farah , mirage , twisted wires and appaloosa .
as a composer , jewel is widely known for his contributions to the films `` bronson '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- and `` drive '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , as well as the a&e crime drama series `` those who kill '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .
he also scored actor ryan gosling 's 2015 directorial debut , `` lost river . ''
in december 2014 , jewel released the 31-minute , seven-movement song `` the other side of midnight '' .
