John Frizzell (composer)

For the Canadian screenwriter and film producer, see John Frizzell.

John Frizzell
Born	1966 (age 57–58) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1994—present

John Frizzell (born 1966) is a film and television composer from U.S.A. As a young boy, Frizzell sang soprano in the National Cathedral Choir, the Paris Opera Company, and the Metropolitan Opera Company. However, once he hit puberty, his voice changed. He continued his study of music at the University of Southern California and the Manhattan School of Music, but he began to focus more on the jazz guitar than voice. After he finished college, Frizzell worked with Michael Mainieri, a famous producer and became exposed to synthesis and helped Mainieri on many commercials, movies and records.

Frizzell's career excelled and he worked with many more renowned composers, directors and producers including Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Sacret Young, James Newton Howard, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joel Silver, Randy Edelman and Mark Rydell. However, Frizzell is best known for his work with Mike Judge. He did the scores for Judge's films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America and Office Space as well as the music for Judge's sitcom King of the Hill. His other film scores include I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Alien Resurrection, Dante's Peak, Thirteen Ghosts, Ghost Ship, Gods and Generals, Stay Alive, The Reaping and the 2020 documentary Zappa. He also composed the musical score for the sci-fi television series VR.5, more recently the television drama series The Following, Tell Me a Story and the 2020 animated comedy series, Duncanville.

Film scores

1995

• Whose Daughter Is She?
• It Was Him or Us

1996

• Deadly Pursuits
• Undertow
• Red Ribbon Blues
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
• The Rich Man's Wife
• Crime of the Century
• The Empty Mirror

1997

• Opposite Corners
• Dante's Peak
• Alien Resurrection

1998

• Mafia! (as Gianni Frizzelli)
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

1999

• Office Space
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle
• The White River Kid

2000

• Beautiful
• Lockdown
• Possessed

2001

• Josie and the Pussycats
• James Dean
• Thirteen Ghosts

2002

• Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
• Ghost Ship

2003

• Gods and Generals
• Cradle 2 the Grave
• The Whizzard of Ow

2004

• The Goodbye Girl
• Karroll's Christmas

2005

• The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
• Four Minutes
• Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

2006

• A Little Thing Called Murder
• Stay Alive
• The Woods

2007

• Careless
• Primeval
• First Born
• The Reaping
• Black Irish
• Beneath

2008

• Henry Poole Is Here
• Wisegal
• 100 Feet
• Tenure

2009

• Evil Angel
• The Lodger
• From Mexico with Love
• Whiteout

2010

• Legion
• Shelter

2011

• The Roommate

2013

• Texas Chainsaw 3D

2014

• The Loft

2016

• When the Bough Breaks

2017

• Leatherface

2018

• The Possession of Hannah Grace

2020

• Zappa

External links

• John Frizzell at IMDb
• John Frizzell Biography