Paul Terry

Paul Terry

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Biography

Paul Terry is a music artist, producer, and bestselling author. He releases music via his independent label SkyBabyRecords. His acclaimed instrumental project Aptøsrs' debut album 'Elders' is mixed by Adam Noble (Biffy Clyro). As a composer, Paul's 30+ original scores include: Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection (2022), the award-winning film about The Rocketeer (1991) creator; Sidney & Friends (2018), the multi-award-winning feature documentary (nominated for Best Score at the 2019 Independent Music Awards), which he also executive produced; the award-nominated thriller Hidden Valley Place (2021) (score mixed by two-time Grammy Award winner Sam Okell); and Raindance Film Festival Award-nominated drama Emily (2013) (co-composed with James Bellamy), starring Felicity Jones and Christopher Eccleston. As a singer-songwriter, Paul records under the moniker Cellarscape. Those albums include 'Exo Echo' (2017), which features 'Failsafe', the theme song for Behind the Panel (2019), and 'Chem Trails', the theme song for So Much Damage: How Image Comics Changed the World (2017), as well as 'The Act of Letting Go' (2014), nominated for Best Eclectic Album at the 2015 Independent Music Awards. Acclaimed Dutch artist Anneke van Giersbergen (Vuur, Devin Townsend, The Gathering) duetted with Paul on the Cellarscape song The Same Place (2014). The music video for Cellarscape's Epinephrine (2014) (written and directed by Paul) was officially selected for SXSW 2016. As an author, Paul has written or co-written numerous official books on film and TV properties, including: The X-Files (1993), Marvel Studios, Bad Robot's Lost (2004) and Fringe (2008), John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China (1986), and many more. His fiction book debut is 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) - Haunted & Hunted' (published by Moonstone Books), featuring five brand new Kolchak stories, each penned by Paul. He also produced the official podcasts for: History's TV series Project Blue Book (2019); USA's sci-fi drama Colony (2016); SYFY's comic-book podcast docu-series Behind the Panel (2019); and the hit limited series Through the Looking Glass: A LOST Retrospective (2019) (co-hosted by Tara Bennett & Maureen Ryan). Paul lives in Los Angeles.

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Filmography

2025
Kilter poster

Kilter

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

2022
Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection poster

Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Hidden Valley Place poster

Hidden Valley Place

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
The Endless Hourglass poster

The Endless Hourglass

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Switching Genres poster

Switching Genres

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Remain Calm poster

Remain Calm

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Spring Clean poster

Spring Clean

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

2020
Nestle Into My Nook poster

Nestle Into My Nook

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2019
Frank & Mary poster

Frank & Mary

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

2019
Through the Looking Glass: A LOST Retrospective poster

Through the Looking Glass: A LOST Retrospective

TV · Original Music Composer, Sound Editor · 6 eps

2019
Behind the Panel poster

Behind the Panel

TV · Original Music Composer, Sound Editor · 25 eps

2018
FISM World Championships of Magic 2018 poster

FISM World Championships of Magic 2018

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
TEDxDetroit poster

TEDxDetroit

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Sidney & Friends poster

Sidney & Friends

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
The Earth from the Air poster

The Earth from the Air

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

2017
Sleep Tight poster

Sleep Tight

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
So Much Damage: How Image Comics Changed the World poster

So Much Damage: How Image Comics Changed the World

TV · Original Music Composer, Music Producer · 5 eps

2016
Keepsake poster

Keepsake

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Care poster

Care

Movie · Original Music Composer, Sound Designer

2014
Epinephrine poster

Epinephrine

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
The Same Place poster

The Same Place

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Circa 39 poster

Circa 39

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Emily poster

Emily

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Snowglobe poster

Snowglobe

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Red Light poster

Red Light

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
The Deaths of Grace Miller

The Deaths of Grace Miller

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
The Furred Man poster

The Furred Man

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

2009
You Got The Girl poster

You Got The Girl

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
The Wake poster

The Wake

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

2003
Paradox poster

Paradox

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

2003
Staying In poster

Staying In

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

2001
Mightier poster

Mightier

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer

1999
Sold poster

Sold

Movie · Original Music Composer