John Paesano

John Paesano

Known for
Sound
Born
July 2, 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

John Paesano (born July 2, 1977) is an American composer, working primarily in film, television and video games. He is known for collaborating with director Wes Ball on the Maze Runner film series, as well as composing for the Marvel television series The Defenders and Daredevil. As a video game composer, he has contributed music to the acclaimed video game titles, Detroit Become Human, Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. For his work on Miles Morales, Paesano won the BAFTA for Best music in a video game.

Known For

Filmography

2027
The Legend of Zelda poster

The Legend of Zelda

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway poster

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
The Boroughs poster

The Boroughs

TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps

2025
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw poster

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Daredevil: Born Again poster

Daredevil: Born Again

TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 17 eps

2024
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes poster

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever poster

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Cheaper by the Dozen poster

Cheaper by the Dozen

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules poster

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again poster

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Diary of a Wimpy Kid poster

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
INVINCIBLE poster

INVINCIBLE

TV · Original Music Composer · 32 eps

2021
Leonardo poster

Leonardo

TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps

2020
Tesla poster

Tesla

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
The Secrets We Keep poster

The Secrets We Keep

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
Devils poster

Devils

TV · Music · 10 eps

2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels poster

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps

2019
Truth Be Told poster

Truth Be Told

TV · Original Music Composer · 28 eps

2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure poster

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Brain on Fire poster

Brain on Fire

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
All Eyez on Me poster

All Eyez on Me

Movie · Music

2017
The Star poster

The Star

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Same Kind of Different as Me poster

Same Kind of Different as Me

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Marvel's The Defenders poster

Marvel's The Defenders

TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps

2016
Almost Christmas poster

Almost Christmas

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
The Phoenix Incident poster

The Phoenix Incident

Movie · Music

2015
My All American poster

My All American

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials poster

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge poster

Dragons: Race to the Edge

TV · Music · 26 eps

2015
Marvel's Daredevil poster

Marvel's Daredevil

TV · Original Music Composer · 39 eps

2014
The Maze Runner poster

The Maze Runner

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers poster

Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
Hirokin: The Last Samurai poster

Hirokin: The Last Samurai

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
S.W.A.T.: Firefight poster

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

Movie · Music

2011
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas poster

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

Movie · Original Music Composer

2010
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse poster

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Hostage: A Love Story poster

Hostage: A Love Story

Movie · Music

2008
Another Cinderella Story poster

Another Cinderella Story

Movie · Music

2007
Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix poster

Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix

Movie · Music

2002
The Tower of Babble poster

The Tower of Babble

Movie · Original Music Composer, Supervising Sound Editor