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name: "James L. Venable"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "19 May 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T09:45:14.140082+00:00"
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# James L. Venable

Composer. Born 19 May 1967 in Santa Monica, California, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 19 May 1967, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Venable, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525390, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23739

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## Biography

James L. Venable is an American composer of film and television scores. Born on 19 May 1967 in Santa Monica, California, he began as a drummer in 1980s new wave and rock bands before moving into electronic music and hybrid orchestral composition.

He is best known for his scores to the animated series *The Powerpuff Girls* (1998–2004), *Samurai Jack* (2001–2004) and *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends* (2004–2009), the last of which earned an Emmy nomination and Annie Awards. His feature film work includes *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), *Scary Movie 3* (2003), *EuroTrip* (2004), *Scary Movie 4* (2006), *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* (2008) and *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019). He has maintained a long collaboration with director Kevin Smith.

*Sources: billboard.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, venablemusic.com, filmmusicreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019), Fi1m 50, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Clerks III* (2022), Music
- *Jay and Silent Bob Reboot* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.md)
- *Supercon* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie* (2017), Music
- *Clarence* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Clarence* (2013), Music
- *Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie* (2013), Music
- *Scary Movie 5* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell* (2009), Music
- *Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *An American Carol* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Day of Summer* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Superhero Movie* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Turok: Son of Stone* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Kickin' It Old Skool* (2007), Music
- *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Clerks II* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Scary Movie 4* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Venom* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Year of the Yao* (2004), Music
- *Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends: House of Bloo's* (2004), Music
- *Jersey Girl* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *EuroTrip* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Scary Movie 3* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *3-South* (2002), Music
- *My Life as a Teenage Robot* (2002), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Powerpuff Girls Movie* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Samurai Jack* (2001), series, Original Music Composer
- *Clerks* (2000), series, Music
- *The Powerpuff Girls* (1998), series, Original Music Composer
- *Cybersex Kittens* (1995), Music

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