---
name: "Jay Wadley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-wadley"
fi1m_id: "jay-wadley"
imdb_id: "nm3044268"
tmdb_id: 1722536
wikidata_id: "Q111820850"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 December 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:25:47.850637+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jay Wadley

## Identity

Jay Wadley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-wadley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-wadley
- **IMDb ID:** nm3044268
- **TMDB ID:** 1722536
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111820850
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Wadley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111820850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3044268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1722536

Composer. Born 1 December 1988 in Edmond.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 December 1988, Edmond
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Wadley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111820850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3044268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1722536

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Swan Song*](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md) (71)

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## Biography

Jay Wadley is an American composer and music producer based in New York City. He studied music composition at Oklahoma City University and received a master's degree and artist diploma from the Yale School of Music.

Wadley is a two-time recipient of the Charles Ives Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His film and television credits include the scores for *I'm Thinking of Ending Things* (2020), *Swan Song* (2021), *Fire Island* (2022), *Tell Me Lies* (2022) and *Franklin* (2024). He has also worked on contemporary classical projects and received nominations at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Swan Song* (2021), Fi1m 71, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Trash Mountain* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *We Strangers* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Henry Johnson* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Wedding Banquet* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Friend* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Control Freak* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Heart Eyes* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Before* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *We Grown Now* (2024), Music
- *Franklin* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Tell Me Lies* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fire Island* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Swan Song* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/swan-song.md)
- *I Carry You with Me* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Blood Moon* (2021), Music
- *The Box* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Driveways* (2020), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Water Walker* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *I'm Thinking of Ending Things* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Innocence Files* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Adam* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Tales of the City* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Olympic Dreams* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Cruise* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *A Year* (2018), Music
- *Hot Date* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *Long Shot* (2017), Music
- *Tracktown* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Revolving Doors* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Double Play* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Lucia, Before and After* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The OA* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *Indignation* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Time Out of Mind* (2015), Additional Music
- *Fair Chase* (2014), Music
- *Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Lyiza* (2011), Music

## Gallery

- ![Jay Wadley in studio (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/4219566/gallery-bae5e80c0baa.jpg) Jay Wadley in studio (2022) — Heytinaaam, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/2022JayWadleyOffice.jpg/1280px-2022JayWadleyOffice.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jay Wadley and Trevor Gureckis at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Friend. (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4219566/gallery-dbd5217c7634.jpg) Jay Wadley and Trevor Gureckis at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Friend. (2021) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Jay_Wadley_and_Trevor_Gureckis_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Jay_Wadley_and_Trevor_Gureckis_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jay Wadley](https://film.one/media/person/4219566/gallery-ee7d082d9696.jpg) Jay Wadley — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Jay_Wadley_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Jay_Wadley_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevor Gureckis, David Siegel, Jay Wadley, and Scott McGehee at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Babygirl. (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4219566/gallery-b106bbcbe999.jpg) Trevor Gureckis, David Siegel, Jay Wadley, and Scott McGehee at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Babygirl. (2021) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Trevor_Gureckis%2C_David_Siegel%2C_Jay_Wadley%2C_and_Scott_McGehee_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Gureckis%2C_David_Siegel%2C_Jay_Wadley%2C_and_Scott_McGehee_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevor Gureckis, David Siegel, Jay Wadley, and Scott McGehee at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Babygirl. (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4219566/gallery-84531c9fda2e.jpg) Trevor Gureckis, David Siegel, Jay Wadley, and Scott McGehee at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Babygirl. (2021) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Trevor_Gureckis%2C_David_Siegel%2C_Jay_Wadley%2C_and_Scott_McGehee_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg/1280px-Trevor_Gureckis%2C_David_Siegel%2C_Jay_Wadley%2C_and_Scott_McGehee_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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