---
name: "John Nau"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-nau"
fi1m_id: "john-nau"
imdb_id: "nm0622474"
tmdb_id: 65246
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T01:05:59.356741+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."
---

# John Nau

## Identity

John Nau

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-nau
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-nau
- **IMDb ID:** nm0622474
- **TMDB ID:** 65246
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65246

Composer. Born in Southern California (San Diego area).

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65246

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues*](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Nau is an American composer and musician. He co-founded Beacon Street Studios in Venice, California, in 2001 with Andrew Feltenstein, where the pair compose for film, television and commercials.

Nau began his career as a session keyboardist and bandleader, touring with artists including Hootie and the Blowfish and James Blunt. With Feltenstein he has scored films such as *Casa de mi Padre* (2012), *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), *Bachelorette* (2012), *Sleeping with Other People* (2015), *The House* (2017) and *Jury Duty* (2023). He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for the main title theme of the miniseries *The Spoils of Babylon* (2014).

*Sources: yourclassical.org, imdb.com, ithaca.edu, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *Jury Duty* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Animation Outlaws* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Drunk Parents* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Pirates of Somalia* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The House* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Bronze* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Spoils Before Dying* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sleeping with Other People* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Better Living Through Chemistry* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), as Band at Ice Rink · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)
- *Bachelorette* (2012), Music
- *Casa de Mi Padre* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Wild Things 2* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *High Times Potluck* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Doomsday Man* (2000), Original Music Composer

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