---
name: "John Paesano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-paesano"
fi1m_id: "john-paesano"
imdb_id: "nm1373352"
tmdb_id: 77949
wikidata_id: "Q16734003"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 July 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-22T21:31:49.847914+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 Paesano

## Identity

John Paesano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-paesano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-paesano
- **IMDb ID:** nm1373352
- **TMDB ID:** 77949
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16734003
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paesano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16734003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1373352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77949

Composer. Born 2 July 1977 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 July 1977, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 71 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action & Adventure 3, Drama 3, Crime 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $397m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paesano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16734003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1373352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77949

## Coming up

- *The Legend of Zelda* (2027-04-28), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*INVINCIBLE*](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md) (74), [*Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (64)
- **Disney+:** [*Marvel's Daredevil*](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*The Boroughs*](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md) (73)

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

## Biography

John Paesano is an American composer of film, television and video game scores. He studied classical music at the Conservatoire de Paris and film scoring at Berklee College of Music.

Paesano is known for his scores for the Maze Runner film trilogy (2014–2018) and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), both directed by Wes Ball. His television credits include Marvel's Daredevil (2015–2018), The Defenders (2017) and the animated series Invincible (2021–). Video game work includes the Marvel's Spider-Man series, for which he received a BAFTA Games Award for Music for Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020).

He composed the score for the Netflix series The Boroughs (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, filmmusicreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, whats-on-netflix.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Boroughs* (2026), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)
- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), Fi1m 74, Main Title Theme Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes* (2024), Fi1m 64, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Legend of Zelda* (2027), Original Music Composer
- *The Boroughs* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)
- *Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), series, Main Title Theme Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Diary of a Wimpy Kid* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *Leonardo* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Secrets We Keep* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Tesla* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Penny Dreadful: City of Angels* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Devils* (2020), series, Music
- *Truth Be Told* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Maze Runner: The Death Cure* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Star* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Same Kind of Different as Me* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Marvel's The Defenders* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *All Eyez on Me* (2017), Music
- *Brain on Fire* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Almost Christmas* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *My All American* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Dragons: Race to the Edge* (2015), series, Music
- *The Phoenix Incident* (2015), Music
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Maze Runner* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Hirokin: The Last Samurai* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Scream 4* (2011), Additional Music — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md)
- *S.W.A.T.: Firefight* (2011), Music
- *Superman/Batman: Apocalypse* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Hostage: A Love Story* (2009), Music
- *Another Cinderella Story* (2008), Music
- *Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix* (2007), Music
- *Timeline* (2003), Additional Music
- *The Sum of All Fears* (2002), Additional Music
- *The Tower of Babble* (2002), Original Music Composer, Supervising Sound Editor

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