---
name: "Johnny Iguana"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/johnny-iguana"
fi1m_id: "johnny-iguana"
imdb_id: "nm14963150"
tmdb_id: 4125983
wikidata_id: "Q99671512"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:11:16.769983+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."
---

# Johnny Iguana

## Identity

Johnny Iguana

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/johnny-iguana
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** johnny-iguana
- **IMDb ID:** nm14963150
- **TMDB ID:** 4125983
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99671512
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99671512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14963150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4125983

Composer. Born in New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** Brian Berkowitz
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99671512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14963150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4125983

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Bear*](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Johnny Iguana, also credited as Brian Berkowitz, is an American composer and pianist. He grew up in Philadelphia and adopted his stage name as a teenager. In 1994 he moved to Chicago after joining the band of blues musician Junior Wells, with whom he toured for several years.

Iguana has worked for more than two decades with composer and producer Jeffrey “JQ” Qaiyum. Together they wrote and recorded the original score for the FX series *The Bear* (2022–), contributing instrumental pieces used primarily in kitchen scenes across the first four seasons. Iguana is a co-founder of the band The Claudettes and has recorded and performed extensively in the Chicago blues scene.

*Sources: blockclubchicago.org, minnpost.com, johnnyiguana.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Bear* (2022), Fi1m 82, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *The Bear* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)

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