James Lewis Venable (born May 19, 1967) is an American composer, working primarily in American film and television. He is known for his scores to the animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The latter was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2005, the same score won a 2005 Annie Award—Venable's third—for achievement in music for an animated series. Among Venable's feature film scores are Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Scary Movie 3, 4, and 5 and EuroTrip. On August 3, 2004, Venable released an electronica album titled Holding Space with Screaming Fan Records.
Filmography
Film Year Film Director Note 2001 Iron Monkey Yuen Woo-Ping Composed score for U.S release Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Kevin Smith 1st of 6 collaborations with Smith 2002 The Powerpuff Girls Movie Craig McCracken 2003 Scary Movie 3 David Zucker 1st of 3 collaborations with Zucker 2004 EuroTrip Jeff Schaffer Jersey Girl Kevin Smith The Year of the Yao Adam Del Deo James D. Stern Documentary film 2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Mike Bigelow Themes music composed by John Debney Venom Jim Gillespie 2006 Scary Movie 4 David Zucker Clerks II Kevin Smith 2007 Kickin' It Old Skool Harvey Glazer The Last Day of Summer Blair Treu Television film 2008 Turok: Son of Stone Curt Geda Dan Riba Frank Squillace Tad Stones Superhero Movie Craig Mazin Zack and Miri Make a Porno Kevin Smith An American Carol David Zucker 2009 Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel Gareth Carrivick I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Bob Gosse 2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Sam Liu Lauren Montgomery Additional music by Christopher Drake 2013 Scary Movie 5 Malcolm D. Lee Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! Steve Stark 2018 Supercon Zak Knutson 2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Kevin Smith 2022 Clerks III
Television Year Film Notes 1998–2005 The Powerpuff Girls with Steve Rucker and Tom Chase 2000–2001 Clerks: The Animated Series 2001–2004 Samurai Jack with will.i.am 2002–2006 My Life as a Teenage Robot with Paul Dinletir 2002–2003 3-South 2003–2005Star Wars: Clone Wars with Paul Dinletir 2004–2009 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends with Jennifer Kes Remington2008 The Mighty B! First episode only"Original music" credit 2014-2017 Clarence with Simon Panrucker
Video games +YearGameNotesTBAThe Adventures of Breadman2007Spider-Man: Friend or Foe With Mike Reagan
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