Jongnic Bontemps, also known as JB is an American composer and musician who has worked on over 50 projects in film, shorts, documentary films, TV series and video games.United Skates film team: Jongnic Bontemps - Music Producer bio page
/ref> He is the music director for 2016 skateboarding-focused drama film '' The Land'' The soundtrack features collaborations with Erykah Badu and Nas including the song "This Bitter Land". He also wrote the music for the 2018 roller skating documentary ''United Skates''. The hip hop influenced documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.''Amsterdam News'': Composer brings hip-hop elements to new doc ‘United Skates’ at Tribeca Film Fest
/ref> Bontemps is a classically trained composer with roots in the church and jazz world as a pianist. He was born in Brooklyn to a Jamaican mother and a Haitian father, who met in New York in the 1970s. He studied music at Yale University,

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and the University of Southern California.''Los Angeles Sentinel'': Music Composer Jongnic Bontemps Brings His Silicon Valley Tech Brilliance and Hip-Hop Rhythmic Elements to “United Skates”
/ref> becoming a graduate of the Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program at USC. He worked as a software developer and startup executive in New York City and later Silicon Valley before specializing in music. He was selected as a Sundance Lab Composer Fellow in 2013 and received a Time Warner Artist Fellowship in 2014. Bontemps' film ''Faith Under Fire'', premiered on

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in January 2017. His work has been heard in various award winning films at Cannes Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival,

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, as well as on television networks like

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, BET, Disney and in various cinemas worldwide.

Filmography

;Films *2016: ''Sharia'' *2016: '' The Land'' *2017: ''Faith Under Fire'' *2018: ''

United Skates ''United Skates'' is a 2019 Emmy nominated documentary film directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown about African American roller skating culture. The film was Executive Produced by John Legend and features Salt-N-Pepa, Coolio and Naughty By Na ...

'' (documentary) *2021: ''

Citizen Ashe ''Citizen Ashe'' is an 2021 American-British documentary film directed by Rex Miller and Sam Pollard revolving around the life and career of Arthur Ashe. Alex Gibney and John Legend were the executive producers. It had its world premiere at the Te ...

'' (documentary) *2021: ''

My Name is Pauli Murray ''My Name Is Pauli Murray'' is an 2021 American documentary film, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, written by West, Cohen, Talleah Bridges McMahon and Cinque Northern. It follows the life of lawyer and activist Pauli Murray. The film had ...

'' (documentary) *2022: ''

Wedding Season ''Wedding Season'' is a 2022 American romantic comedy film directed by Tom Dey from a screenplay by Shiwani Srivastava. The film stars Suraj Sharma, Pallavi Sharda, Rizwan Manji, Veena Sood, Ari Afsar, Sean Kleier, and Manoj Sood. ''Wedding S ...

'' with Raashi Kulkarni *2023: '' Transformers: Rise of the Beasts'' *2023: ''

Jagged Mind ''Jagged Mind'' is a 2023 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Kelley Kali and written by Allyson Morgan, based on her 2020 short film ''First Date''. It stars Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Shannon Woodward. The film premier ...

'' ;TV series *2015: ''Class'' *2016: '' Alley Way'' *2019: ''

College Behind Bars ''College Behind Bars'' is a 2019 American television documentary series, directed by Lynn Novick, which originally aired on PBS. It focuses on the lives and academic careers of inmates in the Bard Prison Initiative. Synopsis Incarcerated indiv ...

'' (documentary miniseries) ;Video Games *2023: Redfall

References

External links

Official website
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USC Scoring: Jongnic Bontemps music
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