Sean Callery (born 1964) is an American musician and composer, best known for composing the music for the action/drama '' 24'' and the

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adaptation '' Jessica Jones''. Other projects include the 2004 video game, '' James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'' and the television series '' La Femme Nikita'' and '' Homeland''. Most recently he composes the music for the series '' Designated Survivor'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Callery was born in

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and raised in

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. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, earning a degree in piano performance in 1987. In 1987, Callery moved to

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to work for New England Digital, the creators of the

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synthesizer. In 1990, he and

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scored the NBC

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, ''

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''. Working as a sound designer on the series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' also earned him an

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nomination. In 1996, Callery was hired to compose the underscore for the

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series, '' La Femme Nikita'', which aired for five seasons between 1997 and 2001. Callery next again collaborated with Surnow on the television series '' 24'' from 2001 to 2010. For his work on that series, he received three

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for Outstanding Music Composition For a Series (Dramatic Underscore), in 2003, 2006 and 2010. He also won the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards for Best Score for a Dramatic Television Program and Best Television Theme for his work on the series. In addition to his work on '' 24'', Callery scored the music to the television series '' Medium'' from 2005 to 2010, all the episodes of ''

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'', and composed the music for '' Bones'' beginning with its fourth season. In 2011 he scored the music to the miniseries '' The Kennedys'' and Kiefer Sutherland's webseries '' The Confession''. In December, 2011, he teamed up with executive producer Howard Gordon of ''24'' again, for the television series '' Homeland''. In 2012, he composed the theme music for the CBS television show '' Elementary''. In 2014, he scored the music to the ninth season of ''24'', '' 24: Live Another Day'', a special event-series, after a four-year hiatus. In 2015, he scored the music to Marvel's '' Jessica Jones'' on

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, for which he won the 2016 Emmy for Outstanding Original Main Title Music, which brings his total Emmy wins up to four.

Discography

Film

Television

Television films

Television series

Web

Video games

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Callery, Sean 1964 births Living people American film score composers American television composers American male film score composers American male television composers Musicians from Hartford, Connecticut New England Conservatory alumni American video game composers Varèse Sarabande Records artists