Jake Monaco

Jake Monaco is an American film and TV composer. He currently scores Amazon Prime Video's The Stinky & Dirty Show, Netflix's Dinotrux, and Warner Bros. Animation's Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. He also provided scores for Disney+ originals, specifically Cars on the Road, and Toy Story specials Lamp Life and Forky Asks a Question.

Career Monaco began playing guitar in high school, later touring with a group while attending the University of Richmond in Virginia. A few years after graduating, his bandmates opted to take up non-musical professional careers.

At the suggestion of a friend, Monaco enrolled in a film scoring course at University of Southern California. He has stated that although he had never had interest in scoring as a child, it was these classes that piqued his interest, explaining that he was "sucked in" Monaco credits the time he spent assisting Beck as key to his success as a scorer, and has described assistant positions as "some of the best education and experience a young composer can receive". After assisting Christophe Beck for eight years, Monaco made the decision to begin scoring on his own.

Discography Feature films Year Title Director Notes 2010 Role/Play Rob Williams 2012 Struck by Lightning Brian Dannelly The Men Next Door Rob Williams 2013 Kilimanjaro Walter Strafford Living on One Dollar Zach IngrasciSean LeonardChris Temple 2014 Out to Kill Rob Williams Let's Be Cops Luke Greenfield Composed with Christophe Beck Playing It Cool Justin Reardon 2016 Kindergarten Cop 2 Don Michael Paul Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Mandie Fletcher A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits Michelle Johnston Keeping Up with the Joneses Greg Mottola 2018 Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost Doug Murphy Composed with Matthew Janszen Dumplin' Anne Fletcher 2019 Through the Windows Petey BarmaBret 'Brook' Parker A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish Michelle Johnston 2020 Walkaway Joe Tom Wright Composed with Christophe Beck Think Like a Dog Gil Junger 2021 Flora & Ulysses Lena Khan A Cinderella Story: Starstruck Michelle Johnston Composed with Brittany Dunton 2026 Seekers of Infinite Love Victoria Strouse

Short films Year Title Director Notes 2005 Stuck Adam Kargman 2007 Routine Scott Brown Union Station Beth Spitalny 2008 Better than Astronauts Jonathan Barenboim Secret Circles, Hidden Prayers Amber Beard The Orphan Dan Treharne 2009 Roses Trish Hadley Elevated Jared Mark Point of Entry Zeus Quijano Jr. 2010 Where Life Is Coyote Marino A Tall Tale Brittany Biggs I Suck Jason Bowers 2011 Blunderkind Zak Mechanic The Lepidoctor Jonathan Barenboim 2012 The Road We've Traveled Davis Guggenheim 2013 The Magic Bracelet Jon Poll 2017 Again Alexis Jacknow 2018 Yellow is the New Black Serguei KouchnerovFabien Polack 2019 Santa's Little Helpers Bruno ChauffardDerek Drymon 2020 Lamp Life Valerie LaPointe Out Steven Clay Hunter