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James S. Levine

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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James S. Levine at an event for The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014)
James S. Levine is known for American Horror Story (2011), Glee (2009) and Pearl Harbor (2001).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 12 wins & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Heather Elizabeth Morris in Glee (2009)
    Glee
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Publicity Poster
    Pearl Harbor
    6.3
    • Music Department
    • 2001
    Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    7.4
    • Music Department
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Molly Parker in Doc (2025)
      Doc
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2025–2026
    • The New Look (2024)
      The New Look
      7.4
      TV Series
      • score by
      • 2024
    • La Brea (2021)
      La Brea
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2021–2023
    • James Wolk in Ordinary Joe (2021)
      Ordinary Joe
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2021–2022
    • Lucy Hale, Julia Chan, Ashleigh Murray, and Jonny Beauchamp in Katy Keene (2020)
      Katy Keene
      6.3
      TV Series
      • music by
      • 2020
    • Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, and Carolyn Lawrence in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (2020)
      SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
      7.1
      Video Game
      • Composer
      • 2020
    • Nicholas Pinnock in For Life (2020)
      For Life
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2020
    • Paul James, Jenna Dewan, and Callie Hernandez in Soundtrack (2019)
      Soundtrack
      6.8
      TV Series
      • score by
      • 2019
    • Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic in Instinct (2018)
      Instinct
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2018–2019
    • Corbin Reid in Blind Sight (2019)
      Blind Sight
      4.6
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Chambers (2019)
      Chambers
      6.4
      TV Series
      • music by
      • 2019
    • Tea with Alice (2018)
      Tea with Alice
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
      The Last Ship
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • music by
      • 2014–2018
    • Queen Latifah, Ryan Destiny, Jude Demorest, and Brittany O'Grady in Star (2016)
      Star
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2016–2018
    • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
      Major Crimes
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2012–2018

    Music Department

    • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
      NCIS: Los Angeles
      6.8
      TV Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2009–2023
    • James Wolk in Ordinary Joe (2021)
      Ordinary Joe
      6.7
      TV Series
      • main title theme
      • 2021–2022
    • Queen Latifah, Ryan Destiny, Jude Demorest, and Brittany O'Grady in Star (2016)
      Star
      6.8
      TV Series
      • score by
      • 2018
    • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
      The Last Ship
      7.4
      TV Series
      • composer: theme music
      • 2015–2018
    • American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • additional score by
      • score producer
      • 2011–2014
    • Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Heather Elizabeth Morris in Glee (2009)
      Glee
      6.8
      TV Series
      • producer: musical score
      • producer: additional songs
      • score producer
      • 2009–2014
    • Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (2009)
      Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode
      8.0
      Video
      • producer: musical score
      • 2009
    • Exam (2009)
      Exam
      6.7
      • composer: stock music (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Greg Kinnear and Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town (2008)
      Ghost Town
      6.7
      • musician: piano & keyboards
      • 2008
    • Hans Zimmer, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Jack Black, Melissa Cobb, Mark Osborne, John Powell, and John Stevenson in Kung Fu Panda (2008)
      Kung Fu Panda
      7.6
      • additional overdub production
      • 2008
    • Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs & a Baby (2008)
      Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs & a Baby
      5.1
      • composer: additional music
      • 2008
    • Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
      7.2
      • musician (uncredited)
      • 2007
    • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
      7.4
      • on-camera & pre-record musician
      • 2006
    • HBO First Look (1992)
      HBO First Look
      6.3
      TV Series
      • additional musician
      • 2005
    • Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Ben Stiller, Tom McGrath, Christopher Knights, and Chris Miller in Madagascar (2005)
      Madagascar
      7.0
      • composer: additional music
      • 2005

    Actor

    • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
      7.4
      • Pirate Musician (uncredited)
      • 2006

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • James Levine

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Film and Television composer, not to be confused with US Conductor James Levine.

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