John Costello III
John Costello III is an American composer, songwriter, producer, musician, singer, and music industry executive. His music is heard in network, cable, and syndicated TV shows, in major and independent films, advertising campaigns, video games, and record labels.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois on October 13, 1963, Costello displayed an interest in music at a young age. He began playing piano and organ at age 5. His skills quickly improved with professional music lessons. At 13, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona with his mother. John played keyboards in numerous bands and was a drummer in the Paradise Valley High School Band. His early training and exposure to a wide variety of musical genres laid the foundation for his playing, arranging, and production expertise.
After graduating high school in 1981, Costello attended Arizona State University. Instead of completing his degree, he chose to go on the road with various bands, including Miss California, Cheryl Van Cleeve in Atlantic City, QED, Coup d’Etat, Band 1208, and others.
In 1987, John, along with his partner Dawn Kerlin, formed the band, The Connection. The Connection became a popular variety band, touring worldwide with the USO. The group has performed over 400 AFE/USO shows for military personnel stationed in 28 countries.
John began working in recording studios in 1990 to develop his production and engineering skills. Studio clients included DJ Z-Trip, Kristine W, Glen Campbell Music, Jeff Dayton, Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad), Caroline Records, Michael Schenker, Keel (band), MasterSource Music Catalog, Network Music, Killer Tracks, OneMusic, FirstCom, The Hollywood Edge, Oregon Catholic Press, and KTVK, to name a few.
In 1999, Costello signed with Fox Family Music to compose for the Fox Family Channel and FoxKids Cartoons. He created custom music libraries for countless shows on both networks. He also composed numerous title themes, including Total Access 24/7, a show featuring celebrities including Christina Aguilera, Lance Bass, Mariah Carey, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, Frankie Muniz, NSync, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Pink (singer), Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake. He also scored the animated series NASCARRacers and contributed music to the Transformers: Robots In Disguise series.
Select Discography
- Cooler Shade Of Jazz - John Costello, 2006
- Attack of the DJ's! - DJ Jay C 3 & DJ Uff Da, 2006
- Spheres - John Costello, 2006
- Apasionado - John Costello & Greg Anderson, 2007
- Pure House - 2 da Groove, 2007
- Electric Mayhem - 2 da Groove, 2007
- Nor-Tec Collection - John Costello, 2008
- Trance Anthology Vol. 1 - DJ JC 3 of 2 da Groove, 2008
- Trance Anthology Vol. 2 - DJ JC 3 of 2 da Groove, 2008
- Giants Of Jazz - John Costello, 2009
- Attack of the DJ's 2! DJ Jay C 3 & DJ Uff Da, 2009
Notable Credits
John Costello's compositions have appeared on every major US TV network, including:
A&E Network, ABC Television, ABC Family, AMC, Animal Planet, Bravo, CBS, CHUM Limited, Comedy Central, CTV Television Network, Discovery Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Disney, E!, Fit TV, Fox, FSN, Fuel, FX, Global Television Network, Hallmark Channel, HBO, HGTV, Lifetime Television, MTV, MTV2, NBC, Noggin, Oxygen, Playboy, SciFi, Showtime, Soap Opera Network, SPEED, Spike, Style Network, Starz, TBS, Tech TV, The CW, The WB, TLC, Turner Network Television, Travel Channel, Univision, UPN, USA Network, VH1 and WE tv.
ABC
- Dancing With The Stars
- Ugly Betty
- Brothers & Sisters
- Men In Trees
- In Case of Emergency
- Freddie
- George Lopez
- Rodney
- The Drew Carey Show
- Good Morning America
CBS
- The Mentalist
- Numb3rs
- Big Brother
- Flashpoint
- Without A Trace
- Criminal Minds
- Cold Case
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- Navy NCIS
- The Unit
- Ghost Whisperer
- JAG
- The Handler
NBC
- My Name Is Earl
- The Office
- Las Vegas
- Crossing Jordan
- Surface
- Law & Order
- Law & Order: SVU
- Law & Order: CI
- E-Ring
- ER
- Scrubs
- Friends
- Medical Investigation
Fox
- House
- Standoff
- Vanished
- Reunion
- The War at Home
- King of the Hill
- The Simple Life
- Fox NFL Sunday
- Malcolm In The Middle
The CW
HBO
OXYGEN
TLC
TV Themes
- The Chris Myers Interview, FSN
- Arena Football League, FSN
- Total Access 24/7, ABC Family
- Mark Henry's 8th theme WWE
- Brainstorm, KTVK
Films
- Preacher's Kid
- Paul Blart Mall Cop
- I Love You Man
- She's Out Of My League
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
- Sex Drive
- The Answer Man
- All About Steve
- Greta
- A Dog Year
- The Messenger
- Midgets Vs. Mascots
- AMREEKA
- Meet Monica Velour
- Happy Tears
- The Lost Coast
- Epic Movie
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
- American Wedding
- Surviving Christmas
- August Rush
- Kickin' It Old Skool
- Broken English
- Species - The Awakening
- Wieners
- Byline
- DOA: Dead Or Alive
- Thought Crimes
- Butterfly Effect 2
- Her Best Move
- Harsh Times
- Vegas Baby
- Wasabi Tuna
- Latin Dragon
- Road Trip: 24 Hours In Vegas
- Bathgate Avenue
- Nora's Hair Salon
- The Dying Gaul
Video Games
Distribution
John Costello’s music is distributed internationally by:
- Villasara Music House (Italy)
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing (France & Belgium)
- Musou Music (Greece)
- Boosey & Hawkes, UK
- Audio Factory Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- 7 Out Music (North America)
Awards
- NASCARRacers video: Number 1 on the Billboard Special Interest Video Charts, June 30, 2001
- Two Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
References
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1358623/
- http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/1280650/John+Costello.html?dataSet=1
- http://www.variety.com/profiles/TVSeries/main/160752/Transformers%3a+Robots+in+Disguise.html?dataSet=1
- http://www.variety.com/profiles/TVSeries/main/158242/NASCAR+Racers.html?dataSet=1
- http://ca.tv.yahoo.com/nascar-racers/show/32382/castcrew
- http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product_page.do?seriesid=0&episodeid=7016&include=00soundtrack.inc
- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/763/93b
- http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/music/episode79.shtml
- http://ytv.yahoo.com/total-access-24-7/show/34259/castcrew
- http://www.variety.com/profiles/TVSeries/main/160709/Total%20Access%2024/7.html?dataSet=1
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- https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808834295
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355836/soundtrack
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404390/soundtrack
- http://www.strandreleasing.com/pressroom/Presskits/DyingGaulPK.pdf Archived 2007-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/745/transformers-robots-in-disguise/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090107013600/http://www.gabrielfleming.com/TLC/images/The_Lost_Coast_Press_Kit.pdf
- http://german.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0772178/soundtrack Archived 2013-01-14 at Archive.today
- http://www.tv.com/beyond-the-break/the-first-test/episode/784582/summary.html
- http://www.answers.com/topic/wwe-day-of-reckoning?cat=entertainment
- http://repertoire.bmi.com/WriterSearch.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&blnAltTitles=True&queryType=WriterName&page=1&keyname=costello%20John%20A%20III&keyid=0&fromrow=1&torow=25
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