Biography
John Paesano, an American composer specializing in film and television, first gained wide attention through his contributions to Marvel projects including the series Daredevil and The Defenders along with the full Maze Runner film series. At ten years old he watched Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun in his hometown of Birmingham, Michigan; the experience of hearing John Williams’ music prompted him to begin piano lessons. He later pursued formal training at the Conservatoire de Paris before completing a film-scoring degree at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Moving to Los Angeles at twenty-one, he initially built his Hollywood profile by supplying additional music to features such as the 2002 release Star Trek: Nemesis and Timeline the following year. During the same period he received primary composing assignments on modest productions, among them the 2002 thriller Unstable Minds and 2005’s USA the Movie.
He collaborated with Don Spangler and Andy Sturmer on the 2007 Cartoon Network feature Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, then handled the entire score alone for 2008’s Another Cinderella Story, which starred Selena Gomez. In 2010 he composed the animated direct-to-video release Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and subsequently served as principal composer for the 2012 series Dragons: Riders of Berk. His first major theatrical assignment arrived with the 2014 science-fiction thriller The Maze Runner, after which he scored its 2015 sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. That same year he returned to the Dragons franchise for the new installment Race to the Edge while also beginning work on the Marvel superhero series Daredevil. In 2016 he added the Fox science-fiction program Second Chance to his slate. The year 2017 brought both the Netflix series Marvel’s The Defenders and his first video-game project, Mass Effect: Andromeda. Sci-fi action scores continued in 2018 with Pacific Rim Uprising and Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
He collaborated with Don Spangler and Andy Sturmer on the 2007 Cartoon Network feature Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix, then handled the entire score alone for 2008’s Another Cinderella Story, which starred Selena Gomez. In 2010 he composed the animated direct-to-video release Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and subsequently served as principal composer for the 2012 series Dragons: Riders of Berk. His first major theatrical assignment arrived with the 2014 science-fiction thriller The Maze Runner, after which he scored its 2015 sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. That same year he returned to the Dragons franchise for the new installment Race to the Edge while also beginning work on the Marvel superhero series Daredevil. In 2016 he added the Fox science-fiction program Second Chance to his slate. The year 2017 brought both the Netflix series Marvel’s The Defenders and his first video-game project, Mass Effect: Andromeda. Sci-fi action scores continued in 2018 with Pacific Rim Uprising and Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
Albums

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes (Original Game Soundtrack)
2025

Invincible: Vol. 1 (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)
2025

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2024

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (Original Soundtrack)
2023

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
2023

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (Original Soundtrack)
2022

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Original Soundtrack)
2022

Cheaper by the Dozen (Original Soundtrack)
2022

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Original Soundtrack)
2021

Truth Be Told: Season 2 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
2021

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
2020

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Original Score)
2020

Tesla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2020

Truth Be Told: Season 1 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
2019

Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps EP (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
2018

Daredevil: Season 3 (Original Soundtrack Album)
2018

Marvel's Spider-Man (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2018

The Star - Original Motion Picture Score
2018

Same Kind of Different As Me (Music from the Motion Picture)
2017

When the Game Stands Tall (Original Motion Picture Score)
2017

The Defenders (Original Soundtrack)
2017

Mass Effect Andromeda (Original Game Soundtrack)
2017

Daredevil: Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Album)
2016

My All American (Original Motion Picture Score)
2015

Maze Runner - The Scorch Trials (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015

Daredevil (Original Soundtrack Album)
2015

The Maze Runner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014

Hirokin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2014
Singles
