BIOGRAPHY
Jimmy LaValle, is a composer who crafts musical landscapes with synthesizers and effects to create a nuanced palette of textures and immersive atmospheres. His sonic creations defy easy categorization, skillfully blending soothing melodies with unexpected dissonance. Drawing inspiration from minimalist luminaries like Philip Glass, Brian Eno, and Cliff Martinez, LaValle has forged a distinctive method of adorning the sonic space in his music.
With over two decades of music, LaValle’s creative endeavors span film scoring, sound collage, and ambient electronic music. Touring globally as “The Album Leaf” he has delivered a diverse array of releases, including full-length albums, film scores, remixes, collaborative recordings, and EPs, showcasing his versatility since 1999.
LaValle’s notable contributions to the world of cinema encompass a spectrum of acclaimed films, including “Ovarian Psycos,” “Artist and Mother” by Joanna Sokolowski and Kate Trumbull-LaValle, and Blumhouse-produced “They Come Knocking” and “Baby Blue” directed by Adam Mason. His work on award-winning films like “The Endless,” “Synchronic,” and “Something In The Dirt,” directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, have played successfully at top tier festivals including Sundance, Toronto International, TriBeca, SXSW, Hot Docs, Fantastic Fest, Seattle, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, as well as PBS’ Independent Lens.
FILMS
CREDITS
Composer : FILM & TV
2024 KILLFACE (Documentary Short, Original Score)
2024 The Middle (Narrative Short, Original Score)
2024 Things Will Be Different (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2023 Dumped (Narrative Short, Original Score)
2023 A Town Called Victoria (TV Series Documentary, Original Score)
2023 Baby Blue (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2022 Something In The Dirt (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2020 The F**k-It List (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2019 SYNCHRONIC (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2019 3022 (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2019 They Come Knocking (Episodic TV series, Original Score)
2018 City Rising – The Informal Economy (TV Series Documentary, Original Score)
2018 Artist & Mother – Artbound (TV Series Documentary, Original Score)
2017 Valor (Episodic TV series, Original Score)
2017 The Endless (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2017 The Mars Generation (Documentary Feature, Additional music)
2016 Ovarian Psycos (Documentary Feature, Original Score)
2016 No Más Bebés (Documentary Feature, Additional music)
2014 Spring (Narrative Feature, Original Score)
2013 Adrift (Documentary Short, Original Score)
2013 Before You Know It (Documentary Feature, Original Score)
2012 Beyond There (Documentary Short, Performer)
2012 Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (Documentary Feature, Original Score)
2011 Abaayo/Sister (Documentary Short, Original Score)
2010 Way Down in the Hole (Documentary Short, Additional music)
2009 Torey’s Distraction (Documentary Feature, Original Score)
TV/Film/Commercial Soundtrack SYNC:
2023 The Equalizer (CBS TV Series – performer/writer: “You Are”)
2023 Cheer (Netflix TV Series – performer/writer: “Brothers”)
2022 Last Chance U (Netflix TV Series – performer/writer: “Last Man Alive”)
2021 Cheer (Netflix TV Series – performer/writer: “Tricks”)
2020 Lovecraft Country – Holy Ghost (HBO TV Series – performer/writer: “Window”)
2020 After Midnight (Narrative Feature – performer/arranger: “House of the Rising Sun”)
2017 Nike (Online promo – performer/writer: “Going Under”)
2017 Airbnb (Online promo – performer/writer: “The Light”)
2016 American Airlines (TV/Online promo – performer/writer: “Adrift”)
2016 The Vampire Diaries – Things We Lost in the Fire (TV Series – performer/writer: “Window”)
2016 Sonos (Online promo – performer/writer: “Back to the Start” , “Glimmering Lights”)
2015 Youth (Narrative Feature – performer/writer: “Ceiling Gazing”)
2015 For Grace (Narrative Feature – (performer/writer: “Another Day”)
2012-2015 Scandal (TV Series)
- The Testimony of Diego Munoz (performer/writer: “The Light”)
- Like Father, Like Daughter (performer/writer: “The Light”)
- Vermont Is for Lovers, Too (performer/writer”The Light”)
- Seven Fifty-Two (performer/writer”The Light”)
- Nobody Likes Babies (performer/writer”See In You”, “The Light”)
- Grant: For the People (performer/writer: “The Light”)
- White Hats Off (performer/writer: “Tied Knots”)
- Things We Lost in the Fire (performer/writer: “Window”)
2014 Terrible Love (Narrative Feature – performer/writer: “Window”)
2014 Vice (TV Series – performer/writer: “Going Under”)
2014 Slingshot (Documentary – performer/writer: “TwentyTwoFourteen”)
2013 Lord Montagu (Documentary – performer/writer: “The Light”)
2013 Not Today (Narrative Feature – performer/writer: “The Light”)
2012 Google – Self Driving Car (Online promo – performer/writer: “We Need Help”)
2012 Love, Marilyn (Documentary – performer/writer: “The Light”, “Moss Mountain Town”, “Window”)
2011 Stella Artois (Online promo – performer/writer: “Window”)
2011 Where Soldiers Come From (TV Series documentary – performer “The Light”, “Seal Beach”)
2011 Suits – Dirty Little Secrets (TV Series – performer/writer: “Blank Pages”)
2009 Four Boxes (Narrative Feature – performer/writer: “Twenty Two Fourteen”)
2008 Britney: For the Record (TV Movie documentary – performer/writer: “Into the Sea”)
2007 Helvetica (Documentary – performer/writer: “Shine”)
2008 Sons of Anarchy (TV Series – performer/writer: “Writings on the Wall”)
2007 The Unforeseen (Documentary – performer/writer: “Window”)
2006 Grey’s Anatomy – Let the Angels Commit (TV Series – performer/writer: “Writings on the Wall”)
2006 The Family Friend (Narrative Feature – performer/writer: “Over the Pond”)
2004 Moog (Documentary – performer/writer: “Micro Melodies”)
PRESS
Dread Central – Something in the Dirt – Jimmy LaValle Interview
Cinemacy – Something in the Dirt
Self Titled Mag – Feature Jimmy LaValle
Flickering Myth – Something in the Dirt
Little White Lies – Chiming Score holds it all Together
Rotten Tomatoes – Best Horror Movies 2018 Tomatometer – The Endless
Exclaim! – Album Leaf Leader Jimmy LaValle’s Score to ‘Spring’ Gets Soundtrack Release