Jennifer Kes Remington Explained

Jennifer Kes Remington is an American composer and filmmaker. She has done music for titles such as The Powerpuff Girls, Scary Movie 4, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Socket, and Clerks II. Her work on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends garnered her two Annie Award wins in 2005 and 2006 as well as a third Annie nomination in 2007. All three were in the category "Best Music in an Animated Television Production" and shared with series composer James L. Venable.[1] [2] [3] Her documentary film Hollywood, 90038 won the award for Best Documentary at the 2007 LA Femme Film Festival.[4] She has also composed music for the video games , , and Rabbids Land.

Personal life

Remington attended Pittsford Mendon High School and later Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in music technology at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2000.[5] [6]

Filmography

YearWorkCreditNotes
Dancing with AgnesWeapons specialistShort
Project RedlightComposer
Scary Movie 3Music pre-mixFilm
The Powerpuff GirlsAdditional music score, Music score byTV series
EuroTripMusic pre-mixFilm
Jersey Girl
Venom
Foster's Home for Imaginary FriendsMusic editor, composer39 episodes
Scary Movie 4Composer: additional musicFilm
Clerks IIMusic pre-mix; Performer: "An Evening in Paradise"
The ReefComposer: additional music
Happily N'Ever After
The Legend of the Grand DirectorComposerShort
Kickin' It Old SkoolComposer: additional musicFilm
The Last Day of Summer
SocketWriter"Last Night", "Everything Real", "Electric Current", "New Girl", "Saturday Afternoon"
Hollywood, 90038Director, editor, producerDocumentary
Music editorVideo
Music editor, composerTV movie
The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!Composer: additional musicTV short
Benny: Escaped ConvictComposerShort
Tour de FrightVideo short
Yay! Planes
Composer: additional musicVideo documentary short
Frequently Asked Questions About Time TravelComposer: additional music, music editorFilm
I Hope They Serve Beer in HellMusic editor
L.A. Bag BrothersComposerShort
Pretty the SeriesMusician1 episode
Music editorVideo
Broken SpringsNews reporterFilm
RubdownComposerShort
CalifornicationPerformer: "Can't Get Worse" (uncredited)TV series
If We Took a HolidayComposer: theme music; actress (Dancer)Short
ArmstrongComposerFilm
Oren's WayShort

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkShared withResult
Annie AwardsBest Music in an Animated Television ProductionFoster's Home for Imaginary FriendsJames L. Venable
James L. Venable
LA Femme Filmmaker AwardBest DocumentaryHollywood, 90038
Annie AwardsBest Music in an Animated Television ProductionFoster's Home for Imaginary FriendsJames L. Venable

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 33rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Recipients. AnnieAwards.org. ASIFA-Hollywood. 2013-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140214051957/http://annieawards.org/33rd-annie-awards. 2014-02-14. live.
  2. Web site: 34th Annual Annie Award Nominations and Awards Recipients. AnnieAwards.org. ASIFA-Hollywood. 2013-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322211430/http://annieawards.org/34th-annie-awards. 2016-03-22. live.
  3. Web site: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominations and Awards Recipients. AnnieAwards.org. ASIFA-Hollywood. 2013-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20081204082048/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html. 2008-12-04. live.
  4. Web site: Filmmaker Winners 2005–2011. 5 January 2010 . LA Femme Film Festival. 2013-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091214/http://www.lafemme.org/filmmaker-winners-2005-2010/. 2016-03-04. live.
  5. Web site: Hey Dogg! Productions, Inc.. HeyDogg.com. 2013-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20130503194259/http://www.heydogg.com/. 2013-05-03. live.
  6. Wired for Sound: Performing Arts Technology Celebrates 25 Years. Betsy. Goolian. 2010. 4. 2. Michigan Muse. University of Michigan. 2013-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20130901161501/http://www.music.umich.edu/muse/2010/spring/pat.html. 2013-09-01. live.