Paul
Buckley
Composer
Paul Buckley earned his BA in Media Studies from Pomona College in 1992,
and quickly found a musical home in the Burbank studio of now-retired
Seinfeld composer Jonathan Wolff. Buckley scored dozens of television
comedies as part of Wolff’s team, including NBC’s hit Will & Grace and
FOX’s critically acclaimed Action, before leaving in 2001.
In the ensuing years, and across a succession of workspaces that included
a Chinatown art gallery, Buckley wrote songs and scores for feature films
(Happily N’ever After, Happily N’ever After 2 from Lionsgate), animated
series (Wallykazam, Spaceballs: The Animated Series), and a steady
stream of prime time TV comedies (Oliver Beene, 2 Broke Girls).
In 2015, Buckley built a new studio in downtown Los Angeles, designed to
be a permanent professional home for an ever-broadening scope of work,
with a recent focus on kids’ TV (Octonauts, Odd Squad, Go, Dog,
Go!). He’s currently busy with a series of songwriting assignments for
Paw Patrol.
Paul is also writing a screenplay with his cousin, award-winning poet
Douglas Kearney, chronicling the life and violent death of their great-great-
grandfather in the post-Reconstruction South.
Paul is the husband of Leticia Buckley, CEO of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes.
They have a twenty-year-old daughter, Liliana, and a sixteen-year-old son,
Miles.
Selected Credits
FILM
Journeys (Upcoming)
Moonlight Man Productions
Director: Olive Gallagher
Producers: Dawn Green
Starring: James Morrison, Laila Robins, Julie Fain Lawrence
Hatched (Short)
Jora Creative
Director: Rachel Annette Helson
Producers: Josh Banks, Rachel Annette Helson
Starring: Melissa Ponzio, Nicole Pacent, Josh Banks
Odd Squad: The Movie
PBS
Director: J.J. Johnson
Producers: Blair Powers, Paul Siefken
Starring: Millie Davis, Olivia Presti, Isaac Kragten
BFFs
Sneaky Pete Productions
Director: Andrew Putschoegl
Producers: Andrea Grano, Tara Karsian
Starring: Larisa Oleynik, Sean Maher, Pat Carroll
Happily N’Ever After 2
Lionsgate
Director: Steven E. Gordon, Boyd Kirkland
Producers: Loris Kramer Lunsford, Jason Netter, Susan Norkin
The Eye (Additional Songs)
Lionsgate
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Producers: Tom Cruise, Don Granger, Paula Wagner
Starring: Jessica Alba
Happily N’Ever After
Lionsgate
Director: Paul Bolger
Producers: John H. Williams
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Siqourney Weaver, George Carlin
SERIES
Ada Twist, Scientist (Composer)
Netflix
Producers: Chris Nee, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Andrea Beaty, Mark Burton
Starring: Amanda Christine, Nicholas Crovetti, Taye Diggs
Go Dog, Go! (Composer, Songs)
Netflix
Producers: Morgana Duque | Adam Peltzman
Starring: Michela Luci, Callum Shoniker, Lyon Smith
Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef (Composer, Songs)
Netflix
Producers: Kim Dent Wilder, Michael Hefferon, Rachel Simon
Starring: Teresa Gallagher, Simon Greenall, Richard Grieve
Helpsters (Composer, Songs)
Apple TV+
Producers: Alex Fox, Rachel Lewis, Michael J. Cargill, Jackie Stolfi
Starring: Jennifer Barnhart, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Ingrid Hansen
Odd Squad
PBS
Director: Ryan McFaul
Producer: Koyalee Chanda
Wallykazam
Nick Jr.
Producers: Adam Peltzman, Koyalee Chanda
Starring: Dan Bittner, Thomas Langston, Jorge Vega
2 Broke Girls (Additional Music)
CBS
Producers: Michael Patrick King, Whitney Cummings
Starring: Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs, Garrett Morris
$#*! My Dad Says
CBS
Producers: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick, Jeffrey Astrof, Justin Halpern
Starring: William Shatner, Jonathan Sadowski, Nicole Sullivan
Sherri
Lifetime
Producers: David Flebotte, Nina Wass, Werner Walian, Gene Stein
Starring: Sherri Shepherd
Gary Unmarried
CBS
Producers: Ed Yeager, Ric Swartzlander
Starring: Jay Mohr, Larry Miller, Ashley Farley
Hot in Cleveland (Pilot)
TV Land
Producers: Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Bob Heath
Starring: Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, Betty White
SERIES (CONTINUED)
Retired at 35 (Pilot)
TV Land
Producers: Christopher Case, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis
Starring: George Segal, Johnathan McClain, Josh McDermitt, Ryan Michelle Bathe
Do Not Disturb
FOX
Producers: Carolyn Bernstein, Brian Dobbins, H.T. Owens
Starring: Alina Andrei
Untitled David Kohan/Max Mutchnick Project (Pilot)
ABC
Producers: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick
Starring: Ayda Field, Josh Cooke, Diana-Maria Riva
The Fleeps (Pilot)
Nickelodeon
Producers: Tim McKeon
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
BFC Berliner Film Companie
Producers: Mel Brooks, Antje Burkard, Lawrence Longo
Starring: Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga
Roommates (Pilot)
ABC Family Channel
Producers: Franco Bario, Robin French, Kieron Quirke
Starring: David Weidoff
Back to You
FOX
Producers: Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Andy Gordon, Gail Lerner
Starring: Ty Burrell, Kelsey Grammar, Patricia Heaton, Laura Marano
Out of Jimmy’s Head
Cartoon Network
Producers: David Brookwell, Bruce Hurwit, Eric Kaplan, Timothy McKeon
Starring: Dominic Janes, Jon Kent Ethridge, Bill Dwyer, Matt Knudsen
Thick and Thin
NBC
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Paula Pell, JoAnn Alfano
Starring: Jessica Capshaw, Sharon Gless
Twins
WB
Producers: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick
Starring: Sara Gilbert, Melanie Griffith
Breadwinners
ABC Family Channel
Producers: Gale Anne Hurd, Stephen Tao
Starring: Jordan Belfi, Elizabeth Bogush
Will & Grace (Special Material)
NBC
Producers: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick
Starring: Eric McCormick, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes
Living With Fran
WB
Producers: Fran Drescher, Jamie Kennedy
Starring: Fran Drescher, Branden Williams
Less Than Perfect (Special Material)
ABC
Producers: Dionne Kirschner, Robert Heath
Starring: Sara Rue, Andy Dick, Eric Roberts
Dick Van Dyke Revisited
CBS
Producer: Carl Reiner
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Ray Romano
Oliver Beene
FOX
Producer: Jeff Morton
Starring: Grant Rosenmeyer, Grant Shaud
The Alan Brady Show*
TV Land
Producer: Carl Reiner
Starring: Carl Reiner
Go Fish*
NBC
Producer: Adam Herz
Starring: Kieran Culkin, Andy Dick, Joe Flaherty
SERIES (CONTINUED)
Rude Awakening*
Showtime
Producer: Peter Guber
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn, Lynn Redgrave, Mario Van Peebles
Ladies Man*
CBS
Producer: Chris Thompson
Starring: Alfred Molina, Sharon Lawrence, Betty White
Smart Guy
WB
Producer: Suzanne Coston
Starring: Tahj Mowry, John Marshall Jones, Essence Atkins
Unhappily Ever After
WB
Producer: Ron Leavitt
Starring: Nikki Cox, Geoffrey Pierson, Bob Goldthwait
Malcolm & Eddie
UPN
Producer: David W. Duclon
Starring: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Eddie Griffin
Action
FOX
Producers: Ted Demme, Joel Silver
Starring: Jay Mohr, Illeana Douglas, Buddy Hackett
The Hughleys*
UPN
Producers: Bob Greenblatt, David Janollari
Starring: D.L. Hughley, Elise Neal
Talk To Me*
ABC
Producer: Marshall Boone
Starring: Beverly D’Angelo, Kyra Sedgwick
Movie Stars*
WB
Producer: Wayne Lemon
Starring: Harry Hamlin, Jennifer Grant
The Army Show*
WB
Producer: J.J. Wall
Starring: David Anthony Higgins, Craig Anton
Alright Already
WB
Producer: Stephen Engel
Starring: Carol Leifer, Amy Yasbeck
Holding The Baby
FOX
Producer: Rosalind Moore
Starring: Jon Patrick Walker, Eddie McClintock
You’re The One
WB
Producer: Max Tash
Starring: Cynthia Geary, Elon Gold
Kelly Kelly*
WB
Producer: David A. Caplan
Starring: Shelley Long, Robert Hays
Head Over Heels*
UPN
Producer: Jeff Franklin
Starring: Peter Dobson, Eva LaRue Callahan
Townies
ABC
Producers: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman
That’s Life
ABC
Producer: Eric Gilliland
Starring: Gerry Red Wilson, Nadia Dajani
Can’t Hurry Love
CBS
Producer: Jonathan Axelrod
Starring: Nancy McKeon, Louis Mandylor
*Theme Music