John Kaefer Composer
FILM
How to Be Alone (Upcoming, Short) 4WT Media
Director: Kate Trefry
Producers: John Trefry, James Mitchell, David Carrico
Starring: Evan Miller
Only (Upcoming) Tadmor
Director: Takashi Doscher
Producers: Eyal Rimmon, Gabrielle Pickle, Jim Kaufman
Starring: Freida Pinto, Leslie Odom Jr., Chandler Riggs
Reconnected Tica Productions
Director: Summer-Joy Main
Producers: Derek Classen, Summer-Joy Main
Starring: Barbara Bain, Kerry O’Malley, Robert Kerbeck
Apostle Paul: The Final Verdict The Nexus Project
Director: Robert Orlando
Producer: Robert Orlando
Night Sweats Time Will Tell Productions
Director: Andrew Lyman-Clarke
Producers: Andrew Lyman-Clarke, Seth Panman
Starring: Carly Faucett, John Wesley Shipp, Brett Azar
Mama’s Boy (Additional Music) Warner Brothers
Director: Tim Hamilton
Producers: Heidi Santelli, Steve Carr, Ravi D. Mehta
Starring: Jon Heder, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels
Pandora’s Box (Short) Back Pocket Productions
Director: Thomas G. Waites
Producer: Gila Zalon
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Frances Fisher, Mitchell Greenberg
Silence Patton (Documentary) The Nexus Project
Director: Robert Orlando
Producers: Mark Joseph, Brian McDonald, John Sullivan
Starring: Leland Prater, Debbi Tucker, Ricky Aynes
A Polite Bribe (Documentary) Nexus Media
Director: Robert Orlando
Producers: Brian McDonald, Margo Cincotta, Ted Deutsch
Starring: Paul Achtemeieir, Dominick Crossan, Bart D. Ehrman
The Rise And Fall Nash Productions
Director: Nash Bhatt
Producers: Nash Bhatt
Starring: Tony Black, Omar Alcaraz, Nash Bhatt
Lily Of The Feast (Short)
Director: Federico Castelluccio
Producers: TJ Sansone, Tyagi Schwartz
Starring: John Bianco, Federico Castelluccio, Damien Di Paola
Dance School: Julliard (Documentary) Eye Opener Productions
Director: Carlos Chacon, Elyse Sara
Forget Me Not (Short) YMC Films
Director: Federico Castelluccio
Producers: Yvonne Maria Schäfer
Starring: Yvonne Maria Schäfer, Peter Greene, Federico Castelluccio
They Say Its Wonderful Slade Productions
Director: Mitchell Kase
Producer: Mitchell Kase
Starring: William Stone Mahoney, Jeannine Moore
Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience (Additional Music) Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Bruce Hendricks
Producers: Phil McIntyre, Arthur F. Repola, Alan Sacks
Starring: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas
Room Service (Short, Additional Music) Silver Hill Entertainment
Director: Kevin Castro
Producers: Mark Andrews, Jeremy Becker, Chris Bunker
Starring: Howie Mandel, Brandy Grace, Matthew Jaeger
TELEVISION
Party Boat (TV Film) Crackle
Director: Dylan Kidd
Producers: Douglas Banker, Jaime Burke, Alex Garinger
Starring: Brett Davern, Demetrius Bridges, Katie Leclerc
Making Moves Fullscreen Network
Director: John Swetnam
Producers: Benjamin J. Murphy, Christopher Scott
Starring: Megan Batoon, Patrick Cook, Dexter Darden
Sequestered Crackle/Sony Pictures Television
Director: Kevin Tancharoen, Shawn Ku
Producers: Vahan Paretchan, Barry M. Schkolnick, Jaime Burke
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Darri Ingolfsson, Summer Glau
Good Morning America (2007-2014) ABC
Producers: Carole Leigh Podell, Michelle Major, Sarah Ruth
Starring: Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee
20/20 (2009-Present) ABC
Producers: David Sloan, Joseph Diaz
Starring: Elizabeth Vargas, Barbara Walters, Chris Cuomo
Monday Mornings (Additional Music) TNT
Producers: Bill D’Elia, Sanjay Gupta, David E. Kelley
Starring: Ving Rhames, Jamie Bamber, Jennifer Finnigan
Would You Fall For That? ABC
Producers: Mark Edlitz, Harrison Greenbaum
Starring: Brian Distance, Hassin Godling
Discovery Music Source Various Networks
Focus Earth With Bob Woodruff (Theme Music) Discovery Channel / ABC
Producers: John Green, Timothy Kuryak, Vinnie Malhotra
Dance School: Julliard The Documentary Channel
Director: Carlos Chacon, Elyse Sara
TELEVISION – Additional Music (Selected)
Shark Tank ABC
America’s Got Talent NBC
The Celebrity Apprentice NBC
The View ABC
The Biggest Loser NBC
Primetime: What Would You Do ABC
There Goes The Neighborhood CBS
Great American Road Trip NBC
Here Come The Newlyweds ABC
Who Do You Think You Are NBC
INTERACTIVE
Quantum Break Remedy Entertainment / Microsoft Studios
Director: Sam Lake
Platform: Xbox One
Music for the game, as well as the live action series within the game.
ADVERTISING (Selected Campaigns)
Mercedes “Premier Express”
National Geographic “Killing Lincoln” Promos
Simmons “Experts”
HP “Security”
IBM (Various)
LG “Spy”
ABC News (Various)
Pfizer, Chantix “My Time”
Mariott (Various)
SELECTED CONCERT MUSIC
States Of Motion (concerto for piano and strings)
Premiered by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra and Molly Morkoski (piano)
MOSAIC (for large orchestra)
Premiered at Carnegie Hall. Pacific Symphony; NY Youth Symphony
Revolutions Per Minute (for large orchestra)
The Haddonfield Symphony
FRACTURE (for large orchestra)
Yale Philharmonica; Julliard Orchestra
Paths Of Movement (for violin and piano)
Cyrus Beroukhim, violin; Jesse Mills, violin
Nocturne: Evening Fire (for solo piano)
Molly Morkoski, piano
Just Out Of Reach (for viola and laptop)
Jessica Meyer, viola
Psalm 27 (for baritone, chorus, and chamber orchestra)
Chamber Symphony Of NJ/Summit Chorale
Time Capsule I (for solo piano)
Donald Dolan; Blair McMillen
Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Lawrence Power, viola
Silhouettes (for flute, violin, and viola)
Les Amis Musicalles
THANATOS (for percussion quartet)
Eastman Percussion Ensemble
SELECTED AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
The Academy Of Arts And Letters, Charles Ives Scholarship
BMI Foundation, Pete Carpenter Fellowship Award and SCA Award
ASCAP Foundation, Morton Gould Composer Award
The Barlow Foundation, Meet The Composer, The American Music Center, Yaddo Arts Colony
Panelist/Advisor to Mike Post for the BMI Foundation Pete Carpenter Fellowship (2007-2010)
ComposersNow, Board Of Advisors
Society Of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), Mentor
The American Composers Orchestra, Guest Composer/Instructor, Film Music Factory Program
EDUCATION
The Juilliard School
Doctor Of Musical Arts in Composition; C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow; Cartwright Scholarship; Henry Mancini Fellowship
Yale University
Master Of Music in Composition; John D. Jackson Scholar
Eastman School Of Music
Bachelor Of Music in Composition; G. Eastman Scholar