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Jared Faber (also known as J-Radical) is an American musician, composer, and producer who works primarily in television and film. He composed the theme songs for Oobi, As Told by Ginger, Emily's Reasons Why Not, and Suburgatory. He has won multiple Grammy Awards and been nominated for an Emmy Award.

Career

Faber was raised in New York City, where he attended High School of Performing Arts, and later continued his music education at Berklee College of Music, studying jazz arranging and composition. He is half of the production team Urban Legend, with partner Kool Kojak, and founded the label "Blind Lemon Music". Faber resides and is established working in Los Angeles.

Faber composed the music for the ABC show Emily's Reasons Why Not starring Heather Graham. In addition to the episodic scoring, Faber co-wrote the theme song with frequent collaborator Emily Kapnek, which was performed by Macy Gray.

Faber's forays into Latin music have led to him scoring the Fox pilot “Ernesto” starring Wilmer Valderrama, which had a decidedly Mexican style as well as collaborating with Wilmer and Rosario Dawson on the viral web series, "Voto Latino".

Faber contributed music to the film The Long Shots starring Ice Cube, featuring its song Faber co-wrote and produced, performed by Chris Pierce and Sy Smith.

Credits

Television

• * 2006 Emmy nomination for excellence in music composition-direction

Film

Video games

Discography

References

1. http://www.blindlemonmusic.com/press/PRESS%20-%20Not%20Just%20Kids%20Stuff%20-%20EMPIRE.pdf
2. ^ "Variety.com - Emmy noms wide Eyed". www.variety.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
3. "About". Archived from the original on January 27, 2016.
4. "Never Sweating the Technique: J-Radical and Kool Kojak Take Urban Legend Collabo to Next Level-This Time with a Tropical Swagger". December 16, 2009.
5. "Blind Lemon Music".
6. "Declare Yourself Goes Old 'Skool' and Gets Out the Vote with New Animated PSAs - Declare Yourself". Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
7. "Being Bobby Brown Television show - Being Bobby Brown TV Show - Yahoo! TV". tv.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
8. http://web2.sundancechannel.com/festival/31-days-of-sundance/drop-back-ten

External links

• Jared Faber at IMDb
• Jared Faber: Songwriter • Composer • Producer • Musician
• Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

• Living people
• American male composers
• Animation composers
• 21st-century American composers
• Musicians from Los Angeles
• Berklee College of Music alumni
• Composers from New York City
• 21st-century American male musicians