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Jeff Cardoni

Jeff Cardoni

Composer · Born January 10, 1972 (54) · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Jeff Cardoni's talents range from intimate independent fare to full orchestral majesty. With over 50 feature film scores and several network series to his credit, one can hear his work worldwide every day. His unique ability to cross genres has made him a powerful player in the film composing industry. Jeff originally studied classical piano while playing percussion in school orchestra. But it would be rock and roll that would lead him to Los Angeles in 1997. After a brief stint as lead guitarist for the Warner Bros. band "Alien Crime Syndicate," Jeff left to pursue film scoring full time. He worked under several Hollywood composers including John Murphy (Snatch, 28 Days Later) while studying conducting and orchestration at UCLA. He was voted ASCAP 2019 TV Composer of The Year and nominated again in 2020 alongside Lorne Balfe, Bear McCreary, and Mark Snow. His body of work ranges from studio features such as Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Step Up: All In, and Just Friends, to independent films such as The Confirmation from Oscar nominated Bob Nelson (Nebraska) and the Sundance darling The Vicious Kind. His television scores include the STARZ wrestling drama Heels, the top-rated CBS comedy series Ghosts, the Mike Judge hit Silicon Valley for HBO, CBS drama Training Day with the late Bill Paxton, the highest rated comedy of the year Young Sheldon for Chuck Lorre, and the worldwide Jerry Bruckheimer produced hit CSI: Miami. Jeff is also an active songwriter, penning the theme songs to STARZ's Heels (co-written with Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses), FX's The League, MTV's "Pimp My Ride", and Fox's MadTV, with songs appearing countless films, including "Hard Knock Life" with Mike Myers in Austin Powers, "Long Road Home" featuring Gene Simmons of Kiss for CSI, and collaborating with Minnie Driver for an updated version of classic "I've Got a Golden Ticket" with a live orchestra recorded at the Fox Newman stage. Jeff also produced several songs with Jon Lajoie for the soundtrack to The League and a Lexus Super Bowl spot with legendary alternative rock group The Pixies. He recently produced a re-imagined version of the Mariah Carey classic track "Fantasy" for the Ryan Reynolds starring, Shawn Levy directed Fox feature "Freeguy," featuring vocals by actress Jodie Komar (Killing Eve). Other scores include the Golden Globe winning Netflix series The Kominsky Method, starring Academy Award winners Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin, the Bad Boys spin-off series LA's Finest for Jerry Bruckheimer, the reboot of Turner and Hooch for Disney Plus, and the HBO documentary film Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off. Upcoming projects include the feature the sci-fi drama "Zone" for Apple TV by Matt Hastings (Handmaid's Tale), the feature "Players" for Netflix directed by Trish Sie (Pitch Perfect 3), and the comedy feature "Me Time," starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Hart, directed by John Hamburg (Meet the Fockers) for Netflix.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 10, 1972 (54)
From
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
79 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 28% in 30 days

What are Jeff Cardoni's films like?

Across their 64 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy29 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
47%
Self
23%
Morality
11%
Survival
9%
Society
6%
Power
3%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds26 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship18 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity13 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 52 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 39 · Serious 11 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 32 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 23 · Charged 25 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 30 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 6

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 25

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 30 · Relentless 5

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 43 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 47 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
23
Warm
23
Absurd
26
Tense
22
Romantic
13
Other
63

How their films linger

Feel-good38 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun28 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy28
  • Bittersweet21
  • Ambiguous14
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jeff Cardoni's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 60 of their 79 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (23).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeff Cardoni's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

89 credits, 79 with a MovieCove page.

  • Free Bert(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Eternally Yours(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Youth(2026)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • A Merry Little Ex-Mas(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Playdate(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Ransom Canyon(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage(2024)

    Show 44 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Players(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Fallen(2024)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • The Franchise(2024)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Extended Family(2023)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Dark Asset(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Sitting in Bars with Cake(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Maximum Truth(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • White House Plumbers(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Sweetwater(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • SmartLess: On the Road(2023)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Circuit Breakers(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Me Time(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Royal(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • American Auto(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Ghosts(2021)

    Show 94 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Ride the Eagle(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Paradise Cove(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Deputy(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • United We Fall(2020)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Same Time, Next Christmas(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Can You Keep a Secret?(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • L.A.'s Finest(2019)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Huge in France(2019)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • All You Ever Wished For(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Malicious(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Furlough(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Status Update(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • A.P. Bio(2018)

    Show 42 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Young Sheldon(2017)

    Show 141 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Female Brain(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Time in Venice(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Girlboss(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Bad Kids of Crestview Academy(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Speechless(2016)

    Show 18 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Confirmation(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Helicopter Mom(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Better Half(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Miss Meadows(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Step Up All In(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Authors Anonymous(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Full Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • The Michael J. Fox Show(2013)

    Show 22 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Finding Joy(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • A Perfect Man(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Teach(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Secret Lives of Dorks(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • West End(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Guns, Girls and Gambling(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Denise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • You and I(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Secrets in the Walls(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Open Season 3(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Peep World(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • See You in September(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Chameleon(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Vicious Kind(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The League(2009)

    Show 84 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • All's Faire in Love(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • A Good Funeral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Miss March(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Beer for My Horses(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Miss Guided (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer

  • American Pie Presents: Beta House(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • More of Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Firehouse Dog(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Wedding Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Bonneville(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Love and Debate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Just Friends(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Seven Days(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Love for Rent(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Composer

  • April's Shower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • Where the Red Fern Grows(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Going Down(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 74 titles from 2003 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Step Up All In (2014)

$86M worldwide

Highest rated

Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music74 of 74: 74 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

2000s21 · crew2010s31 · crew2020s22 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jeff Cardoni's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 56; across their 52 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Approval · how many liked their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 52

Midcredits score across 79 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th33
  • Below 25th26

Shape of the crowd

44 of their 79 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic9
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed44

Most divisive · composer

Teach (2013)

94th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 53/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jeff Cardoni's work okay for kids?

Across up to 23 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles10–61 · median 31 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity23 titles22–67 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity17 titles33–88 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles13–60 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense14 titles8–46 · median 18 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jeff Cardoni work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeff Cardoni's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Winnick shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles