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Joel Pickard

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Joel Pickard

Biography

Composer of music and sound for film and episodic series.

His work includes scoring three seasons of Art in the Twenty-First Century (PBS), as well as the title sequence and episodic music for The Weekly and The New York Times Presents. His music has premiered at Sundance, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and RiverRun, among others.

He has created music for projects with The New York Times and the Smithsonian Institution, and developed sonic identities for Sundance, BritBox, and HBO.

As a multi-instrumentalist with formal training in classical guitar and cello, he favors recording with real instruments, focusing on natural performance, texture, and nuance. As a curious sonic explorer, he also creates sound with analog synthesizers and modern digital production techniques.

He holds an M.A. in Composition from Mills College, where he studied with Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, and Pauline Oliveros, and served as a teaching assistant to Pauline Oliveros (Deep Listening). He earned a B.A. in Music from Bethel University.

Based in Portland, Oregon

Known For

Sound

2026Oh Whale...Original Music Composer
2023Strong Grandma...Original Music Composer
2021Who Gets To Be an Influencer?...Main Title Theme Composer
2020The New York Times Presents...Main Title Theme Composer
2019The Weekly...Main Title Theme Composer
2018Touch...Music
2017Of Minor Prophets...Music
2017Deidra & Laney Rob a Train...Original Music Composer
2014Drunktown's Finest...Original Music Composer
2001art21...Original Music Composer

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