Clement, Shawn 1968- (Shawn K. Clement)

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Clement, Shawn 1968- (Shawn K. Clement)

PERSONAL

Born October 4, 1968, in Milford, MA; father, owner of a music store; married. Education: Graduated from the Berklee College of Music. Avocational Interests: Animal rights interests.

Addresses:

Office—Clemistry Music, Inc., P.O. Box 1382, Beverly Hills, CA. Agent—Soundtrack Music Associates, 2229 Cloverfield Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405; First Artists Management, 16000 Ventura Blvd., Suite 605, Encino, CA 91436; Zilito Music Group, 18020 Woodham Carne Rd., Sonora, CA 95370. Publicist—Costa Communications, 8265 Sunset Blvd., Suite 101, West Hollywood, CA 90046.

Career:

Composer. Worked as a session musician; played in bands in Los Angeles with various performers and at various venues. Affiliated with Clemistry Music, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA. Provided music for advertisements and promotional spots; also appeared in advertisements.

Awards, Honors:

ASCAP Award, most performed underscore, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 2000; Interactive Achievement Award nomination, outstanding achievement in original music composition, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, 2002, for Batman: Vengeance; G.A.N.G. Award nomination, best arrangement of a nonoriginal score, Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), 2004, for Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Production assistant and other work, Compromising Situations, Showtime, beginning 1994.

Theme music performer, World's Wildest Police Videos (also known as Police in Action, Police Videos, and WWPV), Fox, 1998-2002.

Music arranger for theme, The Man Show, Comedy Central, 2003-2004.

Music editor, I'm Still Alive! (live action and animated), UPN, 2004.

Television Work; Specials:

Music performer, The World's Scariest Police Chases, Fox, 1997.

Music performer, World's Scariest Police Chases 2, Fox, 1997.

Music performer, World's Scariest Police Chases 4, Fox, 1998.

Theme music performer, Surviving the Moment of Impact 3, Fox, 1999.

Theme music performer, World's Scariest Police Chases 6, Fox, 1999.

Music editor, musical director, and orchestrator, Greatest Moments 2003 (also known as TV Guide's "Greatest Moments 2003"), ABC, 2003.

Television Work; Episodic:

Performer of music and songs that have appeared in episodes of television programs and other productions.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Shawn Clement) Guitarist, "Singin' the Blues," Compromising Situations, Showtime, 1995.

Film Work:

Orchestrator and music editor, We Married Margo, 2000.

Orchestrator, Bad Girls from Valley High (also known as Bad Girls and A Fate Totally Worse Than Death), Universal Home Entertainment, c. 2005.

Performer of music and songs that have appeared in films and other productions.

RECORDINGS

Video Game Musician:

Donald Duck Goin' Quackers (also known as Donald Duck: Quack Attack), Ubisoft Entertainment, 2000.

Batman: Vengeance, Ubisoft Entertainment, 2001.

WRITINGS

Television Music; Series:

Women: Stories of Passion (also known as Night Affairs), syndicated, 1996-97.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as BtVS, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series, Nightfall, Bafi, ubica vampira, Buffy, a vampirok reme, Buffy, cacadora de vampiros, Buffy contre les vampires, Buffy i vampirofonissa, Buffy—Im Bann der Daemonen, Buffy, l'ammazzavampiri, Buffy, la cazavampiros, Buffy och vampyrerna, Buffy—Vampyrdaeberen, Buffy vampyrdoedaren, Buffy—Vampyrenes skrekk, Buffy—Vampyrernes skraek, and Buffy, vampyyrintappaja), The WB, 1997-98.

World's Wildest Police Videos (also known as Police in Action, Police Videos, and WWPV), Fox, 1998-2002.

World's Most Amazing Videos, NBC, 1999-2000.

World's Best Kept Secrets, The Learning Channel, beginning 2000.

Million Dollar Mysteries, Fox, 2000-2001.

The Stuntmen's World Tour, Travel Channel, beginning 2001.

Are You Hot? The Search for America's Sexiest People (also known as Are You Hot?), ABC, 2002-2003.

High School Reunion, The WB, c. 2003-2004.

(As Shawn Clement) I'm Still Alive! (live action and animated), UPN, 2004.

Best Week Ever, VH1, 2004-2005.

(With Roy Braverman) Megas XLR (animated; also known as LowBrow), Cartoon Network, 2004-2005.

Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, MTV, 2004-2005.

Queer Eye for the Straight Girl, Bravo, 2005.

(With Rebecca Gwynne and Leah O'Donnell) My Super Sweet 16, MTV, beginning 2005.

Room Raiders: Miami (also known as Room Raiders), MTV, beginning 2005.

American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (also known as American Idol, American Idol 2, American Idol 3, and American Idol 4), Fox, beginning 2006.

American Idol Extra, Fox Reality, beginning 2006.

World's Most Amazing Videos (also known as Spike Presents "World's Most Amazing Videos" and Spike's "Most Amazing Videos"), Spike, beginning 2006.

Most Shocking, Court TV, 2006-2007, truTV, 2008—.

Most Daring, Court TV, 2007, truTV, 2008—.

Some sources state that Clement composed music for other television productions.

Television Theme Music; Series:

The Savage Dragon (animated), USA Network, 1995-96.

Wind on Water, NBC, 1998.

World's Wildest Police Videos (also known as Police in Action, Police Videos, and WWPV), Fox, 1998-2002.

Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape (also known as Totally Outrageous Behavior), Fox, beginning c. 2002.

The Man Show, Comedy Central, 2003-2004.

(As Shawn Clement) I'm Still Alive! (live action and animated), UPN, 2004.

Television Additional Music; Series:

California Dreams (also known as Dreams), NBC, 1993-94.

(Various cues) Every Woman, syndicated, beginning 2000.

(Various cues) $25 Million Dollar Hoax, NBC, 2004.

Brainiac: History Abuse, Sky TV, beginning 2005.

(Various cues) Safari Tracks, beginning 2005.

Television Music; Movies:

A Rock and a Hard Place, Showtime, 1997.

Code Red (also known as Code Red: The Rubicon Conspiracy), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001.

Television Music; Specials:

The World's Scariest Police Chases, Fox, 1997.

World's Scariest Police Chases 2, Fox, 1997.

World's Deadliest Storms, ABC, 1998.

World's Scariest Police Chases 4, Fox, 1998.

Surviving the Moment of Impact 2, Fox, 1999.

Surviving the Moment of Impact 3, Fox, 1999.

When Good Pets Go Bad, Fox, 1999.

World's Deadliest Earthquakes, ABC, 1999.

World's Most Astounding Undercover Stings, 1999.

World's Most Dangerous Police Videos, 1999.

World's Most Death Defying Stunts, 1999.

World's Most Heroic Fire Fighters, 1999.

World's Most Incredible Hostage Rescues, 1999.

World's Scariest Police Chases 6, Fox, 1999.

Getting a Ticket in America, Fox, 2000.

When Good Pets Go Bad 2, Fox, 2000.

World's Scariest Ghosts: Caught on Tape, ABC, 2000.

Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?, Fox, 2001.

Surviving the Moment of Impact 4, Fox, 2001.

The Fritz Pollard Story, ESPN, 2002.

The Glutton Bowl, Fox, 2002.

World's Craziest Police Chases, Fox, 2002.

(As Shawn Clement) World's Fastest Police Chases, Fox, 2002.

Greatest Moments 2003 (also known as TV Guide's "Greatest Moments 2003"), ABC, 2003.

Composer of various installments of World's Most Dramatic Police Chases, TNT; of other installments of World's Scariest Police Chases, Fox; of World's Scariest Police Stings; and for other programs.

Television Theme Music; Specials:

Surviving the Moment of Impact 3, Fox, 1999.

World's Scariest Police Chases 6, Fox, 1999.

Getting a Ticket in America, Fox, 2000.

Surviving the Moment of Impact 4, Fox, 2001.

(As Shawn Clement) World's Craziest Police Chases, Fox, 2002.

(As Shawn Clement) World's Fastest Police Chases, Fox, 2002.

Television Music; Episodic:

"New Year's Eve," Making the Band, ABC, 2000.

"Breaking Away," Life on a Stick (also known as Related by Family), Fox, 2005.

"Car Wash," The '70s House (also known as MTV's "The '70s House"), MTV, 2005.

"The Sheds/Shiny Thing," My Gym Partner's a Monkey (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006.

Also composed music for Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), NBC; As the World Turns, CBS; Comedy Bytes, NBC; Damon, Fox; Entertainment Tonight (also known as Entertainment This Week, E.T., ET Weekend, and This Week in Entertainment), syndicated; Extra (also known as Extra: Entertainment Magazine), syndicated; Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light), CBS; Women, Showtime; and World's Most …, The Learning Channel. Composed underscore for The Guiding Light (also known as Guiding Light), CBS. Composer of music and songs that have appeared in episodes of television programs and other productions.

Television Additional Music; Episodic:

"The Toynbee Convector," The Ray Bradbury Theater (also known as The Bradbury Trilogy, Mystery Theatre, Ray Bradbury Theater, Le monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury, and Ray Bradbury presente), USA Network, 1990.

"Shooting Stars," The Heights, Fox, 1992.

"Fire with Fire," Crime & Punishment, NBC, 1993.

"Lovers Walk," Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as BtVS, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series, Nightfall, Bafi, ubica vampira, Buffy, a vampirok reme, Buffy, cacadora de vampiros, Buffy contre les vampires, Buffy i vampirofonissa, Buffy—Im Bann der Daemonen, Buffy, l'ammazzavampiri, Buffy, la cazavampiros, Buffy och vampyrerna, Buffy—Vampyrdaeberen, Buffy vampyrdoedaren, Buffy—Vampyrenes skrekk, Buffy—Vampyrernes skraek, and Buffy, vampyyrintappaja), The WB, 1998.

"The Lemon AIDS Walk," Drawn Together (animated), Comedy Central, 2006.

Composed additional music for other programs, including Ally McBeal, Fox; Donny & Marie (also known as Donny and Marie Hour), syndicated; Marriedwith Children (also known as Not the Cosbys), Fox; The Maury Povich Show, syndicated; and The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated.

Television Music; Pilots:

Getaway, UPN, 2001.

The Papdits (also known as Untitled Art Hines Project), CBS, 2006.

Television Theme Music; Pilots:

Getaway, UPN, 2001.

The Time Tunnel, Fox, 2002.

Film Music:

(And song "Somewhere out of Knowhere"), The Crier (also known as Demoness), E.I. Independent Cinema, 1995.

God of Rockabilly, MSH Entertainment, 1995.

No Way Back, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1996.

One Way Out, Arrow Releasing, 1996.

Critics and Other Freaks, Niuwirth Pictures, 1997.

Madam Savant, Maui Heat Entertainment, 1997.

Oblivion, 1997.

Sand Trap, PM Entertainment Group, 1998.

The Inside Line, 1999.

Last Chance, Leo Films, 1999.

We Married Margo, 2000.

Justifiable Homicide (documentary), Channel Four Film/Reality, 2002.

One Time Session (short film), Forever Films, 2003.

Catching Kringle (animated short film), Animax Entertainment/Jellyman Productions, 2004.

Venus on the Halfshell, KOAN, 2004, director's cut known as A Little Deception.

2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey (animated; also known as Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey), Jupiter 9 Productions, c. 2004.

Charming (short film), 2005.

Bad Girls from Valley High (also known as Bad Girls and A Fate Totally Worse Than Death), Universal Home Entertainment, c. 2005.

Karla, Quantum Entertainment, 2006.

Life after Death (short film), 2006.

Naked beneath the Water, Jupiter 9 Productions, 2006.

Unreachable (short film), Dream Seekers Productions, 2006.

Christmas Spirit (short film), Pineapple Uncle Productions, 2007.

The Drifter (short film), Kaluna Productions, 2007.

Easter Bunny Super Hero (short film), 2007.

June Cabin, Polychrome Pictures, 2007.

Some sources cite Clement as the composer for other productions, including Shaky Grounds.

Film Additional Music:

One Way Out, Arrow Releasing, 1996.

Scream Queen, Tatiana Bliss Picture, 2003.

Swimming Upstream, Hoyts Distribution, 2003, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2005.

Venus on the Halfshell, KOAN, 2004, director's cut known as A Little Deception.

Havoc, New Line Home Video, 2005.

Composer of music and songs that have appeared in films and other productions.

Video Game Music:

Tarzan (also known as Disney's "Tarzan"), 1999.

Donald Duck Goin' Quackers (also known as Donald Duck: Quack Attack), Ubisoft Entertainment, 2000.

Batman: Vengeance, Ubisoft Entertainment, 2001.

Tarzan Untamed (also known as Disney's "Tarzan Untamed " and Tarzan: Free Ride), Ubisoft Entertainment, 2001.

World's Scariest Police Chases, Activision, 2001.

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, Ubisoft Entertainment, 2003.

The Sims 2 (also known as Sims 2), Electronic Arts, 2004.

Kim Possible: What's the Switch? (also known as Disney's "Kim Possible: What's the Switch?"), Buena Vista Games, 2006.

Open Season, Ubisoft Entertainment, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Clemistry Music,http://www.clemistry.com, June 3, 2008.

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