Wayne Jones is a Southern California-based television composer, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and inventor, best known for his underscore and songs for television shows such as White Collar and Graceland, and for songs featured in The Flash, The Resident, Criminal Minds, House M.D., and Parenthood.
As a composer for online media, Wayne was contracted by Google to create original music for the YouTube Audio Library, composing soundtrack cues and songs across genres including cinematic, pop, ambient, and hip-hop.
His work for film includes additional music for That Thing You Do, Tuesdays with Morrie, and the Barbra Streisand–Seth Rogen film The Guilt Trip.
As a pianist and keyboardist, Wayne has performed with numerous touring jazz and classical artists, recorded and performed concert works with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and led his own jazz trio in Tokyo and Los Angeles.
His works for advertising include music for The NFL, Viasat, Playtex, Campbell’s Soup, Pfizer, Lever, and the 2008 Obama presidential campaign.
He is also recognized for his work as a songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer for Lifescapes Music and RedTulip Music.
Wayne has received numerous television performance awards from SESAC for his underscore compositions for White Collar and Graceland, as well as awards for songs featured in House M.D., Parenthood, and other television shows and films.
He is currently a part-time faculty member at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School in Manhattan, where he teaches courses in underscore analysis and composition, including Scoring in the Style Of... and Sound and Story. He also directs the Radiohead, Boygenius, and Steely Dan ensembles.
Previously, Wayne spent four years as a Lecturer in Audio Design at the University of Southern California’s Iovine and Young Academy, teaching courses such as Audio & Media Integration, Audio Design Toolbox, and a special topics course exploring the narrative role of sound and audio in product design, environmental design, immersive environments, and multimedia.
In the field of design, Wayne is the co-founder of Vidami and Co-inventor of Vidami’s patented foot-controlled devices for looping, slowing down, and navigating video content for friction-free learning on YouTube and over 70 other online learning platforms.