Sean Callery

Sean Callery
Press Kit
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SEAN CALLERY
composer
With a total of 12 Emmy® nominations and three wins under his belt, composer Sean Callery is currently scoring the
second season to Showtime’s award-winning drama, “Homeland,” as well as CBS’ new fall series “Elementary,” which
centers around the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson in modern day New York City.
Known for composing the suspense-driven scores on FOX’s hit series “24,” Callery earned nine Emmy® nominations
throughout the course of the show, which ran for eight seasons and included the 2008 TV movie “24: Redemption.”
Of those nods, he won for Outstanding Music Composition 3 times. In 2012, Callery was nominated for Outstanding
Original Main Title Theme Music for “Homeland.”
In 2011, Callery scored another Emmy® nod for “The Kennedys,” an eight-part mini-series that starred Greg Kinnear
and Katie Holmes, and premiered worldwide on the Reelz Channel.
Meanwhile, Callery received the ASCAP Top Series honors for his work on “24,” and has also been recognized with
ASCAP honors for his work on the CBS drama "Medium," and for FOX’s popular show "Bones," which is about to enter
its eighth season.
On the film side, Callery is composing music for “Small Time,” directed by Emmy-Award winning “24” executive
producer Joel Surnow. The film about a used car dealer in Los Angeles who tries to convince his son to go to college
stars, Chris Meloni (Law & Order: SVU and True Blood) and Bridget Moynahan (I, Robot and Blue Bloods).
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Callery began studying classical piano at an early age. During his teenage years, he
educated himself in various musical styles and began playing jazz piano on weekends in local nightclubs. He studied
composition and earned a degree in piano performance in 1987 from the New England Conservatory of Music in
Boston.
After a brief stint as a pianist with the All American College Orchestra at Disney World's Epcot Center, he moved to Los
Angeles in 1987, where he began working as a studio musician and part-time assistant for several top composers
including: Alan Silvestri, James Newton Howard, Francis Ford Coppola, Herbie Hancock and Mark Snow. Snow
mentored Callery in the earliest days of his career, and the two have remained close friends ever since. In 1993, Callery
was a sound editor on UPN’s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” which was nominated for an Emmy® for Outstanding
Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series.
SEAN CALLERY
composer
Three years later, Callery met Surnow and was hired to compose the score for the USA network series, "La Femme
Nikita." Callery and Surnow began their second collaboration on "24" in 2001.
Callery’s other TV projects include: FOX’s “The Finder,” Hulu’s 10-part series “The Confession,” CBS’ “Shark,” NBC’s
“Treasure Hunters,” and many others. Callery has also composed music for the 2011 Tibetan film documentary,
"Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche."
Callery has conducted his own works, most recently with the Tenerife Film Orchestra and Choir at the Fimucite
International Film Music festival on the Canary Islands, Spain. He also has three soundtrack albums featuring music
from the "24" series and is working on soundtracks for both "The Kennedys" and for "Homeland."
In May 2012, Callery participated in the NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop in Memory of Buddy Baker,
a composer who scored many of Walt Disney’s films. Callery was a featured composer who spearheaded the
workshop dedicated to Hollywood film scoring.
Sean resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Debbie.
Press Contact:
CW3PR
Jana Davidoff-Morrison
jana@cw3pr.com
EVENTS
Showtime’s Homeland Season 2 Premiere
Party in New York.
CW3PR arranged for introductions and photo opportunities , and
secured press interviews on the red carpet.
Sean with 2012 Emmy Winner Damien Lewis.
Sean with 2012 Emmy Winner Claire Danes.
Sean with Mandy Patinkin on the red carpet.
Above and Left: Sean interviewed on the red carpet.
EVENTS continued…
Right: Sean and wife Debbie on
the red carpet at the 2012
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy
Awards
Left: Sean interviewed on the red
carpet at the 2012 Primetime
Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Sean at the Society of Composers and Lyricists 2012
Emmy Reception getting recognition for his
nomination.
Sean with Kiefer Sutherland at a promotional shoot
for the 24 Soundtrack Album.
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Prepared by CW3PR
November 15, 2012
Media Contact:
Jana Davidoff-Morrison
jana@cw3pr.com