Sean Renner continues to forge a unique musical path defined by his film and television scoring that combines organic-electronic production with modern orchestral instrumentation, and the inimitably soulful sound worlds he creates for his groundbreaking recording projects and his captivating loop-based live performance. His musical contributions have included projects on Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, MTV, PBS, and Sky TV, and have screened at festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, Slamdance, and Dances with Film.

 

RENNER'S FEATURE FILM AND TELEVISION CREDITS have included projects on Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, MTV, PBS, and Sky TV, and have screened at festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, Slamdance, and Dances with Films. His credits include additional music composer and string arranger on the Rian Johnson-produced Netflix film "Fair Play", which premiered to critical acclaim at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and additional music composer, arranger, and orchestrator on the Sky Television/Hulu series "Das Boot" (the sequel to the iconic 1981 film), which won the 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Award for "Best Score for a Foreign TV Series", and which has received 9 German Television Academy nominations including 2 for "Best Music". His credits also include composing and producing the score for Sterling Macer Jr.'s upcoming film "Liz Here Now" starring Academy Award-nominee Anjanou Ellis-Taylor, and Marc Furmie's upcoming feature film "Viper" starring Golden Globe-winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Previous composing credits include the 2023 feature film "Screwdriver" from Buffalo 8 Productions, Sterling Macer Jr.'s 2020 thriller feature film "Double Down", and Alexandra Swarens' heartfelt 2021 drama "Spring".

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In 2023, he worked as an additional music arranger and synth programmer on Alden Ehrenreich's directorial debut "Shadow Brother Sunday", produced by Francis Ford Coppola, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. And in 2019 he was nominated for a Jerry Goldsmith Award for the song "Underwater" which he performed and co-composed for the feature film "The Tobacconist". Renner also worked as an additional arranger, programmer, and orchestrator on the film's score, which received an Austrian Academy Award nomination for "Best Score".

 

His documentary credits include working as music consultant on the Peabody Award-winning episode of PBS Frontline: "Michael Flynn's Holy War", and composing the score to the upcoming feature documentary "Upes Kelias (River Flow)", which tells the story of a man's weeklong swim up the Neris River in Lithuania. In the podcast and audio drama world, Renner composed and produced the haunting, epic score for the Podcast Academy Award-nominated full-cast audio fiction series "The Madness of Chartrulean". 

 

In addition to his feature film and television work, Renner has scored dozens of short narrative, documentary, and animated films including Jenna Caravello's award-winning short animated film "Frontier Wisdom," which screened at Slamdance 2019, her short film "More Than Binary", created for the United Nations' "He for She" project supporting global gender equality, and Rezistor Films' "Sign The Oath" campaign against human trafficking.

 

AS A SOLO SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER, Renner's work has spanned 5 LPs and numerous singles and collaborations. His music has received airplay on over 100 radio stations across the US and Canada, and has been licensed for films and television series including MTV's "Catfish: The TV Show", MTV's "True Life", and MTV's "Unlocking the Truth", and feature films including "Love by Drowning". Renner's most recent solo work, "Flora", epitomizes his signature combination of ethereal vocal stylings and organic-electronic production rooted in creative sampling and sound processing, organic instrumentation, and hip-hop-influenced beats. "Flora" was featured on Colorado Public Radio's Open Air music sampler and The Denver Post's "Steal This Track".

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ON STAGE, Renner has created an uncompromising multi-instrumental and vocal, loop-based performance, with over 130 shows throughout the United States and Canada. Using a combination of instruments and vocals, paired with real-time looping and audio processing (controlled with both his hands and his feet), Renner single-handedly brings to life the distinctive vocal styling and electronic production that he skillfully manicures on his records.

 

Sean Renner holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Music Composition & Performance from the Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts. He has taught courses at California Institute of the Arts, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at Elon University's Los Angeles campus, and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Technology at Susquehanna University.