Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he began his musical journey at the age of 5, playing piano by ear. Coming from a family with an illustrious musical history, he was obviously exposed to classical music his entire childhood.

But it was in his mid-teens that Jason expanded his appreciation of music, and developed his skills as a heavy metal guitarist. It was at this time that he formed a collaboration with lifelong friend, singer-songwriter Bob Coburn. Together, they composed and recorded many guitar instrumentals. Jason quickly discovered a special creative talent, and it was this personal discovery that led him to the renowned Berklee College of Music at Boston, Massachusetts.

While at Berklee, he was exposed to a wide variety of music, as well as classical composition. His continued love of classical music not only inspired him to formally study classical piano, but it also led him to the world of film scoring. The exceptional film scoring department and faculty at Berklee gave him the knowledge and tools he needed to pursue a career as a Hollywood film composer.

After graduating from Berklee with degrees in both film scoring and composition, Jason was accepted to the prestigious University of Southern California (USC) Film Scoring Program in Los Angeles, California. At the time, the legendary Walt Disney Studios composer, Buddy Baker (The Fox and The Hound, Winnie the Pooh), was head of the program.

USC also gave Jason the ability to study with some of the finest film composers in the world, including Christopher Young (Spiderman 3, The Grudge, Runaway Jury, The Shipping News), Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, Ghost Busters, To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Ten Commandments), David Raksin (Laura, Forever Amber, The Bad And The Beautiful), David Bell (Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Joe Harnell (The Incredible Hulk, V), Jack Smalley, David Spear, and George Burt, among others.

While at USC, Jason decided to develop his singing skills as well. This made possible an extremely fortunate opportunity to be a back-up singer for Barbra Streisand at the 53rd Annual Prime-Time Emmy Awards Show.

From the Urban sound-driven Steel Here (Bradley Lubin, dir.) and L.A. Takedown (K. Raj Srivastava, dir.), to the romantic Ten Paces (Christopher Casper, dir.) and dramatic Galatea (Jim Van Houten, dir.), Jason composes scores across the music spectrum.

Within the ever-popular horror genre, Jason’s score to Driller (Jason Kartalian, dir.), captured the elements of darkness and fear. And again, changing genré, he went on to score the award-winning family film, Instant Dads (Derek Maki, dir.). It is this flexibility in scoring that continues to garner the attention of both producer’s and directors.

In the documentary arena, one of Jason’s compelling scores contributed to the highly acclaimed, No One Ever Wins: Lebanon in the Summer of Hezbollah, written and produced by journalist Krisztian K. Orban. It is a study of the consequences of the Israeli and Hezbollah conflict.

Another notable scoring assignment was working with actor-turned-director, Joseph Mazzello (Jurassic Park, The River Wild, Simon Birch), on his film The Life In A Day. Jason’s considerable repertoire of film scoring experience played a major role in both assisting and collaborating with this first-time director.

“Working with filmmakers is a constant learning experience for me, and no two work exactly the same. I enjoy the challenge of communicating in both the language of film and music. The most important thing I do is to get the director’s musical vision on the screen, and I try many different ways to talk about music with them. Often, instead of speaking in music terms, I find it most valuable to speak about music in terms of color, moods, feelings and emotions."

“My approach to film scoring is based on finding a certain mood or emotion in a scene, and supporting it. When it’s done right, the film will take on a whole new life of it’s own. It’s a very exciting moment when this happens, and it’s especially rewarding when a filmmaker sees the full potential of their film layered with my music.”

Jason is a resident of Los Angeles, California.