About

Jesse Haennelt is a Film, TV, and Video Game Composer. He was born and raised in the small town of Grass Valley in Northern California. Beginning in high school, he studied with the Music in the Mountains Young Composers Project under composer Mark Vance, leading him to other opportunities with the artistic community of Nevada County, CA. In 2014 he participated in “River Music”, a film about the collaboration between science and music that aired on PBS. In 2015 he became a member of the Nevada County Composers Cooperative board, helping to bring new music to the surrounding area. His music has been performed by groups like the Left Coast Ensemble and the Music in the Mountains Orchestra and has been featured during the Wild and Scenic Film Festival.  Before leaving his hometown to go to college in 2018, he composed the score for “Mr. Gordon” that was premiered at NCTV’s Thru the Lens fundraiser. 

            Jesse recently graduated from California State University Northridge with a Bachelor of Music in Commercial and Media Writing. He has always been deeply passionate about the stories that are told on the screen and fascinated by the people who work behind the scenes to make everything come together. If he is not writing music, he will most likely be found rock climbing, either at the gym or outdoors.