
Composer
Paul Terry
28 films
Paul Terry is a music artist, producer, and bestselling author. He releases music via his independent label SkyBabyRecords.
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His acclaimed instrumental project Aptøsrs' debut album 'Elders' is mixed by Adam Noble (Biffy Clyro).
As a composer, Paul's 30+ original scores include: Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection (2022), the award-winning film about The Rocketeer (1991) creator; Sidney & Friends (2018), the multi-award-winning feature documentary (nominated for Best Score at the 2019 Independent Music Awards), which he also executive produced; the award-nominated thriller Hidden Valley Place (2021) (score mixed by two-time Grammy Award winner Sam Okell); and Raindance Film Festival Award-nominated drama Emily (2013) (co-composed with James Bellamy), starring Felicity Jones and Christopher Eccleston.
As a singer-songwriter, Paul records under the moniker Cellarscape. Those albums include 'Exo Echo' (2017), which features 'Failsafe', the theme song for Behind the Panel (2019), and 'Chem Trails', the theme song for So Much Damage: How Image Comics Changed the World (2017), as well as 'The Act of Letting Go' (2014), nominated for Best Eclectic Album at the 2015 Independent Music Awards. Acclaimed Dutch artist Anneke van Giersbergen (Vuur, Devin Townsend, The Gathering) duetted with Paul on the Cellarscape song The Same Place (2014). The music video for Cellarscape's Epinephrine (2014) (written and directed by Paul) was officially selected for SXSW 2016.
As an author, Paul has written or co-written numerous official books on film and TV properties, including: The X-Files (1993), Marvel Studios, Bad Robot's Lost (2004) and Fringe (2008), John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China (1986), and many more. His fiction book debut is 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) - Haunted & Hunted' (published by Moonstone Books), featuring five brand new Kolchak stories, each penned by Paul.
He also produced the official podcasts for: History's TV series Project Blue Book (2019); USA's sci-fi drama Colony (2016); SYFY's comic-book podcast docu-series Behind the Panel (2019); and the hit limited series Through the Looking Glass: A LOST Retrospective (2019) (co-hosted by Tara Bennett & Maureen Ryan).
Paul lives in Los Angeles.
Filmography
28 films- 2025KilterOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Dave Stevens: Drawn to PerfectionOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Hidden Valley PlaceOriginal Music Composer
- 2021The Endless HourglassOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Remain CalmOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Switching GenresOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Frank & MaryOriginal Music Composer
- 2018TEDxDetroitOriginal Music Composer
- 2018FISM World Championships of Magic 2018Original Music Composer
- 2017Sleep TightOriginal Music Composer
- 2017The Earth from the AirOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Sidney & FriendsOriginal Music Composer
- 2016KeepsakeOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Circa 39Original Music Composer
- 2014CareOriginal Music Composer
- 2014The Same PlaceOriginal Music Composer
- 2014EpinephrineOriginal Music Composer
- 2013EmilyOriginal Music Composer
- 2013SnowglobeOriginal Music Composer
- 2011The Deaths of Grace MillerOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Red LightOriginal Music Composer
- 2010The Furred ManOriginal Music Composer
- 2009You Got The GirlOriginal Music Composer
- 2006The WakeOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Staying InOriginal Music Composer
- 2003ParadoxOriginal Music Composer
- 2001MightierOriginal Music Composer
- 1999SoldOriginal Music Composer