Over his decades-long career, Emmy-winning composer Sean Callery has received numerous Emmy nominations and four wins, placing him among the most nominated composers of all time. Known for his dynamic and evocative scores, he has crafted music for celebrated series such as Homeland, 24, Bull, Walker: Independence, Elementary, Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the long-running Fox drama Bones, and Designated Survivor, among many others. Callery received widespread acclaim for his work on the first season of Halo, with critics and fans alike praising the score’s ability to capture the epic, immersive quality of the iconic video game franchise while adding a fresh, cinematic dimension to the series. His music can also be heard in features such as the Liam Neeson thriller The Marksman, which held the Number 1 box office spot in early 2021, and Small Time, starring Christopher Meloni and Dean Norris. Callery presently composes for ABC’s RJ Decker, recently renewed for a second season, and Netflix’s limited series, The Beast in Me.
With ten total Emmy nominations and three awards for the Kiefer Sutherland-starring Fox series 24 and related projects, Callery is the only composer nominated every year for a series that ran more than three seasons. His fourth Emmy award was for the main title theme of the Netflix series, Jessica Jones¸which starred Krysten Ritter in the title role. Other Emmy nominations include for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for CBS’s Sherlock Holmes-inspired drama series Elementary, starring Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu; HBO’s taut drama Homeland, and the Reelz miniseries The Kennedys, as well as Outstanding Music Composition nominations for both Jessica Jones and Fox’s Minority Report.