Credits
Jason Wells is a composer of music and sound designer with 12 years of film, TV, and animation credits including Dreamworks, Disney, and Tim Burton. Creating AUDIOWELLS in Portland, OR after many years with both Todd-AO/Atlanta and Digital One, Jason has worked on many internationally distributed features and an endless list of national ads, short films, radio spots, interactive environments and albums. A wacky-jazz/ classical/ soundtrack enthusiast, actor, trumpet player (Trashcan Joe, March Fourth Marching Band), multi-instrumentalist, and seasoned engineer, Jason brings a lifetime of passion for music, sound, and film to AUDIOWELLS.
Recent work and work history
FILM
“The Auteur” 2008 **World Premier Tribeca Film Festival
Directed by James Westby
Produced by Byrd MacDonald
Original Music
“From One Rose” 2007 Documentary on History of Portland
Produced & Directed by Ira Flowers
Sound Designer, Editor, Mixer
“Film Geek” 2006
Directed by James Westby
Produced by Byrd MacDonald
Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer
“Addison’s Wall” 2006
Directed and Produced by David Weingarten
Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer
“Lipstick and Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling” 2005
Directed by Ruth Leitman
Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer
“Ocularist” 2003 **Official Sundance Entry and Award Winner
Dir: Vance Malone
Sound Design, Mix
“Minority Report” 2002
Directed by Steven Spielberg
ADR Recordist/Editor
“Winnie The Pooh” DVD Series 2002
Disney Studios
Recordist, Mix
“The Same” 2002
Directed by Mark Palansky
Original Music
“Stainboy” Animated Series 2002
Directed and Written by Tim Burton
Original Music
“The Etiquette Man” 2001
Directed by Steve Coulter
Sound Design
“Trois” 2000
Directed by Rob Hardy
Sound Design
“The Initiate” 1999
Directed by Chad Etchison
Sound Design, Mix
“Alma” 1998
Directed by Ruth Leitman
Music, Sound Design, Mix
“Delgo” 1998
Animated Feature
Directed by Jason Maurer and Mark Adler
Music, Sound Design
TV
“Ottoland” 2007
Cartoon Series
Original Music
“Mystery Mavs” 2005
Dallas Mavericks Cartoon
Original Music for Animated Series
“One Child in Many” 2005
Starring David Ogden Stiers
Prod: GOLIGHTLY Films
Winner of “Special Jury Award” at Worldfest
Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer
TBS, TNT, TCM - Oceans of Movie Trailers
Music, Sound Design, Mix
“Interview with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau”
TCM Edit, Mix
“7 Brides for Seven Brothers”
Making-Of Extras on DVD
Sound Design, Mix
“The Grinch on TBS”
AD Campaign
Original Music
“15 Days of 007” on TBS and TNT
Original Music
“WCW Thunder” on TBS
Music and Sound Design
“Nascar on TBS/TNT”
Music and Sound Design
SECOND STORY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS www.secondstory.com
Library of Congress, 2008
Lobby Kiosk Interactive Stations
Original Music / Sound Design
National Library of Medicine, 2008
Permanent Kiosk Installation
Original Music / Sound Design
“Honda CXV - Hydrogen Cell Vehicle” 2007
Traveling Exhibit
Original Music / Sound Design
Gettysburg Museum, 2007
Interactive Environment
Original Music / Sound Design
Woodstock Museum, 2007
Peace, Bro. Interactive Environment
Original Music / Sound Design
McCormick Museum, Chicago, Ill., 2006
“Freedom of Speech” Permanent Installation
Sound Design, Mix
World War I Memorial Museum, 2006
Museum Installation
Original Music / Sound Design
Portland Armory, 2005
“Python-Esque” Animation Permanent Installation
Original Music / Sound Design
Holocaust Museum, 2005
Permanent Interactive Museum Installation
Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer
Pirate Museum, 2004
Interactive Kiosk, Daytona, Florida
Sound Design / Mix
ALBUMS
Jamie Stillway and Ben Bonham
“Stillway and Bonham”
2004 Willamette Week’s ” Album of the Year”
All Recoding, Mixing, Mastering
“March Fourth Marching Band”
2005 First self-titled album
All Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Vagabond Opera
2006 “Get on the Train” & “Vagabond Opera”
All Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Lesley Kernochan
2005 “Undulatiing”
All Recording, Mixing, Co-Arranging, Mastering
Jamie Stillway
“Mell of a Hess” 2005
“Winter Circles” 2007
“Recorded at Portland’s AUDIOWELLS with Jason Wells at the controls, “Mell of a Hess” jumps and swings in new directions. It’s easy to lose the subtleties of acoustic music, of string against wood, in a recording studio. But this recording is vibrant to the ear, fertile in imagination, a stellar piece of work in a city where string music has taken root and sprouted in wildly organic ways.” - Don Cambell, The Oregonian. Sept. 30, 2005
Trashcan Joe
“Wrong Side of Town” 2005
“Real Life” 2007
“Trashcan Joe is a marvel, a wonder that defies categorization in any sort of contemporary setting.” Don Campbell, The Oregonian. Jan 15, 2005
WORK HISTORY
1985 - 1993: Doppler Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA
Intern, Dub Puller, Machine Cleaner, Floor Mopper, Lunch Getter, Coffee Bitch
1993-1996: Bottom Line Productions, Atlanta, GA
Composer, Sound Designer, Engineer
1996 - 2000: Todd-AO, Atlanta/New York
Composer, Sound Designer, Engineer
2000 - 2003: Digital One, Portland, OR
Composer, Sound Designer, Engineer
2003 - Present: AUDIOWELLS, Portland, OR
President, Composer, Sound Designer, Engineer