Young Guns 11
Joe Johnson
Composer and Sound Designer New York
Joe Johnson is a New York based composer and sound designer. In 2007, he was one of seven musicians accepted into the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. While there, Joe studied composition and jazz performance for two years with trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard (Red Tails, Malcolm X, Inside Man). He has toured with country legend Ray Price and performed with Herbie Hancock, Willie Nelson, John Williams, Kris Kristofferson, and Tony Bennett. Since 2008, Joe has been creating music and sound design for advertising, film, TV, and radio under the moniker FNH (Felt, Not Heard). In 2009, Joe was awarded first prize at the Thelonious Monk International Composer’s Competition for his composition Shepherd Song. He sound designed the 2011 Comedy Central rebrand, which won an Art Directors Club Gold Cube and a One Show Silver Pencil. In 2013 Joe became a member of the ADC Young Guns 11 and served as a juror for Young Guns 12. Joe scored the first season of the Netflix series Project MC2, which was nominated for an Emmy in 2016. Recent clients include Old Spice, AIGA, Walmart, NFL and Prada.