MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Paul F. Antonelli is an award-winning music supervisor, composer and associate director with extensive experience in all facets of music production. Winner of two Emmy Awards and nominated for ten more, Paul is currently working on CBS’ The Young And The Restless, NBC’s Days Of Our Lives and Open Book Productions’ Venice The Series, The Grove and Beacon Hill. The prior two years were spent in New York working on CBS’ As The World Turns. For nine seasons, Paul was combination associate director/music editor and music supervisor on NBC’s Passions, receiving his second Emmy Award for the 2003–04 season. Before coming to Passions, Paul was music supervisor and associate director for Aaron Spelling’s Sunset Beach for its 1998–99 run. That was preceded by two very successful years in New York when executive producer Francesca James brought him in to take over the music department at All My Children, where he won his first Emmy in 1999. Paul grew up in Boston and studied music at the University of San Diego. He worked as head DJ at the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip before joining ABC-TV as the studio’s music coordinator. He helped choose music for a variety of shows in production at the time, including The Academy Awards®, The American Music Awards, Good Morning America, Eye on LA and General Hospital. Taking advantage of ABC’s excellent educational assistance program, Paul continued his studies at UCLA majoring in music and recording engineering.Having already music coordinated and written cues for General Hospital, Paul was invited to join the show. But after writing more music for GH, Paul became interested in writing full-time and left to form a music company, MusiCum Laude, with partner David Wheatley. Their role in contributing additional music to The Princess Academy led to a relationship with The Weintraub Company that resulted in scores for The Women’s Club, China O’Brien and China O’Brien II, Speed Zone!, Out of the Dark and Dead-On: Relentless II.
During this period, Paul was also music supervising part-time at Santa Barbara. He served as Director of Creative Affairs for Bernhard/Robson Entertainment, which had a development deal with Universal Pictures, and he also rejoined General Hospital. Paul has also written the incidental music for two full-length videos for Prince, Three Chains O’ Gold and The Beautiful Experience, both co-written with General Hospital partner RC Cates. Paul is a member of ATAS (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences), NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences), DGA (Directors Guild of America), GMS (Guild Of Music Supervisors), ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers) and the AFM (American Federation of Musicians).
