Chuck Johnson is a composer, producer, and musician residing in California, USA. He approaches his work with an ear towards finding faults and instabilities that might reveal latent beauty, with a focus on pedal steel guitar, experimental electronics, alternate tuning systems, and composing for film and television.
Johnson is an established composer for film and television whose work has premiered at Sundance and has been broadcast on Emmy-award winning programs for PBS and HBO. His credits include scores for the HBO film Private Violence and the popular PBS shows Somewhere South and A Chef’s Life.
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— Credits
• The Castle on Red Mountain (2020)
Original score for the documentary feature by David Delaney Mayer
• Somewhere South (2020)
Original score for the PBS documentary series by Cynthia Hill
• A Chef’s Life (2013-2019)
Original score for the PBS documentary series by Cynthia Hill
• Food Town (2018)
Original score for the PBS documentary series by David Delaney Mayer
• Road to Race Day (2017)
Original score for the Complex Networks documentary series by Cynthia Hill
• A Craftsman’s Legacy (2016-2017)
Original score for the PBS documentary series by Eric Gorges
• Private Violence (2014)
Original score for the HBO documentary feature by Cynthia Hill
• Standing on Sacred Grounds: Islands of Sanctuary (2014)
Original score for the PBS documentary series by Christopher McLeod
• Behind These Walls (2011)
Original score for the documentary feature by Rex Miller
• Who’s Next (2010)
Original score for the documentary feautre by Rex Miller
• Everything Is as It Should Be (2009)
Original score for the narrative short by Jennifer Ruff
• Rocaterrania (2008)
Original score for the documentary feature by Brett Ingram (with Shark Quest)
• Guestworker (2005)
Original score for the PBS documentary feature by Cynthia Hill
• Monster Road (2003)
Original score for the documentary feature by Brett Ingram (with Shark Quest)
• Tobacco Money Feeds My Family (2003)
Original score for the documentary feature by Cynthia Hill