Jacob Shea is a Los Angeles–based composer whose work spans film, television, and games. A BAFTA and Emmy Award nominee and Hollywood Music in Media Awards winner, his composer credits include Planet Earth II, Blue Planet II, Seven Worlds, One Planet, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.
He has collaborated with leading composers including Hans Zimmer, Elliot Goldenthal, and Steve Jablonsky, contributing as a programmer and additional writer to projects such as Public Enemies, Despicable Me, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Battleship, Lone Survivor, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Credits
| HAGEN | Constantin Film / Wilma Film / RTL+ Director: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert Producers: Jan Ehlert, Constanze Guttmann, Christoph Müller, Christian Rohde Starring: Butz Ulrich Buse, Maria Erwolter |
| ASIA | BBC Natural History Unit Director: Lucy Bailey Producers: Josh Patil Starring: David Attenborough |
| PAGAN PEAK | W&B Television / Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft Creators: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert Showrunner: Christopher Schier Starring: Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek |
| PLANET EARTH II | BBC / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen / Tencent Pictures / France Télévisions Director: Justin Anderson, Ed Charles, Fredi Devas, Chadden Hunter Producers: Justin Anderson, Ed Charles, Fredi Devas, Chadden Hunter Starring: David Attenborough |
| THROUGH THE WORMHOLE | Discovery Science Channel / Revelations Entertainment / The Incubator Director: Kurt Sayenga | Geoffrey Sharp | Anthony Lund | James Younger Producers: Anthony Lund, Lindsey Foster, Megan Parlen, Geoffrey Sharp Starring: Morgan Freeman |
| PLANET EARTH III | BBC America / BBC Studios Director: Nick Easton, Will Ridgeon, Abigail Lees, Sarah Whalley Producers: Nick Easton, Will Ridgeon, Theo Webb, Sarah Whalley Starring: David Attenborough |
| SEVEN WORLDS ONE PLANET | BBC / Tencent Penguin Pictures / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) / France Télévisions / China Media Group / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Director: Giles Badger, Chadden Hunter, Emma Napper, Fredi Devas, Lucy Wells Producers: Giles Badger, Chadden Hunter, Emma Napper, Fredi Devas, Adam Oldroyd Starring: David Attenborough |
| BLUE PLANET II | BBC / OceanX Media Creator: James Honeyborne Starring: David Attenborough |