PROFILE
Over the last twenty-plus years, Lee Sanders has secured his reputation as a creative force in music by aiding and abetting filmmakers in Hollywood and around the world. His style is intense, immediate, and eclectic, drawing from his deep experience in orchestral, electronic, and world music.
Lee has won eight BMI Film & Television Awards for his work. His credits span dozens of television shows, films, video games and works for online media and theatre—among them the multiple Emmy® Award-winning series The Amazing Race (US and international versions); the current Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logo theme; the award-winning feature films Old Stone and Shadow Wolves; and the children's web series Storyline Online for SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
As a conductor, orchestrator and additional composer, Lee has also contributed to shows such as Family Guy, Charmed, The Fairly Oddparents, Disney’s House of Mouse, and many more.
Outside the studio, Lee keeps a busy schedule as an educator and lecturer on music for media. Most recently he appeared as a panelist for Grammy in the Schools Fest, engaging with and inspiring the next generation of young music creators.
Lee holds memberships in the Television Academy and the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and contributes his talents to organizations including Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Children's Miracle Network Telethon, and the LA Regional Food Bank.
SELECTED CREDITS
FILM
Old Stone dir. Johnny Ma
A Deadly Deed (a.k.a. My Husband’s Secret Brother) dir. Andrew Lawrence
Shadow Wolves dir. McKay Daines
Bloodworx dir. Eric Wostenberg
Popatopolis (documentary) dir. Clay Westervelt
Principles of Curiosity (documentary) dir. Ryan Johnson
Here Be Dragons (documentary) dir. Brian Dunning
Social Guidance (a.k.a. Formosa) dir. Noah Kadner
The UFO Movie THEY Don’t Want You to See (documentary) dir. Brian Dunning
Lords of the Barrio dir. Joe Menendez
Stream dir. Andrew Lawrence
Baby Dust (a.k.a. My Best Friend the Baby Snatcher) dir. Andrew Lawrence
Mistletoe Mixup dir. Andrew Lawrence
Mistletoe Mixup 2 dir. Andrew Lawrence
Better than Love dir. Ted Carney
The Barrio Murders dir. Jojo Henrickson
Fighting Tommy Riley (add'l music) dir. Eddie O'Flaherty
Tabloid Truth (add'l music) dir. Hwang-shik Kim
C'est si bon (orchestrations) dir. Hyun-seok Kim
Pope Dreams (add'l music) dir. Patrick Hogan
TELEVISION
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
The Curse of Oak Island (add'l music)
American Idol (add'l music)
Family Guy (orchestrations)
Dramaworld (add'l music)
Charmed (add'l music)
Fairly Oddparents (orchestrations)
Disney's House of Mouse (add'l music)
The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race Canada
The Amazing Race Australia
The Amazing Race Asia
The Amazing Race China
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
Top Chef
ONLINE
SAG-AFTRA Foundation Storyline Online (podcast)
The Amazing Race Music Podcast
The Lord of the Rings (website)
Dorkumentary (web series)
Sunset Hotel (web series)
Skeptoid (podcast)
The Feeding Tube (podcast)
Night Attack (podcast)
NSFW (podcast)
Cordkillers (podcast)
VIDEO GAMES
Starfleet Academy (orchestrations)
Starfleet Command (orchestrations)
Magic the Gathering: Battlemage
Tower Alliance Online
TRAILERS
Joyeux Noël
The Sea Is Watching
Open Season
Slipstream
Mindhunters
Social Guidance
Cloverfield
Tropic Thunder
Kung Fu Hustle
XXX 2: State of the Union
Dino Time 3D
Fighting Tommy Riley
PHILANTHROPIC
Children's Miracle Network Telethon
LA Children's Hospital
Acts of Love (Cure Autism Now)
Faces of Hunger, Faces of Hope (LA Regional Food Bank
LOGO THEMES
Skeptoid Media
Skeptoid Podcast
Wardenclyffe Films
PIMCO
SAG-AFTRA Foundation Storyline Online
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures International Releasing
Scandinavian Film Festival LA
Society of Camera Operators
CO-OP Financial Services
A comprehensive list of credits is available here.
