Jay Weigel

Grammy winning composer/producer Jay Weigel is a distinguished composer, producer, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, contractor, and music industry veteran for all media and concerts. His recent scores and soundtrack recordings can be heard in studio projects produced by Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Universal, Netflix, Tyler Perry Studios, HBO, and numerous documentaries and independent films such as: The Campaign, Green Lantern, Grudge Match, Get Hard, Midnight Special, Interview With The Vampire, Tall Girl, The Hammer, The Eagle and the Albatross, A Fall From Grace, Caged No More, Camp Cool Kids, The Oval, For Colored Girls, Too Close To Home, The Last Laugh, Paradise Lost, The Highwaymen, and NCIS New Orleans.

Weigel has worked as an orchestrator, conductor, contractor and/or score preparer for many top composers in Hollywood. He most recently arranged the works of Big Freedia and the Lost Bayou Ramblers for concerts with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the recording of the latter was awarded a 2024 Grammy, and the music of Paul Williams, performed by singers Nella Rojas, Sam DeRosa and Joshua Radin, for the Guild of Music Supervisor’s Icon Award presentation. This follows up on past successes working with Pharrell Williams, PJ Morton, Andra Day, REM, Tank and the Bangas, Jon Cleary, Chris Thomas King, Juvenile, Keala Settle, and Judith Owen. Weigel chairs the Society of Composers and Lyricists Nashville Chapter and serves on its Board of Directors.

Jay splits his time between Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Nashville.