Stephanie Economou is a composer and violinist based in Los Angeles, CA. Her early successes have emerged from her exploration and study of widely varying musical styles, including classical, experimental, folk and rock. Stephanie’s experience in film scoring extends from drama to action to comedy, which has demanded the synthesis of an electronic and acoustic musical palette. It is her uniquely hybridized compositional voice which has proven a valuable asset across a wide spectrum of visual media.
Stephanie is the composer of the upcoming Netflix TV series Jupiter’s Legacy, based on the comic series by Mark Millar. She has written the music for the Lionsgate/Starz series Step Up: High Water, as well as the second season of Manhunt: Deadly Games. Stephanie also scored two episodes of the Disney+ documentary series Marvel’s 616, directed by Gillian Jacobs and Alison Brie. Most recently, she has completed the score for the Assassin’s Creed DLC “Siege of Paris.”
Stephanie is a long-time collaborator of Golden Globe-nominated composer, Harry Gregson-Williams, composing additional music on scores such as Disney’s live-action re-make Mulan, directed by Niki Caro, Jon Turtletaub’s The Meg, Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 2, Disneynature’s Penguins, and Ridley Scott‘s Oscar-winning film The Martian. Her music can also be heard in Niki Caro’s The Zookeeper’s Wife, Ben Affleck’s Live By Night, and Simon Baker’s Breath. She has also aided in crafting the scores for Hulu’s mini-series Catch-22 directed by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, as well as the ABC/Warner Bros. TV series Whiskey Cavalier.
Originally from Long Island, New York, Stephanie received her Bachelor’s degree in Composition from the New England Conservatory of Music and Master’s in Composition for Visual Media from University of California Los Angeles. In 2015, she was chosen as one of six fellows for the Sundance Institute Composers Lab at Skywalker Ranch. It was through this experience with the Sundance Institute that she felt her diversity as a woman in the film industry to be deeply fostered and celebrated. As a resident board member for The Alliance for Women Film Composers, Stephanie considers the empowerment of women in film an exceedingly necessary platform, and strives to make her voice, as well as other female voices in the industry, heard.
We had a wonderful time chatting with Stephanie and loved diving into her creative process. If you ever wanted to make music, her answers should give you hope and inspiration. ALSO, we are thrilled to share with you an EXCLUSIVE cue from the soundtrack which will be released by Milan Records. Enjoy!!
Click the image below to the EXCLUSIVE track from the score to JUPITER’S LEGACY.
JUPITER’S LEGACY (MUSIC FROM THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES)
TRACKLISTING –
- Union of Justice
- The Utopian
- Chloe
- The Patterns
- Disembarking
- Traversing the Crevasse
- “Where to, Ulysses?”
- The Island
- Raikou
- The Overdose
- Grace Finds the Sketches
- Paragon and Iron Orchid
- Service, Compassion, Mercy
- Tree Symbols
- Through the Storm
- Morocco
- George’s Isolation
- The Hilltop Battle
- Everything Ends Up in a Box
- Miller’s Farm
- Crossing the Desert
- Being a Sampson
- Hutch
- Van Chase
- A New Leader
- Skyfox and Blackstar
- Illumination
- Jupiter’s Legacy
The first generation of superheroes have kept the world safe for nearly a century. Now their children must continue their legendary ideals. From the mind of Mark Millar, Jupiter’s Legacy is streaming only on Netflix May 7th, 2021.
For more information about Stephanie, and to listen to samples of her work, click over to her official website.
