Jon Ong

Jon Ong Jon Ong is a Singaporean composer and multi-instrumentalist with over 12 years of experience in film, TV, and commercials. Lee that won the 2023 Sundance U.S.

He scored The Accidental Getaway Driver, directed by Sing J. Dramatic Award for Best Director. Most recently, he composed the score for The Accidental Getaway Driver, directed by Sing J. Lee, who won the 2023 Sundance U.S. The film is set to be released theatrically on February 28, 2025. Jon also scored Border Hopper, a 2024 Sundance selection directed by Nico Casavecchia. Jon’s extensive film cre

dits include additional music for the two-time BAFTA-nominated Paddington, Love The Coopers starring Diane Keaton and Timothée Chalamet, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the critically acclaimed psychological thriller Chain, and the Cinema Eye Honors-nominated 17 Blocks. In TV, Jon has contributed additional music to Dopesick, The Wheel of Time, Life on Our Planet, Joe vs. Carole, Pennyworth, and His Dark Materials. His versatility extends to national commercials, including McDonald’s The Hamburglar. Beyond film and TV scoring, Jon has composed music for Chase Champion, a Nickelodeon web series, served as the conductor for the Game Awards (2021), and an orchestrator for Arthur Newman and for Amazon's The Dangerous Book for Boys. Originally from Singapore, and now based in Los Angeles, Jon began his music career as a guitarist before studying film scoring at Berklee College of Music. He has since worked alongside renowned composers Lorne Balfe, Nick Urata, and William Ross in his rise through the film scoring world in Los Angeles.

Here’s a vlog on the Accidental Getaway Driver that I cut for Youtube - with added explanations of musical lingo and phr...
24/03/2025

Here’s a vlog on the Accidental Getaway Driver that I cut for Youtube - with added explanations of musical lingo and phrases- hope you’ll check it out. 🎬

Saved this video from 2 years ago when I was in the thick of working on the 'Accidental Getaway Driver' score, in the week or so leading up to the final dead...

Got to chat about my career with   - thank you for the fun interview.In addition to all the projects past and present, f...
21/03/2025

Got to chat about my career with - thank you for the fun interview.

In addition to all the projects past and present, from Wheel of Time with and also my own projects such as , we also discover that we both are big fans of a certain movie that came out in 1999.. 🔵🔴🐇

Thanks for helping put this together

Link to the interview is in my bio

The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.. Season 3 is out now!!It’s been an honor to continue working on  as part of the ama...
13/03/2025

The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.. Season 3 is out now!!

It’s been an honor to continue working on as part of the amazing team and ‘s themes and vision

I hope you’ll go and watch the show - i think this season is the strongest one yet.

It’s been a fun ride, contributing score, raw guitar playing, and even co-writing some lyrics for this tune off the album with

Grateful for the show that has taught me so much over the many years and hope there are more years to come.

Thank you all for watching and supporting our film  in theaters 🎥Was really fun to get to do a local watch party and als...
05/03/2025

Thank you all for watching and supporting our film in theaters 🎥

Was really fun to get to do a local watch party and also hear that across the country my sister and her friends were watching it too 😃

Some of my favorite memories of that day are of how much the movie and the music moved you, to tears, and how you loved the film.

More dates are live now if you wanted to catch it - it’s expanding across the US! Link to tickets is in my bio.

So very grateful for this moment. The Accidental Getaway Driver Soundtrack Album is finally out!The album consists of 14...
28/02/2025

So very grateful for this moment. The Accidental Getaway Driver Soundtrack Album is finally out!

The album consists of 14 Tracks, totaling 33:31 and is released on Sony Pictures’ Madison Gate Records.

It was mastered by Anders Petersen of GS Mastering & Post in Stockholm, Sweden.

Link to the album:
https://soundtrk.lnk.to/TheAccidentalGetawayDriver

Thank you to all the people who made this release possible.

To - thank you for the opportunity to collaborate on such a beautiful film, and to introduce my mandolin to a bigger audience

for being our tireless shepherd throughout and opening doors for my music

Jennifer Nash for bringing me into the fold and your excellent Music Editing and supervision

for my first big label soundtrack release

Utopia Movies and Sony Pictures for releasing our film

for your wonderful Cello Playing 🎻

for your fiery Percussion 🥁

Impact24 Public Relations for all the wise words ✍️

To all the other producers, crew, friends and family behind the scenes who helped along this journey, gave me feedback and the confidence I needed to put this out there. Thank you 🙏

It was a dream come true to be at the theatrical premiere for  and to be surrounded by family, friends and close collabo...
26/02/2025

It was a dream come true to be at the theatrical premiere for and to be surrounded by family, friends and close collaborators alike.

Over two years ago we poured our hearts into this film and thanks to the dedication of many behind the scenes, we were able to gather at Linwood Dunn Theater together to celebrate and begin the journey of sharing it with the world.

Thanks once again to the vision of for allowing me to contribute my original score 🎶 to the film, and the wonderful team at for an exceptional post prod process. To for allowing this next stage to happen. 🙏

The Soundtrack releases on the 28th on all digital platforms under Madison Gate Records. 📢

Please catch the film in theaters this weekend of the 28th of Feb in LA, NYC and VA. With hopefully more locations to come!

Photo credit: Images 1-5: David Morrison

An adventure many years in the making 🗡️Thanks to   and the amazing team  And the fine folks at  for making it all possi...
01/11/2024

An adventure many years in the making 🗡️

Thanks to and the amazing team
And the fine folks at for making it all possible

Was super fun to work on my first ever AAA video game! Hope you guys play the crap out of it.

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