KJM Studios

Composer for Film, TV & Video Games

Kendall Johnson was born into a musically adept family. Teaching himself to play the guitar at age twelve, and helping to form the Indie Rock band, Submission, enabled Kendall to fulfill some of his foreseen musical forte, but it didn’t quite satisfy his hunger. He wanted to become a film composer…

…so in April of 2007, after being in a band for over 10 years, Kendall began studying at Vancouver Film School—specializing in Sound Design for Visual Media. Soon after completing the program, Kendall was introduced to television and film composer, Shawn Patterson. Kendall began editing music for Shawn, who was composing for Nickelodeon, and has since remarked that his experience working for the Los Angeles based composer was “phenomenal and very educational.”

Over the past few years Kendall has completed the scores for many short and feature films, TV episodes, commercials and video games. In 2008 he worked as a music editor for Nickelodeon’s “Tak & the Power of Juju.” Kendall classifies his style as “Atmospheric Orchestral,” and has attributed his influences to John Powell, Jeremy Soule, Thomas Newman, and of course, Hans Zimmer. He also finds inspiration in Old World composers such as: Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mozart.

Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, and now residing in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Kendall Johnson has the much sought after ability of being able to work in both Canada and the United States. Kendall has an excellent reputation with the faculty of Vancouver Film School, as well as, the various directors and composers he has associated with.

Kind words

“….I have a habit of asking for excellence, and what Kendall gave me was light years beyond what I expected…"

- Carey Lewis, writer- director of The Weight. June 20, 2011

“Kendall consistantly delivers great music on time and within budget.” - Bob Rice, Four Bars Intertainment. Oct 5, 2011