Alec Puro is an award-winning Film and Television composer, accomplished studio musician and entrepreneur. He has created the music for over forty-five films, thousands of hours of television programming and countless advertisements. Among other projects, Puro is best known for scoring the Netflix’s zombie thriller “Black Summer,” the hit Freeform drama “The Fosters,” the DreamWorks/Hulu animated series “The Mighty Ones,” his collaboration with Linkin Park scoring the film “MALL,” and films including “The Art Of Getting By” starring Emma Roberts and Freddie Highmore and “Higher Ground” starring Academy Award Nominee Vera Farmiga.

His extensive film credits include “PIMP” executive produced by Lee Daniels starring Keke Palmer, “All Nighter” starring Emile Hirsch and Academy Award Winner J.K. Simmons, the Universal Pictures film, "Blade Of The 47 Ronin" co-composed with Joe Hahn of Linkin Park, "The Gateway" starring Olivia Munn, Bruce Dern and Frank Grillo and “A Happening of Monumental Proportions,” actress Judy Greer’s directorial debut starring Katie Holmes, Allison Janney and Rob Riggle.

Puro began his music career as a session drummer, working with artists like Jackson Browne, Cher, and Robby Krieger of The Doors. In 1996, while attending California Institute of the Arts, Puro launched the band Deadsy with longtime friend Elijah Blue. Their first album debuted at #99 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, selling 20,000 copies in the first week. The band embarked upon a decade of world tours opening for bands such as Linkin Park, Stone TemplePilots, Deftones, and Korn performing at iconic venues including Madison Square Garden.

During his time with Deadsy, Puro also began composing independently and licensing music to television shows like “Chicago Hope” and “NYPD Blue.” His first significant success as a composer came from the 2007 hit Sundance film “The Good Night.”Starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Penelope Cruz, the film and its score received widespread praise from the likes of Steven Spielberg and Variety Magazine. In 2011, Puro returned to Sundance with two feature films making their debut; “The Art of Getting By,” starring Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts, and “Higher Ground,” the critically acclaimed directorial debut from Academy Award Nominee Vera Farmiga. Puro became a Sundance regular returning again in 2012 with his third invitation for scoring Jonathan Kasdan’s “The First Time.” Since 2007, Puro’s work has been a regular fixture at major film festivals worldwide, from SXSW to Cannes to the Tribeca Film Festival where his film “Like Water” won “Best New Director” in 2011. His films “Ashby” starring Mickey Rourke and Emma Roberts as well as “PIMP”made their Tribeca Film Festival debuts in 2015 and 2018 respectively. 

In 2006, Puro founded Gramoscope Music, a full-service music production company with an extensive and diverse music catalog for licensing in film and television. Notable projects they have created music for include “100 Foot Wave,” “Vanderpump Rules,” “American Horror Story,” “Botched,” “The First 48,” “Running Wild With Bear Grylls,” “Wicked Tuna,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Scientology and the Aftermath,” “Glee,” “The Real Housewives of OC,” “Beverly Hills” and “New Jersey,” “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” the “NBA 2K” video game series and “The Americans” to name a few.

In 2025, Puro founded Viralnoise, a game-changing royalty-free music subscription service designed specifically for digital creators of all kinds. The platform provides access to over 35,000+ music tracks and 30,000+ high-quality sound effects previously reserved for use in major TV shows, blockbuster films, big-budget advertisements, and AAA video games. Viralnoise makes professional-grade audio accessible to creators of all levels with affordable subscriptions, eliminating licensing restrictions and high costs for YouTubers, TikTok influencers, podcasters, filmmakers, and game developers.

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