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Alec Puro is an award-winning Film and Television composer, accomplished studio musician and entrepreneur. He has created the music for over fifty films, thousands of hours of television programming and countless advertisements. Among other projects, Puro is best known for scoring Netflix's zombie thriller "Black Summer," the hit Freeform drama "The Fosters, 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 Gateway" starringOlivia 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.

Summer 2026 marks one of the most prolific stretches of Puro's career. "Nimrods," written and directed by Lee Kirk and developed with Green Day, featuring the band's songs alongside Puro's original score. The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and hits theaters August 14th. "Unshatter,"a documentary about Linkin Park, follows on September 30th. Also forthcoming is "Don't Let Them Out," a horror-thriller starring Bonnie Root that has won Best Feature Film honors at Cinequest San Jose, Dark Matter, Indie Vegas, and LA Femme International film festivals to name a few. The film hits theaters on August 14th. Puro is also currently wrapping up the score for "Double Blind"(Lionsgate/Universal), a psychological thriller starring LaKeith Stanfield.

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 Temple Pilots, 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 Steven Spielberg and Variety Magazine. In 2011, Puro returned to Sundance with two feature films making their debut: "The Art of Getting By" and "Higher Ground," the critically acclaimed directorial debut from Academy Award Nominee Vera Farmiga. He became a Sundance regular, returning in 2012 for Jonathan Kasdan's "The First Time." Since 2007, Puro's work has been a fixture at major film festivals worldwide, from SXSW to Cannes to the Tribeca Film Festival, where "Like Water" won Best New Director in 2011.

In 2006, Puro founded Gramoscope Music, a full-service music production company with an extensive and diverse catalog of music for licensing in film and television. Notable projects include “Propeller One WayNight Coach”, "100 Foot Wave," "Vanderpump Rules," "American Horror Story," "Hell's Kitchen," "Wicked Tuna," "The Real Housewives" franchise, "Keeping Up With The Kardashians," and the "NBA2K" video game series, among many others.

In 2026, Puro founded Viralnoise, a royalty-free music subscription service designed specifically for digital creators. The platform provides access to over 40,000 music tracks and 30,000 high-quality sound effects previously reserved for major TV shows, blockbuster films, big-budget advertisements, and AAA video games, now available to creators at every level through affordable subscriptions.

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