Anna Waronker & Craig Wedren

ANNA WARONKER: Anna Waronker is a Los Angeles–based composer, songwriter, singer, and artist, best known as the frontwoman and primary songwriter for the cult-favorite band that dog. With a distinctive melodic sensibility and lyrical wit, Anna has expanded her creative reach into film, television, and theater—crafting emotionally resonant and stylistically original scores across genres. 

Her notable work includes composing for the Emmy-nominated hit series Yellowjackets (Paramount+ with Showtime), School Spirits (Paramount+), High School (Freevee)—the limited series based on Tegan & Sara’s bestselling memoir—Shrill (Hulu), I Love That For You (Paramount+ with Showtime), and the animated series Harriet The Spy (Apple TV+), and more. She has also contributed to beloved cult classics such as Josie and the Pussycats and Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. In theater, Anna collaborated with Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go’s) on Lovelace: A Rock Opera, which premiered at The Hayworth Theater and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She also composed music for stage adaptations of Hit The Wall and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Los Angeles LGBT Center). As a performer and recording artist, Anna has released two solo albums and four albums with that dog., including the critically acclaimed Old LP (UMe) in 2019. 

Most recently, she has continued her collaboration with Craig Wedren on the third season of Yellowjackets, for which they wrote and performed the celebrated theme song “No Return” (winner of a Hollywood Music in Media Award) and an original song titled “Sleepwalking,” featured in the season finale. Anna is currently writing for Elle, the highly anticipated Legally Blonde prequel series for Prime Video while waiting to begin scoring the third season of School Spirits (Paramount+) and the fourth season of Yellowjackets (Paramount+ with Showtime). 

CRAIG WEDREN: Craig Wedren first gained notice as the dynamic, multi-octave-wielding frontman of Shudder to Think – one of the first Washington, D.C. bands to make the transition from the revered Dischord punk label to the majors during the grunge era. Indeed, Vanity Fair called Wedren “the Freddie Mercury of Dischord.” With its eccentric song structures and complex time signatures, Shudder to Think would prove a significant influence on math rock, post-hardcore, and emo – at the same time making fans of diverse luminaries spanning Jeff Buckley to Deftones to Cursive. The likes of Incubus and Pearl Jam have also been known to cover Shudder to Think in their live shows. As Shudder to Think wound down in the late-’90s, Wedren began to pursue new, vital sonic avenues of his own. 

From 2005’s Lapland (Team Love) to 2017’s Adult Desire (his own Pink Ape label), Wedren has released a series of solo albums and related collaborative projects. At the same time, Wedren’s music has become an essential part of some of film and television’s most popular and lauded shows. Beginning with the soundtracks for the late-'90s films High Art and First Love, Last Rites along with his Shudder to Think bandmates, Craig’s composing resume has gone on to include extensively working with director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) and David Wain (Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer). Wedren would go on to create evocative, decidedly contemporary scores for cultural-touchstone films and television series including The School of Rock, Laurel Canyon, Reno 911!, GLOW (Netflix), Fresh Off the Boat (ABC), Shrill (Hulu), New Amsterdam (NBC) and, most recently, the wildly popular Showtime® series YELLOWJACKETS. 

In recent years, Wedren’s endlessly creative spirit has also seen him release Adult Desire 360--a VR app comprised of 360° panoramic music videos featuring songs from his album Adult Desire; share the limited edition hard-bound book My '90s, featuring photos he took on his Polaroid Spectra in the 1990s and early 2000’s that documented his late nights and early mornings on the road with Shudder to Think and time with friends including Fugazi, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, members of The State and more; and Sabbath Sessions, his multi-episode podcast featuring musical meditations that represent his first explorations of ambient choral music, where Wedren’s technique of sampling and looping his famously elastic voice results in a unique kind of sound bath.