Amanda Jones

Amanda Jones is an Emmy Award-winning composer who has rapidly become a standout voice amongst a new generation of television and film composers.

In 2023, Jones won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for her work on Season #2 of the Apple TV+ documentary series Home.

Jones’ original music can also be heard on the episode “Maine” from Season #1 of Home for which she received her first Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score).

Amanda's most recent work can be heard in Apple TV+’s Murderbot; Number One On The Call Sheet: Black Leading Women In Hollywood; and Omnivore; and HBO Max’s season 3 of Somebody Somewhere.

Jones’ film credits include Netflix's Mea Culpa, starring Kelly Rowland; Definition Please, starring Levar Burton directed by Sujata Dayand; and Perfect Find; Duplass Bros’ produced feature 7 Days; HBO Max/Springhill documentary feature Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street; Moving On, directed by Oscar-winning director Paul Weitz and starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin; and Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan’s Oscar-nominated documentary short St. Louis Superman.

Jones’ television credits include HBO's Duplass Bros. comedy Somebody Somewhere; MGM+ series The Emperor Of Ocean Park; The CW's series Naomi; Nat Geo’s series' Nat Geo Presents Impact with Gal Gadot; Freeform’s Good Trouble; HBO Max's Adventure Time Distant Lands: Obsidian and Together Again and Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake; OWN’s anthology series Cherish the Day, produced by Ava DuVernay; Showtime’s Twenties, produced by Lena Waithe; HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, produced by Robin Thede and Issa Rae; Adult Swim's comedy series Beef House, for which she wrote the main title theme; the Nat Geo/Disney + docu-series' Supernatural Planet; HBO Max & Sony Pictures Animation’s series’ Young Love; and more.

Jones has a BA in music from Vassar College where she studied music composition, production and classical guitar under Terry Champlin. She also has certificates in both film scoring and orchestration from Berklee College of Music.

Jones performs as the singer and guitarist of the Los Angeles based indie rock band, The Anti-Job. Their music has been air-played on multiple radio stations including BBC Radio and NPR.

Jones resides in Los Angeles.