I've been creating music for films and television for over 25 years. Clients include NBC, BBC, Ken Burns, PBS, ABC, CBS, and hundreds of others.
John Keltonic
JDK Music
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A Partial List of Projects
Scored by John Keltonic (JDK Music)
Ken Burns "The Roosevelts" - original music for PBS trailer and show
Olympics - NBC Sports - One-hour special "Their Finest Hour" with Tom Brokaw, primetime broadcast as part of the Olympic coverage
“Autism Is A World” – nominated for Academy Award (Best Documentary)
"The Sultan and The Saint" - premiered on PBS in December, 2017
"The Constitution" - PBS 4-hour series, premiering in late 2018
Grammy Museum - Produced blues legend Keb' Mo' song for the Museum
"In Pursuit of Paul - Independent Film
"Gateway To Auschwitz" - new film for the Auschwitz Museum in Auschwitz, Poland
"The Real Adam Smith" - 2 Hour PBS Special
"India Awakes" - PBS Special
"The Chaplains" - PBS Documentary
"Iran in the Bible" - Independent Film
"Booker T. Washington" for U.S. Parks Service
"Egypt: Revolution Interrupted", PBS
"Water Blues, Green Solutions" PBS
"Rescue in the Philippines" PBS Documentary
"Pushing The Limits" - PBS series
"Suffer No Fools" - PBS
"Best of Indies” - PBS
"The USO" - Film by Academy Award winner Gerry Wurzburg
"The Mystery of White Tails" - New PBS special, narrated by Peter Coyote
"Heliophysics" - NASA series
"Birth of A Colony" - new PBS documentary
"Eruption of Life" - Mt. St. Helens Film
"Stone Age America" - PBS NOVA special
"Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton" - PBS
"Sam's War" - History Channel
"The Last 600 Meters" - PBS Special
"We Heard The Bells", PBS"The Adventists" - PBS documentary, many awards
"The Human Spark" - 3 hours PBS series with Alan Alda
"Justice" - new PBS series, sponsored by Harvard, airing weekly
"Global Focus" series, hosted by Robert Redford
"Betty Ford" - PBS Special produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions
PBS "Explorers" national promo campaign
"The Constitution" - film airing in the National Archives
"The Power of Forgiveness" - PBS special
"The Retirement Revolution" - 2 Hours PBS special (WTTW)
"The Retirement Revolution: The New Reality" - follow up PBS special
"Walter Cronkite" - PBS American Masters Special
"Exploring Space” – PBS, 2 hour series
"Harvard" - film about this prestigious university
"Everglades: River of Life" - PBS 2 hour special
"Global Harbors" PBS Special
Media General - TV News themes - regional Emmy for music
"Concorde: Supersonic Dream" PBS NOVA series
"Albert Schweitzer" - PBS documentary
“Bonhoeffer” – PBS, 90 minute special, many award
"President Kennedy Has Been Shot” – CNN, 1-hour documentary
"Code Blue: Lung Cancer" - PBS Special
“Over Alaska” – PBS 1 hour, regional Emmy, best original music
"Veggie Tales: Tuba Warrior" - DVD by Big Idea Productions
“Korean War Stories” – PBS, narr. by Walter Cronkite, awarded National Emmy for best Historical Documentary.
“Land of Revolution” – Discovery documentary
“Heaven on Earth” – PBS, 2 hours, narr. by Ben Wattenburg
"Thumper" - music score for interactive children's CD-ROM for Disney Corp.
“Bringing Down A Dictator” – PBS, narr. by Martin Sheen, Peabody Award Winner
“Monumental Arizona” – PBS 1 hour special
“Everglades River of Life” – Discovery Channel Documentary
“The Other Holy Land” – Hallmark Channel, 1 hour presentation
“D-Day: Beneath The Waves” – Discovery Channel, 1 hour
“The Truth Project” – PBS Special Documentary
“The Making of The Leopard Son” – Discovery Channel, 1 hour documentary
“A Force More Powerful” – PBS, 2 hours, narr. Ben Kingsley, numerous awards
“Gun Power”– Discovery Channel, 2 hour documentary
“West Point” – PBS, 1 hour, narr. by Walter Cronkite
“Murder For Hire”– Discovery Channel, 1 hour documentary
“The Supreme Court” – PBS, 1 hour documentary, also plays hourly at Supreme Court
“Coma: The Silent Epidemic”– Discovery Channel, 1 hour documentary
“Boatworks”- PBS series, 13 1/2 hour shows
“In The Footsteps of a Bear” – Discovery Channel, 1 hour documentary
“Pets: Part of the Family” – PBS 13 part series, narr. by MAS*H's Gary Burghoff
“Cybersurgery” – Discovery Channel, 1 hour documentary
“Nile: River of the Gods” – Discovery Channel, 1 hour documentary
... and many others...
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
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Film
Composer
Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
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Film
Composer
A More or Less Perfect Union: A Personal Exploration by Judge Douglas Ginsburg- A Constitution in Writing
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TV Mini
Composer
Our Constitution at Risk
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TV Mini
Composer
The Spy Behind Home Plate
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Film
Composer
Extraordinary Women of the Bible
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TV Mini
Composer
In Pursuit of Paul the Apostle
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TV Mini
Composer
Michelle Malkin Investigates
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TV Series
Composer
The Sultan and the Saint
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Film
Composer
Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
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Film
Composer
The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg
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Film
Composer
Day of Discovery
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TV Series
Music department
Liberty & Slavery
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Video
Music department
India Awakes
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Film
Composer
Walter Williams: Suffer No Fools
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Film
Composer
PBS Previews the Roosevelts: An Intimate History
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TV Movie
Composer
The Bugler's Statue: Capturing a Moment
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Film
Composer
Water Blues: Green Solutions
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TV Movie
Composer
The Adventists 2
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TV Movie
Composer
Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust
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TV Movie
Composer
Their Finest Hour
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TV Movie
Composer
Birth of a Colony: North Carolina
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TV Movie
Composer
Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton
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Film
Composer
Lost Harmony
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Film
Composer
The Adventists
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Film
Composer
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
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Film
Composer
The Human Spark
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TV Series
Composer
Justice
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TV Series
Composer
Retirement Revolution: The New Reality
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TV Movie
Composer
Retirement Revolution
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TV Movie
Composer
Independent Lens
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TV Series
Music department
Testing Hope: Grade 12 in the New South Africa
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Film
Composer
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
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Film
Music department
Albert Schweitzer: Called to Africa
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TV Movie
Composer
Nova
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TV Series
Composer
Exploring Space: The Quest for Life
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TV Movie
Composer
Jim Knox's Wild Zoofari
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TV Series
Music department
Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism
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TV Movie
Composer
Arizona's Monuments
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TV Movie
Composer
Autism Is a World
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TV Movie
Composer
Bonhoeffer
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Film
Composer
Bringing Down a Dictator
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TV Movie
Composer
Over Alaska
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Film
Composer
Korean War Stories
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TV Movie
Composer
The First Measured Century
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TV Movie
Composer
Primer amor... a mil por hora
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TV Series
Soundtrack
A Force More Powerful
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Film
Composer
The Century
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TV Mini
Composer
The Making of the 'Leopard Son'
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TV Movie
Composer
1 Academy Award Nomination
1 National Emmy
Several Regional Emmys