Jon O’Hara is a Los Angeles-based composer, producer, and pianist whose scoring work spans film, television, games, and podcasts. He writes music that supports story—whatever shape it takes.

Jon’s music has appeared in a wide range of acclaimed projects, including Law & Order: SVU, This Is Us, Homeland, NCIS, BoJack Horseman, Insecure, Uncorked, and the 2016 Rio Olympics. He collaborates closely with legendary composer Mike Post, contributing original music and orchestrations for Law & Order, SVU, Mammoth (BBC), Inside the FBI: NY, and Post’s forthcoming concert album Message from the Mountains & Echoes of the Delta—a set of orchestral works for bluegrass and blues bands.

His scoring work extends across genres and media, from short films and indie features to narrative podcasts and AAA games. Recent highlights include Nexus (dir. Aaron Sims), Pink Tax and Salvation (with Dom Whalley), Islands: Crusoe (Trash Studios), and The Eye: Calanthak, a space thriller recorded with the Budapest Art Orchestra and featured in Fortnite. He’s also composed for narrative podcasts including Law & Order: Criminal Justice System (iHeart/Wolf), Eavesdropper (Audible/Wolf), and the upcoming Aftermath: The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer (Universal/Wolf/Spoke Media).

A classically and jazz-trained pianist since age five, Jon earned his B.M. in Composition from Vanderbilt University and an M.M. in Film Scoring from Berklee Valencia, where he conducted his original score at Abbey Road Studios with members of the London Philharmonic. He has also worked alongside composers George Kallis, Kris Wilkinson, and Jim Gray on a variety of orchestral, pop, and film projects.

Jon’s work reflects a love of storytelling and a deep musical fluency—equally at home with sweeping orchestral writing, intimate chamber textures, and genre-bending electronic sound design. He is a BMI-affiliated composer, songwriter, and publisher (Sound Happens Publishing), and also produces music for artists whose work has reached millions of listeners.