While he got his start as a rock guitarist, he went on to train as a classical composer and was one of 20 selected to study in Paris at the renowned La Schola Cantorum. From Paris he moved to Hollywood and began his career composing for NBC’s Starting Over, after which he quickly began scoring films. Jackson’s musical approach drew the attention of Oscar-nominated animator/director/producer Bill Plympton. Their collaboration has produced Sundance and Tribeca successes such as Footprints, Hot Dog, Shut-Eye Hotel and Idiots and Angels. Jackson also scored 20th Century Fox’s breakout pilot Parallels, which was nominated for Best Score at the Hollywood Music and Media Awards (HMMA) in 2014. Jackson’s latest work can be heard in the upcoming Michael Bay/Paramount Pictures summer blockbuster, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.