PROFILE
Over the last twenty-plus years, Lee Sanders has secured his reputation as a creative musical force, aiding and abetting filmmakers in Hollywood and around the world. His style is intense, immediate, and eclectic, drawing from experience in orchestral, electronic, and world music.
Lee has won eight BMI Film & Television Awards for his work. His credits span dozens of television shows, films, video games and works for online media and theatre—among them the multiple Emmy® Award-winning series The Amazing Race (US and international versions); the current Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logo theme; the award-winning feature films Old Stone and Shadow Wolves; and the children's web series Storyline Online for SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
As a conductor, orchestrator and additional composer, Lee has also contributed to shows such as Family Guy, Charmed, The Fairly Oddparents, Disney’s House of Mouse, and many more.
Outside the studio, Lee also keeps a busy schedule as an educator and lecturer on music for media. He also recently served as a panelist for Grammy in the Schools Fest, engaging with and inspiring the next generation of young music creators.
Lee holds memberships in the Television Academy and the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and contributes his talents to organizations including Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Children's Miracle Network Telethon, and the LA Regional Food Bank.
STUDIO NEWS
January 9, 2026
Is it too late to wish you a Happy New Year? Blame it on the constant firehose of things happening here at the studio—hardware and software upgrades; projects beginning and being finished; and the ultra-glamorous day-to-day life of a Hollywood composer (which is code for errands, chores, and laundry).
So far 2026 hasn’t been a banner year in the world at large. But I haven’t given up on it yet. I’m hoping for wonderful things in the months ahead, for myself and for all of you. Stay tuned.
December 5, 2025
The holiday crunch is upon us! There’s so much happening here at the studio as Old Man 2025 races toward the finish line. Here’s just a sample:
Scoring is complete on “CRONE,” the final third of Elizabeth Musgrave’s Womanhood: A Trilogy of Horror, and we’re now turning our attention to “maiden,” the first segment of the film.
My composing schedule for 2026 is filling up fast, with work on an independent dramatic feature, a feature-length science documentary, and a live concert (!) already planned.
The Amazing Race 38 season finale is this coming Wednesday, December 10 on CBS. Tune in to find out who walks away with the million-dollar prize!
Here’s wishing you all a wonderful holiday season… I hope it brings you love, laughs, and every good thing. Cheers—LHS
CUE OF THE MOMENT
From Cycle 2 of The Amazing Race (2002—!), this cue shows its age a bit, especially in the sound libraries I had at my disposal. It was so much fun to write, though, that I just have to include it here.
It was 24 years ago almost to the day that I wrote this—the creative brief was for me to quote the famous Ary Barroso song musically… just enough to make it feel Brazil-ian, but not so much that we’d get in legal trouble. And they asked for something that was “energetic as hell.” I think this delivers fairly well on both counts, although I love how lush and string-driven the original 1939 version is.
Cheers… or maybe I should say saúde!—LHS
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