Johnny Jewel (born John David Padgett; May 31, 1974)[1][2] is an American musician, record producer, composer, and visual artist.

Born in Houston, Jewel mainly began recording music in Portland, Oregon in 1996 after forming the band Glass Candy with vocalist Ida No.

In 2006, Jewel founded the independent Portland-based record label Italians Do It Better, which features an array of artists and groups that produce similar disco, electronic, and synth-based music.

In addition to Drive, Jewel also scored Refn's film Bronson (2008), as well as Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, Lost River (2015).

[10] Among the groups signed to the label were Glass Candy, Desire, and Chromatics, each of whom Jewel collaborated with musically, co-writing and recording material.

[10] With Chromatics, a post-punk band that had previously been based in Seattle, Jewel introduced singer and guitarist Ruth Radelet, who replaced the group's former vocalist, Johnny Whitney.

[12] With Jewel's involvement, the group changed its sound significantly, introducing elements of electronic, disco, and synth-based music.

[18] Jewel subsequently scored the feature film Lost River (2015), the directorial debut of Ryan Gosling (who had starred in Drive).

[23] The release of Chromatics' Dear Tommy was delayed several times, and in 2017, Jewel purportedly destroyed every copy of the record following a near-death experience[18] in which he almost drowned while swimming in Hawaii.

[24] Despite this, Jewel continued to record with the band, covering the Hole track "Petals" (from their 1998 album, Celebrity Skin) for the official soundtrack of the 2018 horror film The Perfection.

[25] In August 2021, singer Ruth Radelet, drummer Nat Walker, and guitarist Adam Miller of Chromatics announced that the group had disbanded.