Having worked in the film/TV/trailer music industry for over two decades, Angela Leus is currently Sr. Vice President of Film Music at Universal Pictures and supervises all aspects of music on a variety of films and soundtracks for the studio, its affiliate production companies, and DreamWorks Animation.

In her role, she also supports the theme parks, marketing, consumer products, and live entertainment divisions with their music needs. Past projects include the Trolls and Pitch Perfect franchises, Forgotten Island, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Straight Outta Compton, Jordan Peele’s Us and Nope, Girls Trip and Jurassic World: Rebirth. Current and upcoming projects include Shrek 5 and Olivia Wilde’s Naughty.

Angela started her career at Miramax/Dimension Films, where she was involved in film and trailer music licensing, soundtrack marketing, and score production, working on projects such as Chicago, Frida, Cold Mountain, Gangs of New York, and The Reader. She then held a creative and licensing supervisor role at NBC-Universal Television music, working on promos for the network, Bravo, and its affiliates. Before joining Universal, Angela was Head of Music at Ignition Creative advertising agency, where she worked on a multitude of film marketing campaigns including True Grit, The Social Network, Green Lantern, and The Fighter.

A classically trained pianist, violist, and violinist and native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Angela is a member of the Recording Academy and APA@NBC-Universal. She is an active alumnus of the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and currently resides in Los Angeles with her family.

Her honors and nominations include the following: Executive Honoree at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards

Winner of the 2023 Hollywood Music In Media Award (HMMA) for Best Music Supervision – Film for her work on Trolls Band Together. Nominee for the 2018 Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Music Supervision for a Film Under $25 Million for Girls Trip.