Jeff Beal Jeff Beal

Born: 20 June 1963, Hayward, California

Biography:
Jeff Beal is a talented and critically acclaimed composer and jazz trumpeter who was named one of ‘20 Creatives to Watch’ by Variety Magazine in 2001. Beal was born into a musical household – Beal's grandmother, Irene, was an accomplished pianist and professional silent-movie accompanist – and began trumpet studies in the third grade, after being inspired by artists such as Miles Davis and Gil Evans. Beal write wrote his first long-form composition for the Oakland Youth Symphony Orchestra while a high school student, and latwe went on to study composition and trumpet at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor of Music degree. Beal first came to national acclaim when he the recipient of an unprecedented 11 "db" awards from Downbeat Magazine for his recordings as a jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger, while still in school. Beal’s debut album, Liberation, was released by for Island Records, and his jazz band performed at The Blue Note and the Montreaux Jazz Festivals. At the request of Chick Corea, Beal composed and recorded a concerto for the virtuosic jazz bassist, John Patitucci, and his second album, Alternate Route, was composed for improvised trumpet and orchestra. He has also composed improvisatory concerti for Dave Samuels, Larry Coombs, and Turtle Island String Quartet. Beal scored his first movies in 1994, and received critical acclaim (and his first taste of commercial success) following his work on the Oscar-winning "Pollock" in 2000. Since then, Beal has gone on to enjoy a successful career in television, with an occasional film project thrown in; in addition to scoring hit shows such as “Carnivàle”, “Rome” and “Ugly Betty”, he won an Emmy for the main title theme he wrote for the TV comedy/drama series “Monk” in 2003, a second Emmy for the dramatic underscore to the TNT miniseries “Nightmares and Dreamscapes” Battleground episode in 2007, and a third Emmy for his score for the mini-series “The Company” in 2008. He is married to soprano singer Joan Sapiro Beal.

Reviews
Appaloosa.

Filmography:
Appaloosa (2008), The Deal (2008), James Castle: Portrait of an Artist (2008), The Russell Girl (2008), Salomaybe? (2008), Waiting for Hockney (2008), Who Do You Love (2008), The Company (2007), He Was a Quiet Man (2007), Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007), Ping Pong Playa (2007), The Pixar Story (2007), Protagonist (2007), Spirit of the Marathon (2007), The Valley of Light (2007), Walking with Buddha (2007), Where God Left His Shoes (2007), Hide & Seek (2006), Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006), Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Autopsy Room Four (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Battleground (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Crouch End (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: The End of the Whole Mess (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: The Fifth Quarter (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: The Road Virus Heads North (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Umney’s Last Case (2006), Nightmares and Dreamscapes: You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (2006), A Perfect Day (2006), Pinochet in Suburbia (2006), The Situation (2006), Ugly Betty (2006), The Water Is Wide (2006), Emmanuel's Gift (2005), The Engagement Ring (2005), Medium (2005), Rome (2005), Stone Cold (2005), Back When We Were Grownups (2004), Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004), In the Realms of the Unreal (2004), It Must Be Love (2004), The Wool Cap (2004), Carnivàle (2003), Twelve Mile Road (2003), Conviction (2002), Crazy Jones (2002), Door to Door (2002), Endgame: Ethics and Values in America (2002), A Gentleman's Game (2002), The House on Turk Street (2002), Joe and Max (2002), Monk (2002), No Distance Too Far (2002), The Secret Life of Zoey (2002), Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002), Family Law (2000), Mambo Café (2000), Pollock (2000), Harlem Aria (1999), The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999), The Get (1998), Lookin' Italian (1998), Guy (1997), Lies He Told (1997), Nothing Sacred (1997), First Love, Second Planet (1996), Love Is All There Is (1996), Power 98 (1996), Undue Influence (1996), The Fence (1994), Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994), Ring of Steel (1994), Bullethead (1993), Cheap Shots (1989).

Highest Grossing Films (adjusted for inflation):
Pollock ($8.6m), Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (negligible grosses), The House on Turk Street (negligible grosses), In the Realms of the Unreal (negligible grosses), Emmanuel’s Gift (negligible grosses), The Situation (negligible grosses), The Protagonist (negligible grosses).

Awards:
2008 Emmy Awards – Winner, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) – The Company
2007 Emmy Awards – Winner, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) – Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Battleground
2003 Emmy Awards – Winner, Outstanding Main Title Theme Music – Monk
2007 Emmy Awards – Nominee, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Rome
2006 Emmy Awards – Nominee, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) – The Water is Wide
2006 Emmy Awards – Nominee, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Rome
2006 Emmy Awards – Nominee, Outstanding Main Title Theme Music – Rome
2005 Emmy Awards – Nominee, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Carnivàle

Links
Official Site

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