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Jeff Beal Biography

Birth Name:Jeff Beal

Birth Place:Hayward, California, United States

Profession Composer, Music department, Sound department

Fast Facts

  • His music for the Philip Haas art installation "Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons" was showcased at the Kimball Art Museum and the 2011 Venice Biennale
  • Returned to the Eastman School of Music as the commencement speaker and honored alumnus in 2011
  • Earned his degree from the Eastman School of Music
  • His pianist and jazz-enthusiast grandmother gave him Miles Davis's and Gil Evans's "Sketches of Spain" album, which incited his interest in the trumpet
  • Started out as a jazz trumpeter and recording artist
  • While a student at Castro Valley High School, he wrote his first long-form composition for the Oakland Youth Symphony
  • His compositions for film, media and the concert hall are infused with an understanding of rhythm and spontaneity that draw from his skill at improvisation
  • Such solo CDs as "Three Graces," "Contemplations," "Red Shift" and "Liberation" helped establish him as an artist and composer
  • Composes, orchestrates, conducts, records and mixes his own scores
  • Began mentoring and encouraging young composers at the Sundance Film Composer seminars and lecturing at conservatories and universities

Awards

  • 1998OFTA Television Award-Best Music in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2001BMI TV Music Award-: winner
  • 2001World Soundtrack Award-Discovery of the Year: nominated
  • 2003DVD Premiere Award-Best Original Score: nominated
  • 2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Theme Music: winner
  • 2005BMI TV Music Award-: winner
  • 2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: nominated
  • 2007BMI TV Music Award-: winner
  • 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): winner
  • 2008HMMA Award-Best Original Score - Film: winner
  • 2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): winner
  • 2009Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special: nominated
  • 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: nominated
  • 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score: nominated
  • 2014HMMA Award-Main Title - TV Show / Digital Series: nominated
  • 2014OFTA Television Award-Best Music in a Series: nominated
  • 2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: nominated
  • 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): winner
  • 2016OFTA Television Award-Best Music in a Non-Series: nominated
  • 2016OFTA Television Award-Best Music in a Series: nominated
  • 2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2016World Soundtrack Award-Television Composer of the Year: winner
  • 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): winner
  • 2018C.A.S. Award-Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Documentary: nominated
  • 2018HMMA Award-Best Main Title Theme - TV Show/Limited Series: nominated
  • 2018IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Documentary Film: nominated
  • 2018Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: nominated
  • 2019Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Score: nominated
  • 2019HMMA Award-Best Original Score - Documentary: winner
  • 2019Creative Recognition Award-Best Music: nominated
  • 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2020IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Documentary: nominated
  • 2020SCL Award-Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film: nominated
  • 2026SCL Award-Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production: nominated