Jeff Beal

Biography

Jeff Beal (born June 20, 1963) is an American composer and jazz instrumentalist. He has won five Emmy Awards out of nineteen nominations, most frequently for House of Cards. Other television credits include Monk, Ugly Betty, Rome, Carnivàle, Medium, and the Jesse Stone television films. Beal's film scores include Pollock (2000), Appaloosa (2008), Shock and Awe (2017), Breaking News in Yuba County (2021), and Raymond & Ray (2022). In addition to his scoring career, Beal is a prolific composer of concert music. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Beal’s grandmother was a pianist and accompanist for silent movies who influenced his musical development. In addition to studying both classical and jazz trumpet, Jeff was a self-taught pianist. He studied at the Eastman School of Music, where he met his wife, soprano Joan Sapiro Beal. The couple lives in New York City. Beal disclosed that in 2007 that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

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House of Cards

(2013) Original Music Composer

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Rome

(2005) Music

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Walker

(2021) Original Music Composer

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From the Earth to the Moon

(1998) Music

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The Newsroom

(2012) Music

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Carnivàle

(2003) Original Music Composer

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Gypsy

(2017) Original Music Composer

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GCB

(2012) Original Music Composer

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Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Music	The Grab 2024-06-14 Movie
	Music	Can You Hear Me? 2024-06-14 Movie
2023	Original Music Composer	Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie 2023-12-08 Movie
	Music	Rather 2023-06-09 Movie
2022	Music	Sell/Buy/Date 2022-10-14 Movie
	Music	Raymond & Ray 2022-10-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	GameStop: Rise of the Players 2022-01-28 Movie
2021	Music	JFK: Destiny Betrayed 2021-11-22 TV Show
	Music	JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass 2021-11-12 Movie
	Music	Breaking News in Yuba County 2021-01-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Walker 2021-01-21 TV Show
2020	Original Music Composer	Console Wars 2020-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Challenger: The Final Flight 2020-09-16 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Athlete A 2020-06-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth 2020-03-06 Movie
2019	Original Music Composer	The Biggest Little Farm 2019-06-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Light Falls 2019-05-29 Movie
2018	Original Music Composer	The Price of Everything 2018-11-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bigger 2018-10-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bleeding Edge 2018-07-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Generation Wealth 2018-07-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Shock and Awe 2018-07-13 Movie
2017	Original Music Composer	The Sweet Life 2017-09-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power 2017-07-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gypsy 2017-06-30 TV Show
	Music	The Putin Interviews 2017-06-12 TV Show
	Music	Boston 2017-02-23 Movie
2016	Original Music Composer	Weiner 2016-05-20 Movie
2015	Original Music Composer	Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise 2015-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Dovekeepers 2015-03-31 TV Show
2014	Original Music Composer	Big Driver 2014-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01 Movie
2013	Original Music Composer	Blackfish 2013-06-07 Movie
	Music	Gilded Lilys 2013-05-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Hyperglot 2013-04-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	House of Cards 2013-02-01 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	When I Walk 2013-01-21 Movie
2012	Original Music Composer	The Queen of Versailles 2012-07-06 Movie
	Music	The Newsroom 2012-06-24 TV Show
	Music	Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt 2012-05-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	GCB 2012-03-04 TV Show
2011	Original Music Composer	Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost 2011-05-21 Movie
	Music	Beyond the Blackboard 2011-04-24 Movie
2010	Original Music Composer	Once Fallen 2010-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jesse Stone: No Remorse 2010-05-09 Movie
2009	Music	Little Monk 2009-08-21 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Jesse Stone: Thin Ice 2009-03-01 Movie
	Music	Loving Leah 2009-01-25 Movie
2008	Original Music Composer	The Deal 2008-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Appaloosa 2008-09-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Who Do You Love 2008-09-11 Movie
	Music	The Russell Girl 2008-01-27 Movie
2007	Original Music Composer	He Was a Quiet Man 2007-11-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Pixar Story 2007-08-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Company 2007-08-05 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Jesse Stone: Sea Change 2007-05-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Situation 2007-02-07 Movie
2006	Music	Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise 2006-04-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pinochet in Suburbia 2006-03-26 Movie
	Music	The Water Is Wide 2006-01-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jesse Stone: Night Passage 2006-01-15 Movie
2005	Original Music Composer	The Engagement Ring 2005-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Emmanuel's Gift 2005-10-21 Movie
	Music	Rome 2005-08-28 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Stone Cold 2005-02-20 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	Back When We Were Grownups 2004-11-21 Movie
	Music	The Wool Cap 2004-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Wool Cap 2004-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan 2004-06-18 Movie
	Music	The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan 2004-06-18 Movie
	Music	Ike: Countdown to D-Day 2004-05-31 Movie
	Music	In the Realms of the Unreal 2004-01-15 Movie
2003	Music	Twelve Mile Road 2003-09-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Carnivàle 2003-09-14 TV Show
2002	Original Music Composer	Conviction 2002-09-29 Movie
	Music	Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion 2002-09-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Gentleman's Game 2002-08-20 Movie
	Music	The Secret Life of Zoey 2002-08-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Door to Door 2002-07-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	No Good Deed 2002-06-28 Movie
	Music	Joe and Max 2002-03-03 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	Pollock 2000-09-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mambo Café 2000-04-21 Movie
1999	Original Music Composer	Harlem Aria 1999-03-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Passion of Ayn Rand 1999-01-27 Movie
1998	Music	From the Earth to the Moon 1998-04-05 TV Show
1997	Original Music Composer	Lies He Told 1997-03-16 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	Undue Influence 1996-09-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Power 98 1996-05-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Love Is All There Is 1996-05-10 Movie
1994	Music	Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence 1994-05-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ring of Steel 1994-03-30 Movie
1990	Music	Places for the Soul 1990-01-01 Movie
1988	Original Music Composer	Cheap Shots 1988-10-01 Movie
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