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John Beal is a film and television composer, who is most well-known not only for his work on numerous hit television shows, but as the industry's leading composer of original scores for theatrical motion picture trailers for over thirty years. Beal specialized in actual scoring for trailers, rather than creating library music which would be randomly licensed and plugged into marketing campaigns... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2006 Sweet Deadly Dreams (music supervisor)
 
2000 Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (TV movie) (composer: songs "Pick Em Up" "Rolling Motion")
 
1999 Miracle on the 17th Green (TV movie) (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1991 Doublecrossed (TV movie) (music supervisor)
 
1990 It (TV mini-series) (music supervisor)
 
1989 Life Goes On (TV series) (composer: additional music)
 
1989 A Whisper to a Scream (composer: additional source music)
 
1988 Addicted to His Love (TV movie) (music supervisor)
 
1988 Shattered Innocence (TV movie) (music supervisor - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
1986 Killer Party (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1984 Terror in the Aisles (documentary) (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1984 Velvet (TV movie) (orchestrator)
 
1984 Under the Volcano (composer: additional source music - uncredited)
 
1984 The Stone Boy (composer: additional source music - uncredited)
 
1983 Shooting Stars (TV movie) (composer: additional music, orchestrator)
 
1983 Lone Star Bar & Grill (music supervisor)
 
1982 Money on the Side (TV movie) (music supervisor, orchestrator)
 
1982 Matt Houston (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
1982 Cassie & Co. (TV series) (composer: additional music) (orchestrator)
 
1981 Roar (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1981 The Other Victim (TV movie) (music supervisor)
 
1981 The Funhouse (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1980 The Man with Bogart's Face (composer: additional score, music supervisor, orchestrator)
 
1980 Defiance (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
1980 The Toni Tennille Show (TV series) (musical director - 1 episode)
Pilot (1980) (musical director)
 
1979 A Shining Season (TV movie) (music supervisor - uncredited)
 
1979 Skatetown, U.S.A. (composer: additional music)
 
1979 The Death of Ocean View Park (TV movie) (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1979 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (TV movie) (music supervisor, orchestrator)
 
1979 The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (TV series) (orchestrator - 2 episodes)
Episode #1.2 (1979) (orchestrator)
Bridget's Romance (1979) (orchestrator)
 
1979 The Captain & Tennille Songbook (TV special) (musical director)
 
1979 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series) (composer: additional music) (orchestrator)
 
1979 $weepstake$ (TV series) (orchestrator - 1 episode)
Episode #1.1 (1979) (orchestrator)
 
1979 Legends of the Superheroes (TV series) (composer: additional music, orchestrator)
 
1978 The All-New Popeye Hour (TV series) (composer: additional music) (orchestrator)
 
1978 Challenge of the SuperFriends (TV series) (composer: additional music) (orchestrator)
 
1978 Zero to Sixty (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1977 Black Market Baby (TV movie) (music supervisor)
 
1976 A Special Olivia Newton-John (TV special) (orchestrator)
 
1975 Lou Rawls: Soul on Ice! (TV movie) (orchestrator)
 
1971 The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (TV documentary) (conductor)
 
1971 Make Your Own Kind of Music! (TV series) (music arranger)
 
1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1970 Ed Sullivan's Armed Forces Tour (TV movie) (musical director)
 
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2003 Salmon Run (documentary short)
 
2003 Baberellas
 
2002 Bay Boyz (video)
 
2001 Junkies at the Gate (video)
 
2000 Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
2000 Return to Haight (video)
 
1999 A Journey in Faith (video)
 
1997 Zork: Grand Inquisitor (Video Game)
 
1996 Making 'Hamlet' (video documentary)
 
1994 Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (TV documentary)
 
1993 Making Gilbert Grape (TV documentary)
 
1992 Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (TV documentary)
 
1992 The Secret World of Spying (TV movie)
 
1986 Killer Party
 
1985 More Than Brothers (TV short)
 
1984 Terror in the Aisles (documentary)
 
1984 Legmen (TV series)
 
1983 Little Shots (TV movie)
 
1982 Chicago Story (TV series)
 
1982 Lights, Camera, Annie! (TV documentary)
 
1981 The Funhouse
 
1980 Goodtime Girls (TV series)
 
1980 The Toni Tennille Show (TV series)
Pilot (1980) (music composed and conducted by)
 
1979 Laverne & Shirley (TV series)
 
1979 Happy Days (TV series)
Shotgun Wedding (1979)
 
1979 Whodunnit? (TV series)
 
1979 The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1979)
Bridget's Romance (1979)
 
1979 The Captain & Tennille Songbook (TV special)
 
1979 $weepstake$ (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1979)
 
1979 Legends of the Superheroes (TV series)
 
1979 Getting in Shape for the Main Event (TV documentary short) (original music score / as John-Everett Beal)
 
1978 Zero to Sixty (as John-Everett Beal)
 
1978 Vega$ (TV series)
 
1977 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1998 Barney's Great Adventure (writer: "Pick 'Em Up")
 
1996 Carpool (writer: "CANDY CORNER", "ROLLING MOTION" / performer: "CANDY CORNER", "ROLLING MOTION")
 
1984 Terror in the Aisles (documentary) (writer: "They're Not Very Nice")
 
1979 Skatetown, U.S.A. (writer: "Skatetown USA" End Title)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2003 Her Knight (short) (booth consultant)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2012/II Choice (short) (special thanks)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Trailer music for At Play in the Fields of the Lord See more »

Official Sites:

Composer John Beal | Reeltime Creative | See more »

Alternate Names:

John-Everett Beal
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Became General Manager of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra in 2006. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius