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.
Sound 107
2020s
- 2026
Lost Opportunities
Original Music Composer
Serling
Original Music Composer
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
GameStop: Rise of the Players
Original Music Composer
- 2021
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Original Music Composer
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Original Music Composer
- 2020
Console Wars
Original Music Composer
2010s
- 2019
The Biggest Little Farm
Original Music Composer
Light Falls
Original Music Composer
- 2018
- 2017
The Sweet Life
Original Music Composer
The Putin Interviews
Music
Boston
Music
- 2016
- 2015
The Dovekeepers
Original Music Composer
- 2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Original Music Composer
- 2013
Wilde Salomé
Original Music Composer
Gilded Lilys
Original Music Composer
The Hyperglot
Original Music Composer
When I Walk
Original Music Composer
- 2012
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Music
- 2011
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Original Music Composer
- 2010
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Original Music Composer
2000s
- 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
Original Music Composer
Little Monk
Music
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Original Music Composer
Loving Leah
Original Music Composer
- 2008
Flirting with Forty
Music
Who Do You Love
Original Music Composer
Ping Pong Playa
Original Music Composer
The Russell Girl
Music
- 2007
Where God Left His Shoes
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The Situation
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- 2006
A Perfect Day
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Music
Pinochet in Suburbia
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The Water Is Wide
Music
- 2005
The Engagement Ring
Original Music Composer
Emmanuel's Gift
Original Music Composer
- 2004
Back When We Were Grownups
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The Wool Cap
Music, Original Music Composer
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
Original Music Composer, Music
Love Rules!
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- 2003
Twelve Mile Road
Music
- 2002
Conviction
Original Music Composer
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Music
The Secret Life of Zoey
Music
Door to Door
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Joe and Max
Music
- 2000
Mambo Café
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1990s
- 1999
Harlem Aria
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The Passion of Ayn Rand
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- 1998
- 1997
Lies He Told
Original Music Composer
- 1996
Power 98
Original Music Composer
- 1994
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Music
Ring of Steel
Original Music Composer
- 1990
Places for the Soul
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