Jeff Beal
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- June 20, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Hayward, California, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Serling
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lost Opportunities
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rule Breakers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Can You Hear Me?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
All Her Fault
TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps
The Grab
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rather
Movie · Original Music Composer
GameStop: Rise of the Players
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sell/Buy/Date
Movie · Original Music Composer
Raymond & Ray
Movie · Original Music Composer
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Movie · Original Music Composer
Breaking News in Yuba County
Movie · Original Music Composer
Walker
TV · Original Music Composer · 56 eps
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Console Wars
Movie · Original Music Composer
Athlete A
Movie · Original Music Composer
Challenger: The Final Flight
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
The Biggest Little Farm
Movie · Original Music Composer
Light Falls
Movie · Original Music Composer
Inside Game
Movie · Original Music Composer
Generation Wealth
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Price of Everything
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bigger
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Bleeding Edge
Movie · Original Music Composer
Boston
Movie · Music
The Sweet Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shock and Awe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gypsy
TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps
The Putin Interviews
TV · Music · 4 eps
Weiner
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dovekeepers
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Big Driver
Movie · Original Music Composer
And the Oscar Goes To...
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blackfish
Movie · Original Music Composer
When I Walk
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hyperglot
Movie · Original Music Composer
He's Way More Famous Than You
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gilded Lilys
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wilde Salomé
Movie · Original Music Composer
House of Cards
TV · Original Music Composer · 73 eps
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Movie · Music
The Queen of Versailles
Movie · Original Music Composer
GCB
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Beyond the Blackboard
Movie · Music
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Once Fallen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Loving Leah
Movie · Original Music Composer
Georgia O'Keeffe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Little Monk
TV · Music · 10 eps
The Russell Girl
Movie · Music
Appaloosa
Movie · Original Music Composer
Who Do You Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Deal
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flirting with Forty
Movie · Music
Ping Pong Playa
Movie · Original Music Composer
He Was a Quiet Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Pixar Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Situation
Movie · Original Music Composer
Where God Left His Shoes
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Company
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
The Water Is Wide
Movie · Music
Pinochet in Suburbia
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Movie · Music
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Perfect Day
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps
Stone Cold
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Engagement Ring
Movie · Original Music Composer
Emmanuel's Gift
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rome
TV · Music · 10 eps
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wool Cap
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Movie · Music
Back When We Were Grownups
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love Rules!
Movie · Original Music Composer
In the Realms of the Unreal
Movie · Original Music Composer
Twelve Mile Road
Movie · Music
Carnivàle
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
No Good Deed
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Movie · Music
Joe and Max
Movie · Music
The Secret Life of Zoey
Movie · Music
Door to Door
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Gentleman's Game
Movie · Original Music Composer
Conviction
Movie · Original Music Composer
Monk
TV · Original Music Composer · 124 eps
Pollock
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mambo Café
Movie · Original Music Composer
Harlem Aria
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Movie · Original Music Composer
From the Earth to the Moon
TV · Music · 1 ep
Lies He Told
Movie · Original Music Composer
Power 98
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love Is All There Is
Movie · Original Music Composer
Undue Influence
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Ring of Steel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Movie · Music
Lookin' Italian
Movie · Original Music Composer
Places for the Soul
Movie · Music
Cheap Shots
Movie · Original Music Composer