Joel McNeely

Joel McNeely

Known for
Sound
Born
March 28, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

Joel McNeely (born March 28, 1959) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, musician, lyricist, and record producer. A protégé of composer Jerry Goldsmith, he is best known for his film and television scores. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on George Lucas's The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He frequently collaborates with Seth MacFarlane and contributes to various projects by The Walt Disney Company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel McNeely, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2025
The Naked Gun poster

The Naked Gun

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Mystery Island: House Rules poster

Mystery Island: House Rules

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
ted poster

ted

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2021
For the Empire poster

For the Empire

TV · Music · 3 eps

2017
The Orville poster

The Orville

TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps

2016
The Man in the Silo poster

The Man in the Silo

Movie · Conductor

2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West poster

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy poster

Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast poster

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Disney Dreams! fête Noël poster

Disney Dreams! fête Noël

Movie · Sound Designer

2012
Secret of the Wings poster

Secret of the Wings

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Pixie Hollow Games poster

Pixie Hollow Games

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert poster

Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert

Movie · Music Director

2010
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue poster

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure poster

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Tinker Bell poster

Tinker Bell

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
I Know Who Killed Me poster

I Know Who Killed Me

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time poster

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
The Fox and the Hound 2 poster

The Fox and the Hound 2

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Pooh's Heffalump Movie poster

Pooh's Heffalump Movie

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch poster

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Mulan II poster

Mulan II

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

2004
The Polar Express poster

The Polar Express

Movie · Orchestrator

2004
Stateside poster

Stateside

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
America's Heart & Soul poster

America's Heart & Soul

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Holes poster

Holes

Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Music Producer

2003
The Jungle Book 2 poster

The Jungle Book 2

Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer

2003
Ghosts of the Abyss poster

Ghosts of the Abyss

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Uptown Girls poster

Uptown Girls

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
Return to Never Land poster

Return to Never Land

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

2001
All Forgotten poster

All Forgotten

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
The Patriot poster

The Patriot

Movie · Orchestrator

2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Santa Who? poster

Santa Who?

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Dark Angel poster

Dark Angel

TV · Original Music Composer · 42 eps

2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal poster

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

TV · Music · 2 eps

1999
Virus poster

Virus

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
Road Rage poster

Road Rage

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Soldier poster

Soldier

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Zack & Reba poster

Zack & Reba

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

1997
Vegas Vacation poster

Vegas Vacation

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Wild America poster

Wild America

Movie · Music

1997
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Flipper poster

Flipper

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain poster

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
Radioland Murders poster

Radioland Murders

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale poster

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
Iron Will poster

Iron Will

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
Terminal Velocity poster

Terminal Velocity

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Young Indy Around the World poster

Young Indy Around the World

Movie · Music

1992
Samantha poster

Samantha

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Lady Against the Odds poster

Lady Against the Odds

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Frankenstein: The College Years poster

Frankenstein: The College Years

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Appearances poster

Appearances

Movie · Music

1990
Hitler's Daughter poster

Hitler's Daughter

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Tiny Toon Adventures poster

Tiny Toon Adventures

TV · Music · 3 eps

1989
Parent Trap III poster

Parent Trap III

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon poster

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder

Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Splash, Too poster

Splash, Too

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
You Talkin' to Me? poster

You Talkin' to Me?

Movie · Original Music Composer