Jeff Beal

Biography

Jeff Beal

Born: 1963

Nationality: American

Publisher: AMP

Four-time Emmy award winning composer Jeff Beal has received his 15th Emmy nomination for his original score for the critically acclaimed Netflix television series House of Cards. Jeff is known for his diverse musical approach to film and tv scoring, having written award-winning scores for the films Pollock (2000), Appaloosa (2008), Wilde Salome (2011), and Blackfish (2013), and for television including the shows Monk (2002), Rome (2005), Carnivale (2003), The Company (2007), and House of Cards (2014).

Now based in Los Angeles, Jeff pursued a career as a jazz recording artist and composer in New York and then San Francisco, after studying composition with Christopher Rouse at the Eastman School of Music. He has recorded numerous recordings for Island, Mercury, and Koch Jazz record labels as a performer (trumpet) and composer. With musical roots as a jazz trumpeter and recording artist, Jeff’s compositions are infused with a deep understanding of improvisation, rhythm and spontaneity. Jeff’s work has been performed and recorded by world-renowned soloists, ensembles, and orchestras, including clarinetists Eddie Daniels and Chicago Symphony principal Larry Combs, the American Jazz Philharmonic, and the symphonies of St. Louis, Rochester, Pacific, Frankfurt, Munich, and Detroit.

News

  • Jeff Beal Reacts To ‘House of Cards’ Emmy Nomination, Billboard Reports

    Jeff Beal Reacts To ‘House of Cards’ Emmy Nomination, Billboard Reports

    26th July 2017

    Congratulations to Jeff Beal, who was recently Emmy-nominated for his work within the fifth season of House of Cards! Beal has been nominated within this category of 'Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)’...

  • Jeff Beal Emmy Nomination for Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

    Jeff Beal Emmy Nomination for Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

    18th July 2016

    Congratulations to Jeff Beal on his Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise. Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) - All The Way • HBO •...

  • MSC Signs Hildur Guðnadóttir

    MSC Signs Hildur Guðnadóttir

    6th July 2016

    We are pleased to announce that MSC has recently signed Hildur Guðnadóttir for the world. She is an Icelandic cellist/composer who mainly writes for film and tv both with Jóhann Jóhannsson and on her own. Her most recent credits include...

  • MSC Signs Fallulah

    MSC Signs Fallulah

    1st July 2016

    Music Sales Creative is thrilled to announce the signing of Danish singer-songwriter Fallulah. Following the release of her latest album Perfect Tense, she will perform on Toppen Af Poppen (Top of the Pops), a major show in Denmark...

  • Composer Jeff Beal Wins Emmy For Outstanding Music Composition

    Composer Jeff Beal Wins Emmy For Outstanding Music Composition

    5th October 2015

    Congratulations to Music Sales composer Jeff Beal on winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition! Jeff Beal was honored for his work on Netflix’s House of Cards in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category after...