Jeff Beal

Born: 1963-06-20 in Hayward, California, USA

Known For: Sound

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.

Filmography

2026

Serling ... (Original Music Composer)

2025

All Her Fault ... (Original Music Composer)
Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series ... (Original Music Composer)
Rule Breakers ... (Original Music Composer)
Can You Hear Me? ... (Original Music Composer)

2024

The Grab ... (Original Music Composer)

2023

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie ... (Original Music Composer)
Rather ... (Original Music Composer)

2022

Raymond & Ray ... (Original Music Composer)
Sell/Buy/Date ... (Original Music Composer)
GameStop: Rise of the Players ... (Original Music Composer)

2021

Walker ... (Original Music Composer)
JFK: Destiny Betrayed ... (Original Music Composer)
Breaking News in Yuba County ... (Original Music Composer)
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass ... (Original Music Composer)

2020

Challenger: The Final Flight ... (Original Music Composer)
Athlete A ... (Original Music Composer)
Console Wars ... (Original Music Composer)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth ... (Original Music Composer)

2019

The Biggest Little Farm ... (Original Music Composer)
Light Falls ... (Original Music Composer)

2018

Bigger ... (Original Music Composer)
The Bleeding Edge ... (Original Music Composer)
Generation Wealth ... (Original Music Composer)
The Price of Everything ... (Original Music Composer)

2017

Gypsy ... (Original Music Composer)
Shock and Awe ... (Original Music Composer)
The Putin Interviews ... (Music)
The Sweet Life ... (Original Music Composer)
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power ... (Original Music Composer)
Boston ... (Music)

2016

Weiner ... (Original Music Composer)

2015

The Dovekeepers ... (Original Music Composer)
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise ... (Original Music Composer)

2014

Big Driver ... (Original Music Composer)
And the Oscar Goes To... ... (Original Music Composer)

2013

House of Cards ... (Original Music Composer)
Blackfish ... (Original Music Composer)
Wilde Salomé ... (Original Music Composer)
Gilded Lilys ... (Original Music Composer)
The Hyperglot ... (Original Music Composer)
He's Way More Famous Than You ... (Original Music Composer)
When I Walk ... (Original Music Composer)

2012

The Newsroom ... (Music)
GCB ... (Original Music Composer)
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt ... (Music)
The Queen of Versailles ... (Original Music Composer)

2011

Beyond the Blackboard ... (Music)
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost ... (Original Music Composer)

2010

Once Fallen ... (Original Music Composer)
Jesse Stone: No Remorse ... (Original Music Composer)

2009

Little Monk ... (Music)
Loving Leah ... (Original Music Composer)
Georgia O'Keeffe ... (Original Music Composer)
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice ... (Original Music Composer)

2008

Appaloosa ... (Original Music Composer)
The Deal ... (Original Music Composer)
Ping Pong Playa ... (Original Music Composer)
Flirting with Forty ... (Music)
Who Do You Love ... (Original Music Composer)
The Russell Girl ... (Music)

2007

The Company ... (Original Music Composer)
The Pixar Story ... (Original Music Composer)
He Was a Quiet Man ... (Original Music Composer)
Jesse Stone: Sea Change ... (Original Music Composer)
The Situation ... (Original Music Composer)
Where God Left His Shoes ... (Original Music Composer)

2006

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King ... (Original Music Composer)
Jesse Stone: Night Passage ... (Original Music Composer)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise ... (Music)
The Water Is Wide ... (Music)
Pinochet in Suburbia ... (Original Music Composer)

2005

Rome ... (Music)
Stone Cold ... (Original Music Composer)
Emmanuel's Gift ... (Original Music Composer)
The Engagement Ring ... (Original Music Composer)

2004

Ike: Countdown to D-Day ... (Music)
The Wool Cap ... (Music)
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan ... (Original Music Composer)
In the Realms of the Unreal ... (Original Music Composer)
Love Rules! ... (Original Music Composer)
Back When We Were Grownups ... (Original Music Composer)

2003

Carnivàle ... (Original Music Composer)
Twelve Mile Road ... (Music)

2002

Monk ... (Original Music Composer)
No Good Deed ... (Original Music Composer)
Door to Door ... (Original Music Composer)
Joe and Max ... (Music)
A Gentleman's Game ... (Original Music Composer)
Conviction ... (Original Music Composer)
The Secret Life of Zoey ... (Music)
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion ... (Music)

2000

Pollock ... (Original Music Composer)
Mambo Café ... (Original Music Composer)

1999

Harlem Aria ... (Original Music Composer)
The Passion of Ayn Rand ... (Original Music Composer)

1998

From the Earth to the Moon ... (Music)

1997

Lies He Told ... (Original Music Composer)

1996

Undue Influence ... (Original Music Composer)
Love Is All There Is ... (Original Music Composer)
Power 98 ... (Original Music Composer)

1994

Lookin' Italian ... (Original Music Composer)
Ring of Steel ... (Original Music Composer)
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence ... (Music)

1990

Places for the Soul ... (Music)

1988

Cheap Shots ... (Original Music Composer)