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)
- Rule Breakers ... (Original Music Composer)
- Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series ... (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)
- Breaking News in Yuba County ... (Original Music Composer)
- JFK: Destiny Betrayed ... (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)
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth ... (Original Music Composer)
- Console Wars ... (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)
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Sweet Life ... (Original Music Composer)
- Boston ... (Music)
2016
- Weiner ... (Original Music Composer)
2015
- Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Dovekeepers ... (Original Music Composer)
2014
- And the Oscar Goes To... ... (Original Music Composer)
- Big Driver ... (Original Music Composer)
2013
- House of Cards ... (Original Music Composer)
- Blackfish ... (Original Music Composer)
- Gilded Lilys ... (Original Music Composer)
- He's Way More Famous Than You ... (Original Music Composer)
- Wilde Salomé ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Hyperglot ... (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
- Jesse Stone: No Remorse ... (Original Music Composer)
- Once Fallen ... (Original Music Composer)
2009
- Little Monk ... (Music)
- Jesse Stone: Thin Ice ... (Original Music Composer)
- Loving Leah ... (Original Music Composer)
- Georgia O'Keeffe ... (Original Music Composer)
2008
- Appaloosa ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Deal ... (Original Music Composer)
- Flirting with Forty ... (Music)
- Ping Pong Playa ... (Original Music Composer)
- Who Do You Love ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Russell Girl ... (Music)
2007
- The Company ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Pixar Story ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jesse Stone: Sea Change ... (Original Music Composer)
- He Was a Quiet Man ... (Original Music Composer)
- Where God Left His Shoes ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Situation ... (Original Music Composer)
2006
- 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)
- The Engagement Ring ... (Original Music Composer)
- Emmanuel's Gift ... (Original Music Composer)
2004
- Back When We Were Grownups ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan ... (Original Music Composer)
- Ike: Countdown to D-Day ... (Music)
- In the Realms of the Unreal ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Wool Cap ... (Music)
- Love Rules! ... (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)
- A Gentleman's Game ... (Original Music Composer)
- Conviction ... (Original Music Composer)
- Joe and Max ... (Music)
- Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion ... (Music)
- The Secret Life of Zoey ... (Music)
2000
- Pollock ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mambo Café ... (Original Music Composer)
1999
- The Passion of Ayn Rand ... (Original Music Composer)
- Harlem Aria ... (Original Music Composer)
1998
- From the Earth to the Moon ... (Music)
1997
- Lies He Told ... (Original Music Composer)
1996
- Love Is All There Is ... (Original Music Composer)
- Undue Influence ... (Original Music Composer)
- Power 98 ... (Original Music Composer)
1994
- Ring of Steel ... (Original Music Composer)
- Lookin' Italian ... (Original Music Composer)
- Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence ... (Music)
1990
- Places for the Soul ... (Music)
1988
- Cheap Shots ... (Original Music Composer)