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John Beal is an American composer, music producer, and music department head. He is best known for his work on the television series The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Angel. He has also composed music for films such as The Craft, The Faculty, and The Mothman Prophecies. Beal was born in Santa Monica, California, and began his career as a music producer in the late 1970s. He has since worked on numerous television series, films, and video games. He has won two Emmy Awards for his work on The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Beal is currently the head of music for the television series The Magicians. He is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Popular As John Everett Beal
Occupation music_department,soundtrack,composer
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 20 January 1947
Birthday 20 January
Birthplace Santa Monica, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is John Beal's Wife?

His wife is Helene Nielsen Beal (12 December 2002 - present), Karen Laidlaw (23 October 1993 - 16 March 1998) ( her death), Donna Fein (May 1972 - 1977) ( divorced)

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Wife Helene Nielsen Beal (12 December 2002 - present), Karen Laidlaw (23 October 1993 - 16 March 1998) ( her death), Donna Fein (May 1972 - 1977) ( divorced)
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John Beal Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Music Department

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Timeline

2006

Became General Manager of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra in 2006.

1998

He is also known as one of the busiest trailer music composers in Hollywood with over 2,000 trailers and television campaigns for major films. He received the 1998 Gold Score Award for best compilation album from SCORELOGUE, and the International Film Music Critics Jury awarded him second place to Jerry Goldsmith's "The Omen" compilation. Reader's Choice chose "Heart of the Ocean", on which John performed, as best of the year 1998 and his "Coming Soon" album as #2. In early 1999 he released "Watch The Skies" "The Snow Files" and "The Funhouse" showcasing his own compositions as well as those of Mark Snow, Danny Elfman, and Alan Silvestri.

1978

His first feature film was Zero to Sixty (1978) with Darren McGavin and Joan Collins, and he continued scoring films (The Funhouse (1981), Terror in the Aisles (1984)) and many hit television series, beginning with Happy Days (1974), Laverne & Shirley (1976), Eight Is Enough (1977), Vega$ (1978), Chicago Story (1982) and Goodtime Girls (1980). John Beal was part of the ground-breaking team that created today's contemporary motion picture trailer format and is recognized throughout the industry as the composer who defined its musical style and template.

1952

John was selected to be one of the child guests on Art Linkletter's The Linkletter Show (1952). John began piano studies at age six. By age eight, he had moved to La Cañada-Flintridge, California and was singing with a professional boys choir. His first job as a professional musician was as a drummer at age ten. In junior high school, he appeared on shows hosted by Steve Allen and Dick Clark. With studies at San Diego State and UCLA behind him, his musical career was interrupted by combat service in the United States Marine Corps, where he was decorated for heroism, bravery, valor and gallantry. John quickly returned to Hollywood to pursue his dream. In his twenties, he had already worked with Olivia Newton-John, Johnny Mathis, Gladys Knight, B. B. King, Ella Fitzgerald, Phyllis Diller (as her conductor and straight man) and many more stars as their music director and arranger. John began studying with composer mentors Earle Hagen, Dominic Frontiere and George Duning, while ghostwriting and orchestrating for many other major film and television composers and conducting for variety television shows. He also contributed original music to Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Enchanted Village.

1940

An internationally recognized film music conductor with thousands of hours in front of orchestras in Hollywood and around the world, award-winning film and television composer John Beal is as at home on the concert stage as he is in the recording studio. Principal Pops Conductor of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra(TM), Maestro Beal is a highly sought-after conductor and has conducted a wide and diverse variety of shows and live-to-film scores with many of the world's greatest musicians in venues stretching from London to Tokyo, from the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the Brussels Philharmonic and The City of Prague Philharmonic, to the National Symphony of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, as well as major symphony orchestras throughout the United States, including several decades in Los Angeles with the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra. Throughout his career as a Music Director, Maestro Beal has arranged and conducted orchestras on albums and in concerts and television with very diverse artists ranging from Elton John, Olivia Newton John, Gladys Knight, and B. B. King, to visionary Electronica DJ Deadmau5, Lola Lennox, Joshua Ledet. John Beal is a film and television composer and conductor, who is most well-known not only for his work on numerous hit television shows, but as the industry's leading composer of original scores for theatrical motion picture trailers for over thirty years. Beal specialized in actual scoring for trailers, rather than creating library music which would be randomly licensed and plugged into marketing campaigns. Working with Hollywood's movie marketing pioneer Andrew J. Kuehn, John was an integral part of the ground-breaking creation of today's definitive contemporary motion picture trailer form. John Beal is recognized throughout the industry as the creative who defined its musical style and template. Beal is the President of Reeltime Creative. Born in Santa Monica, California. His grandfather was involved with the very first television broadcasts from RCA in New York and the development of multi-channel sound for Disney's Fantasia (1940), and John's earliest years were spent in the San Fernando Valley, where he attended school with the children many of Hollywood's most famous stars.