John Beal (born January 20, in Santa Monica, California) is an American film composer working in Hollywood, California. John Beal is notable for composing the music for numerous hit television series, such as Vega$ and Eight is Enough, as an orchestral conductor, composer of movie trailer music, producer of movie trailers, posters and other creative marketing materials for the Hollywood motion picture industry, and for his service as the General ...
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John Beal (born January 20, in Santa Monica, California) is an American film composer working in Hollywood, California. John Beal is notable for composing the music for numerous hit television series, such as Vega$ and Eight is Enough, as an orchestral conductor, composer of movie trailer music, producer of movie trailers, posters and other creative marketing materials for the Hollywood motion picture industry, and for his service as the General Manager and Producer for the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra.
John Beal was born in Santa Monica, California, raised in La Cañada Flintridge, California, graduated from John Muir High School (Pasadena, California), and attended San Diego State University and UCLA. He studied percussion with William Kraft, and Irv Cotler (drummer for Frank Sinatra), composition with Harry Partch scholar Danlee Mitchell, and film scoring with Dominic Frontiere, George Duning and Earle Hagen. In his early film career, and like many of the young composers of the day,...
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