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“Precise and evocative... wistful, ringing melodies.”
-The New York Times, November 2007
The music of Joseph Trapanese is heard in feature films, network and cable television as well as in productions at NYU, UCLA, on NPR, and several off-Broadway productions in New York City. It has been performed by three GRAMMY-winning artists and awarded by ASCAP, the American Music Center, Yale University, UCLA, the Henry Mancini Institute and Downbeat Magazine.
Winner of the first annual Jerry Goldsmith Award in 2007, Joseph’s recent film work includes numerous shorts and additional music for the independent features Necessary Evil and The Last Word, as well as orchestrations for Fox’s What Happens in Vegas, the Lifetime feature The Memory Keeper’s Daughter (2008 Primetime Emmy® Award Nominee, Outstanding Made For Television Movie), Nickelodeon’s first live action feature Gym Teacher, and Don Cheadle’s soon to be released thriller Traitor. As an arranger and music programmer he has worked on the Fox sitcom The Loop, the ABC reality series American Inventor, and Disney’s original movie sensation Jump In. He has also served as a synthesizer programmer and sample designer on the features Traitor and Rendition. His credits as a music production assistant includes Fred Claus for Warner Brothers and and Cashmere Mafia for ABC.
Joseph completed his B.M. in Music Composition at the Manhattan School of Music and his M.A. at UCLA as the first graduate of the Composition for Visual Media program, where his studies not only included film scoring, but also film production classes at the UCLA Department of Theatre, Film and Television. Teachers include Giampaolo Bracali, Paul Chihara, Roger Bourland, and Martin Bresnick.
"Joe is an extremely talented composer, a wonderful collaborator, and a joy to work with. He is attuned to the dramatic moment and has a delightful sense of humor, but, unlike many composers, he is able to translate those qualities into his music."
