Joel McNeely Biography ((?)-)

Born in Madison, WI; married Margaret Batjer (a violinist); children: Joshua,a daughter. Addresses: Agent: Blue Focus Management, 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 2A, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor, orchestrator, musician

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Orchestrator, Iron Will, Buena Vista, 1994
Additional orchestrations, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain, Universal, 1995
Conductor, Flipper, Universal, 1996
Conductor, Wild America, Warner Bros., 1997
Orchestrator and conductor, The Avengers, Warner Bros., 1998
Orchestrator and conductor, Virus (also known as Virus: Ghost in the Machine), MCA/Universal, 1999
Conductor, Return to Never Land (animated; also known as PeterPan: Return to Never Land), Buena Vista, 2002
Television Work
Episodic
Music director, "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1992
WRITINGS
Film Music
Additional music, The Pick-up Artist, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
You Talkin' to Me?, United Artists, 1987
Samantha, Planet Productions, 1991, Academy Entertainment, 1992
Terminal Velocity, Buena Vista, 1994
Radioland Murders, Universal/Lucasfilm, 1994
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (also known as The Last Great Warrior), Buena Vista, 1994
(Including songs "Kaiser Bill" and "Hard to Bid Farewell") Iron Will, Buena Vista, 1994
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain, Universal, 1995
Flipper, Universal, 1996
Supercop, Dimension Films, 1996
Jing cha gu shi III: Chao ji jink cha (dubbed version; also knownas Police Story 3 and Supercop), Miramax, 1996
Vegas Vacation (also known as National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation), Warner Bros., 1997
Wild America, Warner Bros., 1997
Additional music, Air Force One (also known as AFO), Columbia, 1997
The Avengers, Warner Bros., 1998
Zack and Reba, Live International/Victory Multimedia, 1998
Soldier, Warner Bros., 1998
Virus (also known as Virus: Ghost in the Machine), MCA/Universal, 1999
All Forgotten (also known as Lover's Prayer), Seven Hills Productions, 2000
Return to Never Land (animated; also known as Peter Pan: Returnto Never Land), Buena Vista, 2002
Television Music
Series
Our House, 1986
Davy Crockett (also known as Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder), 1988
The Boys of Twilight, 1992
(Including theme music) Buddy Faro, CBS, 1998
Dark Angel (also known as James Cameron's Dark Angel), Fox,2000
(Including theme music) All Souls, UPN, 2001
Also composer for the animated series Tiny Toon Adventures (also known as Steven Spielberg Presents ... Tiny Toon Adventures), Fox and syndicated.

Movies
Splash, Too, ABC, 1988
Parent Trap III, NBC, 1989
Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (also known as Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon), NBC, 1989
Polly, 1989
Polly: Comin' Home!, NBC, 1990
Hitler's Daughter, USA Network, 1990
Frankenstein: The College Years, Fox, 1991
Lady against the Odds, NBC, 1992
Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen, ABC and Fox, 1995
Buffalo Soldiers, TNT, 1997
Road Rage, NBC, 1999
Santa Who?, ABC, 2000
Miniseries
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, CBS, 2000
Episodic
"Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920," The Young Indiana JonesChronicles, ABC, 1992
"Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues," The Young IndianaJones Chronicles, ABC, 1992
Also composer for other episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC.
Pilots
(Including theme music) Appearances, NBC, 1990
RECORDINGS
Albums
Saxophonist, Matt Harris, Hit and Run, 1986
Conductor, Psycho: The Complete Original Motion Picture Score, Varese Records, 1992
Composer, Sedona, Natural Colours, 1992
Samantha (soundtrack recording), Intrada, 1991
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (television soundtrack), four volumes, Varese Records, 1992-1994
Radioland Murders: Music from the Motion Picture (soundtrack recording), 1994
Iron Will, Varese Records, 1994
Terminal Velocity (soundtrack recording), Varese Records, 1994
(With Seattle Symphony Orchestra) Hollywood '94, 1994
(With Seattle Symphony Orchestra) Fahrenheit 451, 1995
Conductor, Alan Silvestri, Voyages, 1995
(With Royal Scottish National Orchestra) Hollywood '95, 1995
Orchestrator, Ghost, Volume 2: Classic Fantasy Film Music (original soundtrack), 1995
(With London Symphony Orchestra) Flipper (soundtrack recording), UNI/MCA, 1996
Composer and orchestrator, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (original soundtrack), 1996
Supercop (original soundtrack), 1996
(With Royal Scottish National Orchestra) Vertigo, 1996
Batmania: Songs Inspired by Batman TV Series (original soundtrack), 1997
Conductor, Batman Trilogy, 1997
Conductor, Out of Africa (original soundtrack), Varese Sarabande,1997
Arranger, Rosemary Clooney, 70: Seventieth Birthday Celebration, 1998
(With National Philharmonic Orchestra) Torn Curtain: The Unused Score, 1998
Conductor, John Barry, Body Heat, 1998
Titanic: Film Scores of James Horner, 1998
Towering Inferno and Other Disaster Classics, 1998
Trouble with Harry (original soundtrack recording), 1998
Amazing Stories (original soundtrack recording), 1999
Orchestrator, Star Wars Collection (original soundtrack recording), 1999
Conductor, Citizen Kane, 1999
Conductor, Twilight Zone (original soundtrack recording), 1999
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, 2000
Marnie, 2000
Orchestrator, Lover's Prayer, 2000
Conductor, Jaws, 2000
Conductor, Last of the Mohicans, 2000
Conductor, In Session: A Film Music Celebration, 2001
Conductor, Three Worlds of Gulliver, 2001
Composer and conductor, Return to Never Land (original soundtrackrecording), 2002
Conductor, Paramount 90th Anniversary Collections: Scores, 2002
Video Games
Music composer, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, LucasArts Entertainment, 1996

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Soundtrack, http://www.soundtrackmag.com, October 1, 2002

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