John Beal Biography (1947-)
Born January 20, 1947, in Santa Monica, CA; son of Ralph Raymond and MarjoryMay Beal; married Karen Laidlaw (an associate producer), October 23, 1993 (died March 16, 1998); children: Matthew. Addresses: Office: Reeltime Music Inc., 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 340, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5206.; Agent: Winogradsky Company, 11240 Magnolia Blvd., Suite 104, North Hollywood, CA 91601.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Composer
- Birth Details
- January 20, 1947
- Santa Monica, California, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Music Supervisor
- Movies
- Black Market Baby (also known as A Dangerous Love and Don't Steal My Baby), ABC, 1977
- (Uncredited) A Shining Season, CBS, 1979
- The Other Victim, 1981
- (And orchestrator) Money on the Side, ABC, 1982
- Lone Star Bar & Grill, Showtime, 1983
- (Uncredited; and orchestrator) Shattered Innocence, CBS, 1988
- Addicted to His Love (also known as Sisterhood), ABC, 1988
- Doublecrossed, HBO, 1991
- Television Work
- Movies
- Conductor, Swing Out, Sweet Land, NBC, 1970
- Orchestrator, Velvet, ABC, 1984
- Specials
- Music director, Ed Sullivan's Armed Forces Tour, CBS, 1970
- Conductor, The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World, 1971
- Orchestrator, Lou Rawls: Soul on Ice!, 1975
- Orchestrator, A Special Olivia Newton-John, ABC, 1976
- Music director, The Captain & Tennille Songbook, ABC, 1979
- Television Music Supervisor
- Miniseries
- (And orchestrator) Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, ABC, 1979
- (Uncredited) It (also known as Stephen King's It), ABC, 1990
- Television Work
- Series
- Music arranger, Make Your Own Kind of Music, NBC, 1971
- Orchestrator, $weepstake$ (also known as Sweepstakes), NBC,1979
- Orchestrator of theme, Matt Houston, ABC, 1982
- RECORDINGS
- Album Producer
- Produced Analyze This!, Opus Pocus; Apocalypse 'Nam, Cinerama; (with Dennis McCarthy) Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion Original Score; The Best of Stephen King, vol. 1, Cinerama; Carolyn Dennis:Skatetown USA; Civil War: The Sound and Fury, Opus Pocus; D-Force/Triumph, Opus Pocus; Disturbing Behavior: The Score by Mark Snow; (and performer and arranger) Dream Music II: Film Music of Tangerine Dream; The Funhouse: Original Score by John Beal; Futurama, Opus Pocus; (and performer and arranger) Evergreen: Music from the Films ofBarbra Streisand; (and performer and arranger) Heart of the Ocean: Film Music of James Horner, Sonic Images; Herotica: Themes for Heroes, Opus Pocus; The John Beal Trailer Project: Coming Soon!, Sonic Images; (and performer and arranger) Schwarzenegger: "I'll Be Back"; Semper Fi, OPM; (and arranger) The Snow Files (Music of Mark Snow),Sonic Images; Super Scary Monster Party, GNP/Crescendo; Terror in the Aisles, Opus Pocus; (and performer and arranger) Watch the Skies, Sonic Images.
- WRITINGS
- Television Music
- Series
- Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974
- Laverne & Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976
- Eight Is Enough, ABC, 1977
- (Additional music) Legends of the Super-Heroes, 1977
- The Challenge of the SuperFriends (also known as SuperFriends III), ABC, 1978
- (Additional music) The All-New Popeye Hour, CBS, 1978
- Vega$, ABC, 1978
- (Additional music) The Dukes of Hazzard, CBS, 1979
- Whodunnit?, NBC, 1979
- (Additional music) The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove, ABC, 1979
- Goodtime Girls, ABC, 1980
- (Additional music) Cassie & Co., NBC, 1982
- Chicago Story, NBC, 1982
- Legmen, NBC, 1984
- (Additional music) Life Goes On, ABC, 1989
- Specials
- The Captain & Tennille Songbook, ABC, 1979
- More Than Brothers, ABC, 1985
- Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (documentary), HBO, 1994
- Movies
- (Additional music) The Death of Ocean View Park, ABC, 1979
- Getting in Shape for the Main Event, 1979
- Lights, Camera, Annie!, 1982
- Shooting Stars, 1983
- Littleshots, 1983
- The Secret World of Spying, 1992
- Making Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992
- Making Gilbert Grape, 1993
- (Additional music) Miracle on the 17th Green, CBS, 1999
- Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (also known as Alien Furyand Countdown to Invasion), UPN, 2000
- (Additional source music) My Sister's Keeper, CBS, 2002
- Film Scores
- (As John-Everett Beal) Zero to Sixty, Samuel Goldwyn, 1978
- Circus Challenge, Hanna-Barbera, 1978
- (Additional music and title song) Skatetown, U.S.A., Columbia, 1979
- (Additional music) The Man with Bogart's Face (also known as Sam Marlowe, Private Eye), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
- (Additional music) Defiance, American International, 1980
- The Funhouse (also known as Carnival of Terror), Universal,1981
- (Additional music) Roar, Roadshow, 1981
- (Additional music) Lookin' to Get Out, Paramount, 1982
- (Uncredited; additional music) Under the Volcanao, Universal, 1984
- Terror in the Aisles (also known as Time for Terror), Universal, 1984
- (Additional music) The Stone Boy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
- Killer Party, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1986
- (Additional music) A Whisper to a Scream (also known as Love You to Death), Virgin Vision, 1989
- (Additional music) Carpool, Warner Bros., 1996
- Making Hamlet, 1996
- (Additional music) Barney's Great Adventure (also known as Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie), PolyGram, 1998
- A Journey in Faith, 1999
- Return to Haight, Grade A, 2000
- Junkies at the Gate, Grade A, 2001
- Bay Boyz, Grade A, 2002
- Cultivision (Collapsing Stars), 2002
- Video Game Music
- Zork: Grand Inquisitor, Activision, 1997
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- John Beal Web Site, http://www.beal-net.com/john, November 11, 2002