Joel McNeely

Joel Clark McNeely is an American composer, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter, conductor, and record producer. A protégé of composer Jerry Goldsmith, he is best known for his film and television scores. He contributed to various projects by The Walt Disney Company, mainly in the form of direct-to-video sequels. He also composed the score for Disneyland Paris' Entertainment Shows, including Disney Dreams! and Mickey and the Magician.
Joel McNeely was born in Madison, Wisconsin. As a child he played the piano, saxophone, bass, and flute. He attended the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, studied jazz at the University of Miami, and earned a master's degree as a composition major at the Eastman School of Music.
Outside of Disney, McNeely composed scores to films, like Flipper, Gold Diggers, Samantha, Virus, and I Know Who Killed Me, as well as the score to the 1996 Star Wars video game Shadows of the Empire. He has also worked closely with Seth MacFarlane, composing music for shows, such as American Dad! and The Orville and producing all of MacFarlane's studio albums.
==Film scores==
Year	Title 	Studio(s)
1988	Splash, Too 	Walt Disney Television
1989	Parent Trap III 	The Walt Disney Company
1989	Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon 	The Walt Disney Company
1990	Polly: Comin' Home! 	Walt Disney Television
1994	Iron Will 	Walt Disney Pictures
1994	Terminal Velocity 	Hollywood Pictures
1994	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale 	Walt Disney Pictures
2002	Return to Never Land 	Disneytoon Studios
2003	The Jungle Book 2 	Disneytoon Studios
2003	Ghosts of the Abyss 	Walt Disney Pictures
2003	Holes 	Walt Disney Pictures
2004	America's Heart and Soul 	Walt Disney Pictures
2004	Mulan II 	Disneytoon Studios
2005	Pooh's Heffalump Movie 	Disneytoon Studios
2005	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 	Disneytoon Studios
2006	The Fox and the Hound 2 	Disneytoon Studios
2007	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time 	Disneytoon Studios
2008	Tinker Bell 	Disneytoon Studios
2009	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure 	Disneytoon Studios
2010	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue 	Disneytoon Studios
2011	The Pixie Hollow Games 	Disneytoon Studios
2012	Secret of the Wings 	Disneytoon Studios
2014	The Pirate Fairy 	Disneytoon Studios
2015	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast	Disneytoon Studios
==TV series scores==
Year	Title 	Studio(s)
1988	The Magical World of Disney 	Walt Disney Television
1991	Darkwing Duck 	Disney Television Animation
2000	The Wonderful World of Disney	Walt Disney Television
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