Joel McNeely

Joel McNeely (born March 28, 1959) is an American composer, arranger, musician, and songwriter. He is a composer of film and television music.
==Biography==
Joel McNeely was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Both of his parents were involved in music and theater, and 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.
Lucasfilm chose McNeely to compose the soundtrack to the 1996 Star Wars novel Shadows of the Empire. This was an experimental project where he conveyed general moods and themes instead of writing music to flow for specific scenes.
He is also notable for conducting a series of re-recordings of Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, John Barry and others' scores under the label of Varèse Sarabande, notably Vertigo, Psycho and Citizen Kane, and selected scores from the Twilight Zone television series, among others. He also composed the score for The Avengers and the theme and music for FOX's Dark Angel. Additionally, he scored the movies Terminal Velocity, Iron Will (which was used in the teaser trailers of Toy Story), Flipper, Gold Diggers, Samantha, Virus, and I Know Who Killed Me (2007). He also scored a multitude of Disney animated films (Mulan II, Peter Pan: Return to Neverland (2002), Tinker Bell and many others).
Currently McNeely scores occasional episodes of the FOX animated TV series American Dad!, since the fourth season replacing Ron Jones who left to focus more on composing for Family Guy, including the episode with the Back to the Future parody, and the season five premiere (among others).
McNeely has produced both of Seth MacFarlane's studio albums, 2011's Music Is Better Than Words, and 2014's Holiday For Swing.
==Filmography==
===1980s===
Year	Title 	Director(s) 	Studio(s) 	Notes
1987	You Talkin' to Me? 	Charles Winkler	United Artists 	
1988	Splash, Too 	Greg Antonacci 	Walt Disney TelevisionABC 	TV movie
1989	The Parent Trap III 	Mollie Miller 	Walt Disney TelevisionDisney Channel	TV movie
1989	Polly 	Debbie Allen 	Walt Disney TelevisionNBC 	TV movie
1989	The Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon	Mollie Miller 	Walt Disney TelevisionNBC 	TV movie
===1990s===
Year	Title 	Director(s) 	Studio(s) 	Notes
1990	Hitler's Daughter 	James A. Contner 	Wilshire Court ProductionsUSA Network 	TV movie
1990	Polly: Comin' Home! 	Debbie Allen 	Walt Disney TelevisionNBC 	TV movie
1991	Frankenstein: The College Years 	Tom Shadyac 	FOX 	TV movie
1992	Lady Against the Odds 	Bradford May 	MGM TelevisionNBC 	TV movie
1992	Samantha 	Stephen La Rocque 	Academy Entertainment 	
1994	Iron Will 	Charles Haid 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
1994	Radioland Murders 	Mel Smith 	LucasfilmUniversal Pictures 	
1994	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale 	Xavier KollerChristopher Stoia	Walt Disney Pictures 	
1994	Terminal Velocity 	Deran Sarafian 	Nomura Babcock & BrownInterscope CommunicationsPolyGram Filmed EntertainmentHollywood Pictures	
1995	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Kevin James Dobson 	Bregman/Baer ProductionsUniversal Pictures 	
1996	Flipper 	Alan Shapiro 	The Bubble FactoryUniversal Pictures 	
1997	Vegas Vacation 	Stephen Kessler 	Jerry Weintraub ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures 	
1997	Wild America 	William Dear 	Morgan Creek ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures 	
1998	Buffalo Soldiers 	Charles Haid 	Turner PicturesTNT 	TV movie
1998	The Avengers 	Jeremiah S. Chechik 	Warner Bros. Pictures 	Replaced Michael Kamen.
1998	Zack and Reba 	Nicole Bettauer 	Live Entertainment 	
1998	Soldier 	Paul W. S. Anderson 	Morgan Creek ProductionsJerry Weintraub ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures 	
1999	Virus 	John Bruno 	Mutual Film CompanyValhalla Motion PicturesDark Horse EntertainmentUniversal Pictures 	
1999	Road Rage 	Deran Sarafian 	NBC StudiosNBC 	TV movie
===2000s===
Year	Title 	Director(s) 	Studio(s) 	Notes
2000	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal 	Charles Haid 	CBS ProductionsCBS 	TV movie
2000	Santa Who? 	William Dear 	ABC 	TV movie
2001	Lover's Prayer 	Reverge Anselmo 	Image Entertainment 	
2002	Return to Never Land 	Robin BuddDonovan Cook 	DisneyToon StudiosA. Film A/SWalt Disney Pictures 	
2003	The Jungle Book 2 	Steve Trenbirth 	DisneyToon StudiosWalt Disney Pictures 	
2003	Ghosts of the Abyss 	James Cameron 	Ascot EliteGolden VillageWalden MediaWalt Disney Pictures (North America)UGC Fox Distribution (International)	
2003	Holes 	Andrew Davis 	Phoenix PicturesWalden MediaWalt Disney Pictures 	
2003	Uptown Girls 	Boaz Yakin 	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 	
2004	Stateside 	Reverge Anselmo 	Samuel Goldwyn Films 	
2004	America's Heart and Soul 	Louis Schwartzberg 	Walt Disney Pictures 	
2005	Mulan II 	Darrell RooneyLynne Southerland	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2005	Pooh's Heffalump Movie 	Frank Nissen 	Walt Disney PicturesDisneyToon Studios 	
2005	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch	Michael LaBashTony Leondis 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2006	The Fox and the Hound 2 	Jim Kammerud 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2007	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time 	Frank Nissen 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2007	I Know Who Killed Me 	Chris Sivertson 	360 PicturesTriStar Pictures 	
2008	Tinker Bell 	Bradley Raymond 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2009	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure 	Klay Hall 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
===2010s===
Year	Title 	Director(s) 	Studio(s) 	Notes
2010	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue 	Bradley Raymond 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2011	Pixie Hollow Games 	Bradley Raymond 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Television special
2012	Secret of the Wings 	Bobs GannawayPeggy Holmes	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2014	The Pirate Fairy 	Peggy Holmes 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West 	Seth MacFarlane 	Fuzzy Door ProductionsMedia Rights CapitalUniversal Pictures	
2015	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast	Steve Loter 	Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentDisneyToon Studios 	Direct-to-video film
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Nominated work 	Result
1993	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 	
1993	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction 	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 	
1998	ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films 	Air Force One 	
2003	Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production 	Return to Never Land 	
2012	Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 	Music Is Better Than Words 	
2012	Annie Award for Best Music in a Television Production 	Pixie Hollow Games 	
2012	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film 	Secret of the Wings 	
2012	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction 	Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert	
2013	Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production 	Secret of the Wings 	
2015	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film 	A Million Ways to Die in the West 	
==References==
==External links==
* Official Website of Joel McNeely
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* Interview with Joel McNeely at FilmMusicSite.com
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