About John Beal

Whether it’s concerts like the entire Harry Potter series, Star Wars, The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Goonies, Toy Story, Home Alone or Rocketman, as an internationally recognized film music conductor with thousands of hours in front of orchestras in Hollywood and around the world, award-winning film and television composer John Beal is as at home on the concert stage as he is in the recording studio. Conducting professionally since he was 23 years old, Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra  Maestro Beal is a highly sought-after guest conductor and has conducted a wide variety of shows and live-to-film scores with many of the world’s greatest musicians in venues stretching from London to Tokyo, from the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the  Belgium National Orchestra and The City of Prague Philharmonic, to the National Symphony of Malaysia and the Evergreen Symphony of Taiwan, as well North American symphonies, including Phoenix, Virginia, Minnesota, Miami, San Diego, Tulsa, Utah, Knoxville, Des Moines, Southwestern Florida, Eugene, Houston, London Ontario, Boise, Syracuse, and others throughout the United States, as well as several decades in Los Angeles scoring stages with the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra.

Throughout his career as a Music Director, Maestro Beal has arranged and conducted orchestras on albums and in concerts and television with a virtual who’s who of diverse artists ranging from the world premiere of Rocketman: Live in Concert with Sir Elton John and Taron Egerton, the world premiere of Chicago Live in Concert, the world premiere of Respect Live in Concert, the world premiere orchestral concert of Electronica DJ Deadmau5, the world premiere of Serengeti Live with Lola Lennox, the U.S. concert debut of Olivia Newton-John, and television and records with singers Gladys Knight, Ella Fitzgerald, The Carpenters, and B.B. King.

As an accomplished composer, Mr. Beal created music for 45 theatrical features, television films and documentaries, 26 major network television series or specials, and 35 national advertisers. He was music director/music consultant for over 20 major network specials, and his works appear on more than 30 recordings. Working with Walt Disney Imagineering, he produced music for Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks, and has been named by the New York Times as the pioneer of original scores for film trailers, internationally recognized for composing original scores for the marketing of over 2,000 major studio projects, including Star Wars, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Aladdin, Braveheart, The Matrix, and The Last Samurai.

Mr. Beal attended San Diego State University and UCLA and credits an amazing group of mentors for his success: Composer William Kraft; five-time Academy Award nominee George Duning; Academy Award winner Dominic Frontiere; Disney’s Academy Award nominee, Buddy Baker; Academy Award nominee and multiple Emmy Award-winning conductor Ian Fraser; twelve-time Emmy Award nominee, conductor Nick Perito; and Emmy Award-winning composers Billy Goldenberg and Earle Hagen.

Mr. Beal is a two-term former Governor of the Composers & Lyricists Guild of America and two-term former Governor of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Los Angeles Chapter, where he is a member of the Songwriters and Composers Wing and the Producers and Engineers Wing. Mr. Beal is a member of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers. A decorated combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Beal is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and Veterans in Media and Entertainment, an organization dedicated to training, encouraging, and connecting veterans with employers in the entertainment industry.

Currently living in coastal California, Mr. Beal is married to Helene Nielsen Beal and enjoys attending live theatre and concerts in Los Angeles, San Francisco. and San Diego.

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Mr. Beal has conducted in these cities

Anaheim
Antwerp
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Austin
Baltimore
Bangkok
Boise
Buffalo
Brookville
Brussels
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Chattanooga
Chautauqua
Chicago
Cleveland
Colorado Springs
Coral Gables