Joel McNeely

Joel McNeely (born March 28, 1959) is an American movie composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his film, video game and television scores. He frequently collaborates with George Lucas, Luc Besson, Stephen Sommers, Ron Howard, Dan Povenmire, Tom Ruegger, Steven Spielberg & Seth MacFarlane and contributes to various projects by Ubisoft, Nintendo and Nintendo.

Influences

McNeely Cites Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Menken, Buddy Baker, Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, Richard Wagner, Bruce Broughton, Elmer Bernstein, Alfred Newman, Paul Chihara, Irwin Kostal, Henry Mancini, Leonard Bernstein, Trevor Jones, Paul Smith, Lalo Schifrin, Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace, Dave Grusin, Dave Brubeck, Gustav Holst, Sergei Prokofiev, Johannes Brahms, Thomas Tallis, Maurice Ravel, Gustav Mahler, Alex North, Victor Young, Roger Sessions, Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy, Ned Washington, George Bruns, Trevor Jones, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Pytor Tchaikovsky, Alban Berg, Maurice Jarre, James Horner, Howard Shore and Randy Newman as influences.