Beau Black Explained

Beau Black
Birth Date:5 August 1983[1]
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Yearsactive:1991–present[2]
Children:1
Occupation:Composer, singer, musician, songwriter
Father:Jay Black

Beau Black (born August 5, 1983)[3] is an American composer, producer, musician, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist from New York City, New York.[4] [5] He served as the primary songwriter for Disney's television show The Lion Guard, and received a Daytime Emmy Creative Arts nomination in 2017 in the category Outstanding Original Song for the Lion Guard song "Sisi Ni Sawa" (with Sarah Mirza, Ford Riley and Kevin Hopps)[6] [7] [8] [9] He received a 2nd Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program" for “As You Move Forward” from The Lion Guard.

Life and work

Beau Black is the son of Jay Black,[10] [11] lead singer of Jay and the Americans and his mother is Andi Black.[12] Black’s first album of original music, Meant to Be, was released in 2008. Black has worked on shows including Miles from Tomorrowland, Penn Zero: Part Time Hero, The Lion Guard, Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Firebuds, TrollsTopia, Jake and the Neverland Pirates and The Rocketeer.[13] He joined the creative team as a composer and songwriter for the Disney Junior production of the Mickey Mouse Funhouse Animated Series, which debuted in 2021.[14]

He was nominated for a 2017 Daytime Emmy award for composing the song “Sisi Ni Sawa” from The Lion Guard, a series that he served as the primary songwriter for.[6] [15] In 2020, Black was named a nominee for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program" for “As You Move Forward” from The Lion Guard.[16] [17]

Selective discography

Studio albums

Television

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2022–presentFirebudsDisney JuniorSongwriter
2021–presentMickey Mouse FunhouseDisney JuniorSongwriter
2019–2020The RocketeerDisney JuniorSongwriter
2017–2021Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up AdventuresDisney JuniorSongwriter/Composer
2016–2019The Lion GuardDisney JuniorSongwriter
2015–2018Miles from TomorrowlandDisney Junior"Way out", opening theme song in the first two seasons[21]
2014–2017Disney XDComposed theme song with Ryan Shore
2013Jake and the Neverland PiratesDisney JuniorSongwriter of the episode "The Battle of Book"

Personal life

In 2011, he married British-Spanish singer, songwriter and actress Alex Cartana.[22] They have one child, a daughter, who was born in 2021.[23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: One more time around the sun. @neumanvision @mykevirus @brantmayfield @justinmayfieldart @iamkhadijaneumann . instagram.com.
  2. http://iambeaublack.com/biography/ Official website
  3. https://www.alphalife.me/beau-black-net-worth-biography AlphaLife: Beau Black Net Worth & Biograph
  4. Web site: 5 Questions with Beau Black – MDIIO #Music+Science. en-US. January 16, 2020.
  5. Web site: Out Take: Beau Black - Composer/Songwriter/Instrumentalist . Pace . Jessica . June 10, 2019 . Music Connection Magazine . en-US. January 16, 2020.
  6. Web site: Daytime Emmys: DreamWorks' 21 Nominations Tops Animation Competition . Milligan . Mercedes . March 24, 2017 . Animation Magazine . en-US. January 16, 2020.
  7. Book: D. Crump, William . Happy Holidays--Animated!: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film . 2019 . McFarland . 9781476636467.
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKjsfZVIBug The Lion Guard's official channel on Youtube: The Lion Guard: We're the Same (Sisi ni Sawa)
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQt9M4E4nXA DisneyMusicVEVO on Youtube: Beau Black - Here Comes the Lion Guard
  10. Web site: OUT TAKE: BEAU BLACK - COMPOSER/SONGWRITER/INSTRUMENTALIST . www.musicconnection.com. June 10, 2019 .
  11. News: Ketchum . Diane . ABOUT LONG ISLAND; Even at 56, Jay Black Continues to Make Them Swoon . May 14, 2020 . New York Times . November 6, 1994.
  12. Web site: Beau Black Talks Music and International Success . Botes . Werner . March 24, 2016 . People Magazine . en-US. January 16, 2020. August 31, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831084108/http://www.peoplemagazine.co.za/entertainment/reviews/music/beau-black-talks-success. dead.
  13. Web site: Beau Black Signs With CAA . Pollstar . May 21, 2019 . January 16, 2020.
  14. Web site: Disney Junior Greenlights 'Mickey Mouse Funhouse' Animated Series (Exclusive) . October 2020 . Hollywood Reporter.
  15. Web site: 'Lion King' spin-off taps Rob Lowe as Simba, James Earl Jones and more . EW.com . EN. April 27, 2020.
  16. Web site: BMI Congratulates its 2020 Daytime Emmy Nominees . June 4, 2020 . BMI.
  17. Web site: 2020 Daytime Emmy winners: Full list of nominees and winners in all categories . July 27, 2020 . Gold Derby.
  18. Web site: Meant to Be. spotify.com.
  19. Web site: Black & Bleu . UMC . May 5, 2020.
  20. Web site: Meant to Be . music.apple.com.
  21. Web site: Way Out ("Miles From Tomorrowland" Theme) - Beau Black . Shazam . November 1, 2022 . en.
  22. Web site: 10 years ago I married my best friend. I can't wait to see what the future holds with our little family. Happy Anniversary to my love @alexcartana ❤️#welooklikechildren . instagram.com.
  23. Web site: Welcome to the world our little Arabella. @alexcartana was freaking rockstar! #newdaddy . instagram.com.
  24. Web site: It's my girl's first birthday today. And even though this year has been the most challenging, flat out exhausting year of my life, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I already have the world, because she is mine. Happy Birthday Arabella! #BellyBoo . instagram.com.

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