Jonathan Beard Explained
| Jonathan Beard |
| Genre: | Film score, classical, electroacoustic |
| Occupation: | Composer, orchestrator, educator |
| Instrument: | Cello, piano |
| Years Active: | 2003–present |
| Label: | Lakeshore Records |
Jonathan Beard is an American orchestrator and composer for media and the concert stage. His credits include Us, The Handmaid's Tale, Despicable Me 3, and Star Wars: Battlefront II. Beard also works as an educator, and currently teaches at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.[1]
Background
Beard finished Summerfield Waldorf School in Santa Rosa in 1999. He majored in musical composition at Stanford University, and received a master's degree from UCLA.
Career
As a composer, Beard has worked on a variety of projects for chamber music, stage performances, and visual media. His composed the music for the documentary 3 Seconds in October - The Killing of Andy Lopez, which won the Emmy Award for Societal Concerns from the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.[2] [3] Other recent projects include his electroacoustic suite Ritual,[4] his opera Cesare, Child of Night (OPERA UCLA premiere Fall 2021),[5] the film scores to What Still Remains, Heavenquest, and Frank vs. God; and De tu puño y letra, an electronic video-sound collaboration with artist Suzanne Lacy. He has served on the composing teams for video games such as Star Wars: Battlefront I[6] and II, and guest-composed for ABC's Once Upon a Time. For the stage, Beard co-composed the oratorio The Passion of Anne Frank for the Los Angeles Master Chorale as part of their Voices Within residency, and his original theatre-score for Driving Miss Daisy received an NAACP Theatre Award nomination.
As an orchestrator, Beard has collaborated with other composers on more than 100 film, TV, and video game titles, including , The Handmaid's Tale, King Richard, The Mandalorian, and God of War. He has worked extensively with composers such as Junkie XL (; Deadpool), Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters; 10 Cloverfield Lane), Pinar Toprak (Stargirl), Kris Bowers (Green Book), Michael Abels (Us, Nope), Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me 3),[7] among others. He is the co-founder of Tutti Music Partners,[8] a boutique orchestration firm that specializes in providing support to other composers throughout the industry.
Beard has often talked about his passion for musical color extending into synthesis and sound design.[9] He has many hybrid and fully electronic projects to his name, including Cesare, Child Of Night; A Killer of Men; and his electroacoustic commission for the Pacific Symphony, Chaos in the Garden: A Rewrite of Spring.
In 2011 he joined the faculty at his alma mater, UCLA, where he teaches electronic music composition and music technology in the Herb Alpert School of Music. Beard has also worked extensively throughout the Los Angeles Area,[10] working as co-conductor of the LA’s Best-ETM LA After-School Youth Orchestra, as a lecturer for the Cal State Northridge music department, and with the Pacific Symphony to help educate casual symphonic listeners about orchestration.[11]
Works
Orchestrator!Year!Title!Genre!Composer!Director!Notes| 2003 | 12 | Feature film | Self | Lawrence Bridges | |
| 2006 | The Insatiable | Feature film | Christopher Tin | Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon | |
| 2009 | | Feature film | Joseph Trapanese | Adam Silver | |
| 2010 | Step Up (3D) | Feature film | Bear McCreary | Jon M. Chu | |
| New Kids Turbo | Feature film | Junkie XL | Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil | |
| 2011 | SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs | Video game | Bear McCreary | Seth Luisi | Assistant orchestrator |
| Nikita | TV series | David E. Russo | Kenneth Fink, Danny Cannon | 2 episodes (2010-2011) |
| 2012 | Three Days (of Hamlet) | Documentary | Self | Alex Hyde-White | |
| 2014 | Defiance | TV series | Bear McCreary | Michael Nankin | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Constantine | TV series | Bear McCreary | Mary Harron, Romeo Tirone | 2 episodes |
| Revenge | TV series | Fil Eisler | Ty Trullinger | 1 episode |
| Run All Night | Feature film | Junkie XL | Jaume Collet-Serra | |
| Minions | Feature film, animation | Heitor Pereira | Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin | |
| Da Vinci's Demons | TV series | Bear McCreary | Peter Hoar | 5 episodes (2014-2015) |
| Video game | Gordy Haab | Hez Chorba | |
| Point Break | Feature film | Junkie XL | Ericson Core | |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Feature film | Junkie XL | Tim Miller | |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Feature film | Bear McCreary | Dan Trachtenburg | Cellist, orchestrator |
| Central Intelligence | Feature film | Ludwig Göransson, Theodore Shapiro | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Additional orchestrations |
| Penny Dreadful | TV series | Abel Korzeniowski | James Hawes, Damon Thomas | 16 episodes (2015-2016) |
| Brimstone | Feature film | Junkie XL | Martin Koolhoven | |
| Feature film | Henry Jackman | Edward Zwick | Additional orchestrations |
| Spectral | Feature film | Junkie XL | Nic Mathieu | |
| 2017 | [12] | Feature film | Henry Jackman | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | |
| Despicable Me 3 | Feature film, animation | Heitor Pereira, Pharrell Williams | Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Guillon | |
| Feature film | Benjamin Wallfisch | David F. Sandberg | |
| The Dark Tower | Feature film | Junkie XL | Nikolaj Arcel | Orchestrations |
| The Death of Stalin | Feature film | Christopher Willis | Armando Iannucci | |
| Feature film | Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson | Matthew Vaughn | Additional orchestrations |
| Feature film | Henry Jackman | Jake Kasdan | Additional orchestrations |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox | Feature film | Bear McCreary | Julius Onah | |
| Tomb Raider | Feature film | Junkie XL | Roar Uthaug | |
| God of War | Video game | Bear McCreary | Cory Barlog | |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | TV series | Bear McCreary, Jason Akers | Kevin Tancharoen, Jesse Bochco, Garry A. Brown | 87 episodes (2014-2018) |
| The Handmaid's Tale | TV series | Adam Taylor | Mike Barker, Kari Skogland, Daina Reid | 15 episodes (2017-2018) |
| Luke Cage | TV series | Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge | Neema Barnette, Clark Johnson, Andy Goddard | 13 episodes |
| The Predator | Feature film | Henry Jackman, Alan Silvestri | Shane Black | |
| Green Book | Feature film | Kris Bowers | Peter Farrelly | |
| Smallfoot | Feature film, animation | Heitor Pereira | Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig | |
| Venom | Feature film | Ludwig Göransson | Ruben Fleischer | |
| Feature film | Dominic Lewis | Ari Sandel | |
| Ralph Breaks the Internet | Feature film, animation | Henry Jackman | Phil Johnston, Rich Moore | |
| Creed II | Feature film | Ludwig Göransson | Steven Caple Jr. | |
| Mortal Engines | Feature film | Junkie XL | Christian Rivers | |
| Tuntematon sotilas | TV mini-series | Lasse Enersen | Aku Louhimies | 5 episodes (2018-2019) |
| 2019 | | Feature film, animation | Junkie XL | Robert Rodriguez | |
| Us | Feature film | Michael Abels | Jordan Peele | |
| The Walking Dead | TV series | Bear McCreary | Laura Belsey | 1 episode |
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Feature film | Bear McCreary | Michael Dougherty | |
| Child's Play | Feature film | Jason La Rocca, Bear McCreary | Lars Klevberg | Lead orchestrator |
| The Personal History of David Copperfield | Feature film | Christopher Willis | Armando Iannucci | |
| Feature film | Junkie XL | Tim Miller | |
| Death Stranding | Video game | Ludvig Forssell | Hideo Kojima | |
| Feature film | Henry Jackman | Jake Kasdan | |
| The Mandalorian | TV series | Ludwig Göransson | Jon Favreau, Bryce Dallas Howard, David Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Feature film, animation | Junkie XL | Jeff Fowler | |
| Scoob! | Feature film, animation | Junkie XL | Tony Cervone | |
| Stargirl | TV series | Pinar Toprak | Andi Armaganian, Lea Thompson, Chris Manley | 6 episodes |
| A Concerto Is a Conversation | Documentary short | Kris Bowers | Kris Bowers, Ben Proudfoot | |
| Your Honor | TV series | Volker Bertelmann | Clark Johnson, Edward Berger | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Feature film | Kris Bowers | Lee Daniels | |
| Zack Snyder's Justice League | Feature film | Junkie XL | Zack Snyder | Orchestrations |
| Ron's Gone Wrong | Feature film | Henry Jackman | Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez | |
| Fear Street: Part One - 1994 | Feature film | Marco Beltrami, Anna Drubich, Marcus Trumpp | Leigh Janiak | |
| Feature film, animation | Kris Bowers | Malcom D. Lee | |
| Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 | Feature film | Marco Beltrami, Anna Drubich, Marcus Trumpp | Leigh Janiak | |
| The Suicide Squad | Feature film | John Murphy | James Gunn | |
| Respect | Feature film | Kris Bowers | Liesl Tommy | |
| King Richard | Feature film | Kris Bowers | Reinaldo Marcus Green | |
| Feature film | Marco Beltrami | Andy Serkis | |
| 2022 | | Feature film, animation | TBA | Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val | | |
Composer!Year!Title!Genre!Director!Notes| 2003 | 12 | Feature film | Lawrence Bridges | |
| 2005 | California and the American Dream | TV mini-series, documentary | Jed Riffe | 1 episode |
| 2007 | The Heckler | Short | Jim Kohn | |
| The Depressed Rapper | Short | Jim Kohn | |
| Eddie Pepitone's Ransom | Short | Jim Kohn | |
| Dark and Bloody Ground | Documentary | Alex Farnsley, Kevin Gordon King | |
| 2008 | | Feature film | Shawn Papazian | Special features |
| Ski Patrol | TV series | Jeff Jenkins | 2 episodes, additional music |
| 2009 | Stories from Baghdad USA | Documentary | Alex Farnsley, Kevin Gordon King | |
| Twirl | Short | Mira Lew | |
| Deep Sea Salvage | TV series | Bryan Stratte | 4 episodes, additional music |
| 2010 | Bike Love | Short | Martine Charnow | |
| Is She Really Going Out with Him? | TV series | Mark S. Jacobs | 1 episode, additional music |
| Pit Boss | TV series | T.G. Matthews, Terrence Hayes | 3 episodes, additional music |
| New Kids Turbo | Feature film | Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil | |
| The Millionaire Matchmaker | TV series | Greg Matthews, Keith Koslov | 16 episodes, additional music |
| 2011 | Library of Dust | Documentary short | Ondi Timoner, Robert James | |
| So You Think You Can Dance | TV series | Don Weiner, Nigel Lythgoe | 1 episode, additional music |
| The Heineken Kidnapping | Feature film | Maarten Treurniet | Additional music |
| 2012 | Three Days (of Hamlet) | Documentary | Alex Hyde-White | |
| The Luckiest Man Alive | Short | Matthew C. Temple | |
| 2014 | Frank vs. God | Feature film | Stewart Schill | Additional music |
| Manny in Real Life | TV series | Salvador Paniagua | 10 episodes (2014-2015) |
| Feature film, animation | Jay Oliva | Additional music |
| 2015 | A Killer of Men | Short | Gregg Meller | |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire | Video game | Ben Irving, Jesse Skye | |
| Frieda's Turn | Short | Jay J. Levy | |
| Once Upon a Time | TV series | Geofrey Hildrew, Eagle Egilsson | 2 episodes, additional music |
| Video game | Hez Chorba | Additional music |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | Video game | Hez Chorba, Bernd Diemer | Additional music |
| 2018 | What Still Remains | Feature film | Josh Mendoza | |
| 2020 | Heavenquest: A Pilgrim's Progress | Feature film | Matt Bilen | |
| 2021 | 3 Seconds in October | Documentary | Ron Rogers | |
| TBA | Persephone Speaks: The Forgotten Women of Bosnia | Documentary | Ivana Kelley | Theme music, in post-production | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Jonathan Beard . 2022-08-23 . The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music . en-US.
- Web site: 2022-08-04 . Jonathan Beard Receives Emmy® Award for Documentary Score . 2022-08-23 . The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music . en-US.
- Web site: 2022-06-13 . Sonoma County documentary about Andy Lopez shooting wins regional Emmy Award . 2022-08-23 . Santa Rosa Press Democrat . en-US.
- Web site: RITUAL. 2021-10-03. Jonathan Beard. en-US.
- Web site: Rabinowitz. Chloe. OPERA UCLA to Present Virtual Livestream World Premiere of CESARE, CHILD OF NIGHT. 2021-11-03. BroadwayWorld.com. en.
- Web site: 2020-03-13 . Santa Rosa native makes music for movies like 'Deadpool,' 'Green Book' . 2022-08-23 . Santa Rosa Press Democrat . en-US.
- Web site: UCLA music lecturer thrives on collaborative process of film scoring . 2022-08-23 . Daily Bruin.
- Web site: Tutti Music Partners. 2021-10-03. Tutti Music Partners. en-US.
- Web site: Ritual Review - Huntley Dent of Fanfare. 2022-01-12. Jonathan Beard. en-US.
- Web site: Jonathan Beard . 2022-08-23 . LA Phil . en.
- Web site: 2010-10-18 . Classically Trained: Appeal for the casual listener as well . 2022-08-23 . Daily Pilot . en-US.
- Web site: KONG: SKULL ISLAND . 2022-08-23 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
