Joseph Trapanese
Joseph Trapanese (born August 7, 1984) is an American composer, arranger and producer.
Early life and education
Trapanese was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to Italian American parents and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. Trapanese attended Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School before moving on to the Manhattan School of Music.
Film and television music
Early career
Trapanese began his composing career by collaborating with Daft Punk on the soundtrack for the Walt Disney Pictures film Tron: Legacy.
2011-present
Trapanese has gone on to compose numerous projects including Disney XD's animated series Tron: Uprising, Sony Pictures Classics' The Raid: Redemption, Sony Pictures Television's original web series The Banner Way, the independent feature Mamitas and numerous scores for live-action and animated films from University of California, Los Angeles's School of Theatre, Film and Television.
Influences
Trapanese stated composers like Jerry Goldsmith, Bruce Broughton, Alan Menken, Mychael Danna, Peter Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Joe Hisaishi, Alexandre Desplat, Mark Snow, James Newton Howard, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, Howard Shore, Michael Giacchino, John Powell, Randy Newman, Michael Kamen, Marco Beltrami, Hans Zimmer, John Williams and James Horner as influences.
Music collaboration with artists
Following his collaboration with Daft Punk on Tron: Legacy, M83 on Oblivion, and Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park on The Raid: Redemption, Trapanese continues to work with artists in film scoring, album production, and live albums.
Music for live theater
The music Trapanese has produced for theater is performed primarily in New York City, most notably in productions by The Actors Company Theatre.
Awards and honors
- In 2012, Joseph has nominated for an IFMCA Award for Breakthrough Film Composer of the Year' by the International Film Music Critics Association
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