---
name: "Jeff Beal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-beal"
fi1m_id: "jeff-beal"
imdb_id: "nm0063618"
tmdb_id: 20692
wikidata_id: "Q454188"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "20 June 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-02T23:42:37.700535+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeff Beal

## Identity

Jeff Beal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-beal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-beal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0063618
- **TMDB ID:** 20692
- **Wikidata ID:** Q454188
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20692

Composer. Born 20 June 1963 in Hayward, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 20 June 1963, Hayward, California, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Jeremy Podeswa](https://film.one/person/jeremy-podeswa.md), [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (2), 2010s 70 (3), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Documentary 3, Drama 2, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20692

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rome*](https://film.one/tv/rome.md) (82), [*Carnivàle*](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Blackfish*](https://film.one/film/blackfish.md) (78)
- **AMC+:** [*Weiner*](https://film.one/film/weiner.md) (75)
- **Peacock:** [*All Her Fault*](https://film.one/tv/all-her-fault.md) (68)
- **Apple TV:** [*An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power*](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jeff Beal (born 20 June 1963) is an American composer of music for film, television and the concert hall. Born in Hayward, California, he studied composition and trumpet at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1985. He began his career as a jazz recording artist in New York before moving into scoring for visual media.

Beal is known for his scores for the television series *Rome* (2005), *Monk* (2002), *Carnivàle* (2003), *House of Cards* (2013) and *The Newsroom* (2012), and for films including *Pollock* (2000), *Appaloosa* (2008) and *Blackfish* (2013). He has received five Primetime Emmy Awards from nineteen nominations. He also composes concert works and has released several jazz albums.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, jeffbeal.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *All Her Fault* (2025), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-her-fault.md)
- *An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power* (2017), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power.md)
- *Weiner* (2016), Fi1m 75, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/weiner.md)
- *Blackfish* (2013), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/blackfish.md)
- *Rome* (2005), Fi1m 82, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)

## Complete filmography (107)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lost Opportunities* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Serling* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *All Her Fault* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-her-fault.md)
- *Can You Hear Me?* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Rule Breakers* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Grab* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Rather* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Raymond & Ray* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Sell/Buy/Date* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *GameStop: Rise of the Players* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *JFK: Destiny Betrayed* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Breaking News in Yuba County* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Walker* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Console Wars* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Challenger: The Final Flight* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Athlete A* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Biggest Little Farm* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Light Falls* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Price of Everything* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Bigger* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Bleeding Edge* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Generation Wealth* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Shock and Awe* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Sweet Life* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power.md)
- *Gypsy* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Putin Interviews* (2017), series, Music
- *Boston* (2017), Music
- *Weiner* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/weiner.md)
- *Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Dovekeepers* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Big Driver* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *And the Oscar Goes To...* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Wilde Salomé* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Blackfish* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackfish.md)
- *He's Way More Famous Than You* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Gilded Lilys* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Hyperglot* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *When I Walk* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Queen of Versailles* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, Music
- *Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt* (2012), Music
- *GCB* (2012), series, Original Music Composer
- *Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond the Blackboard* (2011), Music
- *Once Fallen* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Jesse Stone: No Remorse* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Georgia O'Keeffe* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Little Monk* (2009), series, Music
- *Jesse Stone: Thin Ice* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Loving Leah* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Flirting with Forty* (2008), Music
- *The Deal* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Appaloosa* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Who Do You Love* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Ping Pong Playa* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Russell Girl* (2008), Music
- *He Was a Quiet Man* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Pixar Story* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Company* (2007), series, Original Music Composer
- *Jesse Stone: Sea Change* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Where God Left His Shoes* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Situation* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise* (2006), Music
- *Pinochet in Suburbia* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Water Is Wide* (2006), Music
- *Jesse Stone: Night Passage* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Engagement Ring* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Emmanuel's Gift* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Rome* (2005), series, Music — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Stone Cold* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Back When We Were Grownups* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Wool Cap* (2004), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan* (2004), Original Music Composer, Music
- *Love Rules!* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Ike: Countdown to D-Day* (2004), Music
- *In the Realms of the Unreal* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Twelve Mile Road* (2003), Music
- *Carnivàle* (2003), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Conviction* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion* (2002), Music
- *A Gentleman's Game* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Secret Life of Zoey* (2002), Music
- *Door to Door* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Monk* (2002), series, Original Music Composer
- *No Good Deed* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Joe and Max* (2002), Music
- *Pollock* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Mambo Café* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Harlem Aria* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Passion of Ayn Rand* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, Music
- *Lies He Told* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Undue Influence* (1996), series, Original Music Composer
- *Power 98* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Love Is All There Is* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence* (1994), Music
- *Ring of Steel* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Lookin' Italian* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Places for the Soul* (1990), Music
- *Cheap Shots* (1988), Original Music Composer

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jeff-beal