---
name: "Joe Delia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-delia"
fi1m_id: "joe-delia"
imdb_id: "nm0217137"
tmdb_id: 39107
wikidata_id: "Q3180045"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 October 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:52:05.018410+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."
---

# Joe Delia

## Identity

Joe Delia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-delia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-delia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0217137
- **TMDB ID:** 39107
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3180045
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Delia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39107

Composer. Born 11 October 1948 in Brooklyn.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 October 1948, Brooklyn
- **Active:** 1990–1992
- **Frequently works with:** [Abel Ferrara](https://film.one/person/abel-ferrara.md), [Mary Kane](https://film.one/person/mary-kane.md), [Victor Argo](https://film.one/person/victor-argo.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Delia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39107

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Bad Lieutenant*](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*King of New York*](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Joe Delia is an American composer, musician and arranger. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on 11 October 1948, he began his career as a teenager playing piano and singing with the group The Bruthers before working as a session musician and arranger with artists including Chuck Berry, Pat Benatar and Stevie Wonder.

Delia is best known for his long collaboration with director Abel Ferrara, composing the scores for films including *The Driller Killer* (1979), *Ms. 45* (1981), *King of New York* (1990), *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), *Body Snatchers* (1993), *The Addiction* (1995), *The Funeral* (1996) and *Zeros and Ones* (2021). He has also scored other features such as *The Tao of Steve* (2000) and *The Substitute 2: School's Out* (1998), as well as television episodes and documentaries. He leads the blues rock band Joe Delia & Thieves.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *King of New York* (1990), Fi1m 70, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Padre Pio* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Zeros and Ones* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Sportin' Life* (2020), Music
- *Siberia* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Tommaso* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Projectionist* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Alive in France* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Talking with the Vampires* (2018), as Music
- *Piazza Vittorio* (2017), Music
- *Dirty Movie* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *National Lampoon's Snatched* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Carlito's Way: Rise to Power* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Incident at Blood Gorge* (2005), Music
- *Bridget* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Tao of Steve* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Time Served* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Fever* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Substitute 2: School's Out* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *No Looking Back* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Blackout* (1997), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Drunks* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Funeral* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Twilight Highway* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Addiction* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Enemy Within* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Dangerous Game* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Body Snatchers* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *King of New York* (1990), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md)
- *Caged Fury* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Freeway* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *29 Minute Beginners Workout* (1988), Music
- *Wolfpack* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *China Girl* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Ms .45* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Hoodlums* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Driller Killer* (1979), Original Music Composer, Musician
- *9 Lives of a Wet Pussy* (1976), Original Music Composer

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