Joseph S. DeBeasi

Joseph S. DeBeasi

Composer, conductor Joseph S DeBeasi, has been praised for his blend of creative electronic sounds and traditional instrumentation. His use of melody and harmonic subtext embody the heart of his musical storytelling.

His American Sniper Suite, an arrangement of his score for the movie, was recently featured on the concert Generations of Honor, The Soundtrack of the Amercian Soldier, where he served as guest conductor with the US Army Field Concert Band and Choir. The suite was recorded by the concert band at Skywalker Sound as part of a compilation for their CD.

In March and November of 2018, Joseph was the featured composer and guest conductor for Sinfonia: Connecting The Arts & Community, honoring past and present military members. Both concerts presented world premieres of his work, including The American Sniper Suite and two symphonic works commissioned by Southeastern University: One More Minute and A Thousand Faces.

His film scores include the original score for Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated, American Sniper, the award-winning feature documentary, Kidnapped for Christ, the feature comedy, Eleven Eleven, and Alpha, directed by Albert Hughes, for which he was co-composer. Alpha’s score was listed in the top ten best scores for 2018 by Film Music Magazine.

Joseph is also known for his work as a music editor on feature films, including Wind River, The Revenant, Sicario, Prisoners, and Book of Eli.

Joseph received a BMI Film Music Award for his score on American Sniper. His score for Judges won Best Soundtrack at the Miami International Sci-fi Film Festival.

Joseph has given seminars on film music at Berklee College of Music, Southeastern University, Harrison School for the Arts, Heartland Film Festival, Club Cubase at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, and Nashville Composers Association. He is an honors graduate of film composition from Berklee College of Music. Joseph is a Steinberg artist.