Beau Black

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Beau Black
Born (1983-08-05) August 5, 1983 (age 39) [1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Composer, singer, musician, songwriter
Years active1991–present [2]
Spouse
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(m. 2011)​
Children1
Relatives Jay Black (father)
Andi Black (mother)
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Beau Black (born August 5, 1983) [3] is an American composer, producer, musician, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist from New York City, New York. [4] [5] He served as the primary songwriter for Disney's television show The Lion Guard , and received a Daytime Emmy Creative Arts nomination in 2017 in the category Outstanding Original Song for the Lion Guard song "Sisi Ni Sawa" (with Sarah Mirza, Ford Riley and Kevin Hopps) [6] [7] [8] [9] He received a 2nd Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program" for “As You Move Forward” from The Lion Guard.

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Life and work

Beau Black is the son of Jay Black, [10] lead singer of Jay and the Americans and his mother is Andi Black. [11] Black’s first album of original music, Meant to Be, was released in 2008. [11] Black has worked on shows including Miles from Tomorrowland , Penn Zero: Part Time Hero , The Lion Guard , Mickey and the Roadster Racers , Firebuds , TrollsTopia , Jake and the Neverland Pirates and The Rocketeer . [12] He joined the creative team as a composer and songwriter for the Disney Junior production of the Mickey Mouse Funhouse Animated Series, which debuted in 2021. [13]

He was nominated for a 2017 Daytime Emmy award for composing the song “Sisi Ni Sawa” from The Lion Guard, a series that he served as the primary songwriter for. [6] [14] In 2020, Black was named a nominee for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program" for “As You Move Forward” from The Lion Guard. [15] [16]

Selective discography

Studio Album

Television

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2022–present Firebuds Disney Junior Songwriter
2021–present Mickey Mouse Funhouse Disney Junior Songwriter
2019–2020 The Rocketeer Disney Junior Songwriter[ citation needed ]
2017–2021 Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures Disney Junior Songwriter/Composer
2016–2019 The Lion Guard Disney Junior Songwriter
2015–2018 Miles from Tomorrowland Disney Junior "Way out", opening theme song in the first two seasons [18]
2014–2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Disney XD Composed theme song with Ryan Shore
2013 Jake and the Neverland Pirates Disney Junior Songwriter of the episode "The Battle of Book"

Personal life

In 2011, he married British-Spanish singer, songwriter and actress Alex Cartana. [19] They have 1 child, a daughter, who was born in 2021. [20] [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "One more time around the sun. @neumanvision @mykevirus @brantmayfield @justinmayfieldart @iamkhadijaneumann". instagram.com.
  2. ↑ Official website
  3. ↑ AlphaLife: Beau Black Net Worth & Biograph
  4. ↑ "5 Questions with Beau Black – MDIIO | #Music+Science" . Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ Pace, Jessica (June 10, 2019). "Out Take: Beau Black - Composer/Songwriter/Instrumentalist". Music Connection Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Milligan, Mercedes (March 24, 2017). "Daytime Emmys: DreamWorks' 21 Nominations Tops Animation Competition". Animation Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ D. Crump, William (2019). Happy Holidays--Animated!: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland. ISBN   9781476636467.
  8. ↑ The Lion Guard's official channel on Youtube: The Lion Guard: We're the Same (Sisi ni Sawa)
  9. ↑ DisneyMusicVEVO on Youtube: Beau Black - Here Comes the Lion Guard
  10. ↑ Ketchum, Diane (November 6, 1994). "ABOUT LONG ISLAND; Even at 56, Jay Black Continues to Make Them Swoon". New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  11. 1 2 Botes, Werner (March 24, 2016). "Beau Black Talks Music and International Success". People Magazine. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Beau Black Signs With CAA". Pollstar. May 21, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Disney Junior Greenlights 'Mickey Mouse Funhouse' Animated Series (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. October 2020.
  14. ↑ "'Lion King' spin-off taps Rob Lowe as Simba, James Earl Jones and more". EW.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  15. ↑ "BMI Congratulates its 2020 Daytime Emmy Nominees". BMI. June 4, 2020.
  16. ↑ "2020 Daytime Emmy winners: Full list of nominees and winners in all categories". Gold Derby. July 27, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Black & Bleu". UMC. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Way Out ("Miles From Tomorrowland" Theme) - Beau Black". Shazam. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  19. ↑ "10 years ago I married my best friend. I can't wait to see what the future holds with our little family. Happy Anniversary to my love @alexcartana 😘❤️😘#welooklikechildren". instagram.com.
  20. ↑ "Welcome to the world our little Arabella. @alexcartana was freaking rockstar! #newdaddy". instagram.com.
  21. ↑ "It's my girl's first birthday today. And even though this year has been the most challenging, flat out exhausting year of my life, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I already have the world, because she is mine. Happy Birthday Arabella! #BellyBoo". instagram.com.
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