Joseph Trapanese | |
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![]() Trapanese conducting his score for Disney's Lady and the Tramp at Sony's Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage | |
Background information | |
Born | 1984 (age 39–40) |
Origin | New Jersey, United States |
Genres | Film score, jazz, electronic, ambient |
Occupation(s) | Film composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor, music producer |
Years active | 2006–present |
Website | www |
Joseph Trapanese (born 7 August 1984) is an American composer, arranger, and producer. He works in the production of music for films, television, records, theater, concerts, and interactive media.
Raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Trapanese attended Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School before moving on to the Manhattan School of Music. [1]
Trapanese began his composing career by collaborating with Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) on the soundtrack for the Walt Disney Pictures film Tron: Legacy . His arrangements for the soundtrack have been described as "resolutely grand" [2] and "stirring... ominous, hypnotic". [3] The BBC described the work as "a sophisticated integration of acoustic and electronic instrumentation... majestic… rich, solemn tones… saturnine orchestration and a muscular rhythm”. [4]
Trapanese has composed for numerous projects, including Disney XD's animated series Tron: Uprising , [5] Sony Pictures Classics' The Raid: Redemption (cocomposed with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park), Sony Pictures Television's original web series The Bannen Way , the independent feature Mamitas (featured at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival), [6] and numerous live-action and animated films from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. Trapanese contributed musical arrangements to Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief , What Happens in Vegas and Traitor . Alongside composer Daniel Licht, Trapanese produced and orchestrated the scores for seasons 3 and 4 of Showtime's original series Dexter , and provided orchestrations for seasons 5 and 6. The 2012 teaser trailer for Iron Man 3 features Trapanese's composition Something to Fight For. [7] [8]
His career eventually lead to working on major studio feature films working solo and alongside recording artists. Some of his well known credits include Universal Studios's Straight Outta Compton , [9] Lionsgate Films's The Divergent Series: Insurgent , [10] Sony Pictures Classics' The Raid 2 , [11] and Universal Studios's Oblivion (co-composed with Anthony Gonzalez of M83). [12]
In 2017 he scored the Sony Pictures feature Only the Brave , his third collaboration with director Joseph Kosinski, and co-scored the 20th Century Fox musical The Greatest Showman alongside composer John Debney. On that film he produced several of the chart-topping songs from the film written by Oscar-winning duo Justin Paul and Benj Pasek. [13]
Following his collaborations with Daft Punk on Tron: Legacy , Anthony Gonzalez (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 events.
On August 7, 2015 Dr. Dre released his long-awaited third album Compton which featured string arrangements by Trapanese and Jennifer Hammond. They were conducted by Trapanese at the Straight Outta Compton scoring sessions at the Sony Pictures Studios scoring stage in Culver City.
On February 27, 2015 Kelly Clarkson released her seventh album Piece by Piece which featured an orchestra arranged and conducted by Trapanese recorded at EastWest Studios in Hollywood. He collaborated with producers Greg Kurstin, Jesse Shatkin, and Jason Halbert on the project.
On September 22, 2013, Trapanese performed with M83 at the Hollywood Bowl as conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. [14] For the concert, Trapanese arranged new orchestral material for songs from Before The Dawn Heals Us , Saturdays=Youth , Hurry Up, We're Dreaming , and Oblivion . He also arranged and conducted an orchestra for M83's show at Central Park Summerstage in New York City on August 8, 2012. [15]
Released on October 25, 2013, by RCA Records, Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped in Red features an orchestra arranged and conducted by Trapanese. [16] Produced by Greg Kurstin, it is Clarkson's first Christmas-themed release, featuring cover versions of various Christmas standards in addition to original material. As part of the album's promotion, on October 30, 2013, Trapanese led the orchestra for Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale at The Venetian Las Vegas, which was broadcast on NBC on December 11, 2013.
Trapanese collaborated with Active Child on the arrangement of "Silhouette" (featuring Ellie Goulding) for his 2013 EP Rapor . In addition to the album, he provided new string and choir arrangements for his performances in Melbourne, London, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. [17]
For 2012's The Bourne Legacy , Trapanese worked with Moby on a new orchestral version of his "Extreme Ways". [18]
On October 18, 2011, M83's double-disc album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming released with five tracks arranged by Trapanese. Trapanese's work can be heard on "Intro", "Wait", "Soon, My Friend", "My Tears Are Becoming a Sea", and "Outro". [19]
Trapanese co-wrote and co-produced the song "Do or Die" with 3OH!3 from their album Omens . [20]
The music Trapanese has produced for theater is performed primarily in New York City, most notably in productions by The Actors Company Theatre. Recent productions that he has provided music for include T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party , Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy , Václav Havel's The Memorandum , and Edward Bond's The Sea. His music for the production of Milan Stitt's The Runner Stumbles was described by the New York Times as "Precise and evocative... wistful, ringing melodies”. [21]
Trapanese completed his bachelor's degree in composition at the Manhattan School of Music, and later an M.A. in Music for Visual Media at UCLA, with support from the Henry Mancini fund. Joseph's tutors included Giampaolo Bracali, Bruce Broughton, Paul Chihara, Roger Bourland, Jack Smalley, and Martin Bresnick, and he also engaged in brief studies with Louis Andriessen, Aaron Jay Kernis, Julia Wolfe, Mark Snow, and Ira Newborn. From 2008 to 2011, Trapanese taught the Electronic Music and Composition curriculum at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music. [28]
Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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2009 | Countdown: Jerusalem | Adam Silver | |
2010 | Tron: Legacy | Joseph Kosinski | Composed with Daft Punk First collaboration with Joseph Kosinski |
2011 | Mamitas | Nicholas Ozeki | |
The Raid | Gareth Evans | Composed with Mike Shinoda First collaboration with Gareth Evans | |
2013 | Oblivion | Joseph Kosinski | Composed with M83 Second collaboration with Joseph Kosinski |
2014 | The Raid 2 | Gareth Evans | Composed with Aria Prayogi and Fajar Yuskemal Second collaboration with Gareth Evans |
Earth to Echo | Dave Green | ||
Stand | Cosmos Kiindarius | ||
Transformers: Age of Extinction | Michael Bay | Additional music Score composed by Steve Jablonsky | |
2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Robert Schwentke | First collaboration with Robert Schwentke |
Straight Outta Compton | F. Gary Gray | ||
2016 | The Divergent Series: Allegiant | Robert Schwentke | Second collaboration with Robert Schwentke |
The Siege of Jadotville | Richie Smyth | ||
2017 | Only the Brave | Joseph Kosinski | Third collaboration with Joseph Kosinski |
Wolf Warrior 2 | Wu Jing | ||
Shimmer Lake | Oren Uziel | ||
The Greatest Showman | Michael Gracey | Composed with John Debney Songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | |
2018 | Arctic | Joe Penna | |
Robin Hood | Otto Bathurst | ||
Sprinter | Storm Saulter | ||
2019 | Stuber | Michael Dowse | First collaboration with Michael Dowse |
Lady and the Tramp | Charlie Bean | ||
2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Michael Dowse | Second collaboration with Michael Dowse |
Project Power | Henry Joost Ariel Schulman | ||
Spontaneous | Brian Duffield | First collaboration with Brian Duffield | |
2021 | Finding 'Ohana | Jude Weng | |
Prisoners of the Ghostland | Sion Sono | ||
Happily | BenDavid Grabinski | ||
8-Bit Christmas | Michael Dowse | Third collaboration with Michael Dowse | |
2022 | Spiderhead | Joseph Kosinski | Performed by The London Contemporary Orchestra Fourth collaboration with Joseph Kosinski |
2023 | The Machine | Peter Atencio | |
No One Will Save You | Brian Duffield | Second collaboration with Brian Duffield |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2009–10 | The Bannen Way | 16 episodes |
2010–11 | Suite 7 | 2 episodes |
2012–13 | Tron: Uprising | 19 episodes |
2016 | Dead of Summer | 10 episodes |
2016–17 | Quantico | 20 episodes |
Jean-Claude Van Johnson | 6 episodes | |
2018 | Unsolved | 10 episodes |
Berlin Station | Episode: "Aut Concilio Aut Ense" | |
2019 | Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Carnival of Doom | Composed with Jason Lazarus |
2021–23 | Shadow and Bone | |
2021 | The Witcher | Season 2; 8 episodes [29] |
2023–present | Skull Island | 8 episodes Composed with Jason Lazarus |
2023 | Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Composed with Anamanaguchi |
Year | Title | Developer | Publisher |
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2014 | The Crew | Ivory Tower | Ubisoft |
2017 | Need for Speed Payback | Ghost Games | Electronic Arts |
2020 | Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge | ILMxLab | Disney Electronic Content |
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Oblivion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2013 film of the same name featuring the original score composed by Anthony Gonzalez of the French electronic music project M83 and Joseph Trapanese. However, M83 was credited for the soundtrack. The album features electronic and orchestral music that was recorded specifically for the film for more than a year. Aside from the score, a six-minute title track was released as the single from the film on April 2, 2013. The soundtrack was released in digital and physical formats on April 16 by Back Lot Music, along with a deluxe edition released on the same day. It was released on vinyl by Mondo on April 30.
The Divergent Series: Insurgent – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack album of the 2015 American science-fiction action film The Divergent Series: Insurgent, based on the second book of the Divergent trilogy. The score of the film was composed by Joseph Trapanese, while Randall Poster reprised his role as music supervisor. The soundtrack album along with the film's score were released exclusively as digital albums by Interscope Records on March 17, 2015.
Lady and the Tramp (Original Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album for the 2019 film of the same name, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, which itself adapted from Disney's 1955 animated film. The original songs from the 1955 film written by Sonny Burke and Peggy Lee were included, alongside two new songs written by Nate "Rocket" Wonder and Roman GianArthur of Wondaland, and Janelle Monáe: a re-worked version of the Siamese Cat song, titled "What a Shame" and an original song titled "That's Enough"(performed by Monáe) being curated for the film. All the tracks were produced by Joseph Trapanese, who also composed the film's score. The album containing both the songs and score, were released on November 12, 2019 alongside the film.
The Bourne Legacy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy, which is the fourth installment in the series of films adapted from the Jason Bourne novels by Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader. The musical score is composed by James Newton Howard, becoming the first film in the series not to be composed by John Powell, who provided music for previous Bourne installments, due to his interest in scoring animated films. The album was digitally released through Back Lot Music on August 7, 2012, and a physical release by Varèse Sarabande on August 21, 2012. The album featured a new version of Moby's "Extreme Ways" subtitled with "Bourne's Legacy" released as a single on July 31. The music received mixed critical response.
Earth to Echo (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack to the 2014 film Earth to Echo released on July 1, 2014 by Relativity Music Group. The album featured 10 tracks that are featured in the film, along with a suite from the score composed by Joseph Trapanese. His score would be eventually released in a separate album on the same day.