Joel McNeely

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Joel McNeely

Sound 67 March 28, 1959

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Joel McNeely (born March 28, 1959) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, musician, lyricist, and record producer. A protégé of composer Jerry Goldsmith, he is best known f…

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The Polar Express

The Polar Express

6.7 2004 Movie
A Million Ways to Die in the West

A Million Ways to Die in the West

6.1 2014 Movie
The Patriot

The Patriot

7.2 2000 Movie
Air Force One

Air Force One

6.5 1997 Movie
Mulan II

Mulan II

6.5 2004 Movie
Return to Never Land

Return to Never Land

6.5 2002 Movie
The Naked Gun

The Naked Gun

6.3 2025 Movie
The Orville

The Orville

7.6 2017 TV Show
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

6.7 2005 Movie
Tinker Bell

Tinker Bell

7.0 2008 Movie
Holes

Holes

6.9 2003 Movie
The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

5.7 2004 Movie

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Joel McNeely (born March 28, 1959) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, musician, lyricist, and record producer. A protégé of composer Jerry Goldsmith, he is best known for his film and television scores. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on George Lucas's The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He frequently collaborates with Seth MacFarlane and contributes to various projects by The Walt Disney Company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel McNeely, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Mystery Island: House Rules

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2025
    The Naked Gun

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2024
    ted

    TV show Original Music Composer

  4. 2021
    For the Empire

    TV show Music

  5. 2017
    The Orville

    TV show Original Music Composer

  6. 2014
    Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2014
    Disney Dreams! fête Noël

    Movie Sound Designer

  8. 2014
    A Million Ways to Die in the West

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2014
    Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2012
    Secret of the Wings

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2011
    Pixie Hollow Games

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2011
    Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert

    Movie Music Director

  13. 2010
    Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2009
    Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2008
    Tinker Bell

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2007
    I Know Who Killed Me

    Movie Original Music Composer

More credits
  1. 2007
    Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2006
    The Fox and the Hound 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2005
    Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2005
    Pooh's Heffalump Movie

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2004
    The Polar Express

    Movie Orchestrator

  6. 2004
    Mulan II

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2004
    America's Heart & Soul

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2004
    The Stepford Wives

    Movie Additional Music

  9. 2004
    Stateside

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2003
    Uptown Girls

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2003
    Holes

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2003
    Ghosts of the Abyss

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2003
    The Jungle Book 2

    Movie Conductor

  14. 2002
    Return to Never Land

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2001
    All Forgotten

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2000
    Santa Who?

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 2000
    Dark Angel

    TV show Original Music Composer

  18. 2000
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 2000
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 2000
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 2000
    The Patriot

    Movie Orchestrator

  22. 2000
    Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

    TV show Music

  23. 1999
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1999
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues

    Movie Original Music Composer