Joe Trapanese Biography

Joseph Trapanese is known best for his elegant score work on hit movies such as "Tron: Legacy," "Straight Outta Compton," "Oblivion," as well as the "Raid" series. He has served with a number of mainstream musical acts as a composer, arranger, and producer for film, television, theatre, and video game songs. His big break came in 2010, when he collaborated with Daft Punk on the generalised digital theme music for Disney's "Tron" reboot/sequel. Trapanese accompanied that success by collaborating with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda on a score for the 2011 Indonesian martial arts film "The Raid: Redemption" (he would proceed without Shinoda in 2014 with "The Raid 2"). That year, he assisted with arrangements on a few tracks for M83's emergence hit "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming," which resulted to the pair's collaboration on Tom Cruise's sci-fi epic "Oblivion" in 2013. Trapanese produced songs and co-composed the score for 2017's "The Greatest Showman" alongside Pasek & Paul and John Debney. Remarkable solo scores involve "Robin Hood" (2018), "Earth to Echo (2014)", "Only The Brave" (2017), the groundbreaking rap film version "Straight Outta Compton" (2015), and the second and third editions of the "Divergent" series, "Insurgent" (2015) & "Allegiant" (2016). He has written music for tv programs such as United States "Unsolved" (2018). "Quantico" on ABC (2016-17), "Jean-Claude Van Johnson" on Amazon (2017), "Dead of Summer" on Freeform (2016), as well as "Tron: Uprising" on Disney XD (2012). Scores for video games include EA's "Need for Speed Payback" (2017) and Ubisoft's "The Crew" (2017). (2014). In the production company and on stage, he has collaborated with Dr. Dre, Kelly Clarkson, Zedd, Dierks Bentley, Moby, Kendrick Lamar, Aloe Blacc, Haim, Alessia Cara, Active Child, The Glitch Mob, Halsey, John Newman, Sohn, 3OH!3, Dia Frampton, Steven Price, and James Newton Howard, in addition to Daft Punk, Mike Shinod, and M83. He who was born in Jersey City, received his B.A. in classical composition from the Manhattan School of Music. He went on to earn his M.A. at UCLA and instructed electronic music composition there from 2008 to 2011. He was elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2016. Trapanese founded The Echo Society in 2013 with a tenacious group of composers, artists, and musicians. The group generates and performs new music showcasing the special skills and environments of LA in order to inspire one another.

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