Joseph Trapanese

Joseph Trapanese (born August 7, 1984) is an American composer, arranger and producer.
Early life and education.
Trapanese was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to Italian American parents and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. Trapanese attended Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School before moving on to the Manhattan School of Music.
Film and television music.
Early career.
Trapanese began his composing career by collaborating with Daft Punk on the soundtrack for the Walt Disney Pictures film ".
2011-present.
Trapanese has gone on to compose numerous projects including Disney XD's animated series ", Sony Pictures Classics' "The Raid: Redemption", Sony Pictures Television's original web series "The Banner Way", the independent feature "Mamitas" and numerous scores for live-action and animated films from University of California, Los Angeles's School of Theatre, Film and Television.
Influences.
Trapanese stated composers like Peter Bernstein, Joel Goldsmith, Jean-Michel Jarre, Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, Gustavo Santaolalla, Lalo Schifrin, Chris Mancini, Brian Tyler, Alan Silvestri, Joseph Williams, Andrea Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, Bear McCreary, Ryan Shore, Michael Giacchino, John Debney, Tyler Bates, Michael Kamen, Marco Beltrami, Ramin Djawadi, David Newman and James Horner as influences.
Music collaboration with artists.
Following his collaboration with Daft Punk on "", 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 albums.
Music for live theater.
The music Trapanese has produced for theater is performed primarily in New York City, most notably in productions by The Actors Company Theatre.