ABOUT

Award-winning composer Joel Douek's music has appeared in hundreds of TV episodes, major documentary specials, as well as numerous films and commercials. Specializing in orchestral drama, he also brings a fascination with world music and electronica into many of his scores.

Joel's recent TV scores include BBC1 and History Channel's much anticipated The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor and Predator X, Discovery Channel Shark Week recent features, Ocean of Fear and Blood in the Water, and the Italy and France films from their pioneering ATLAS series. Other major TV documentaries include the BAFTA-nominated Munich: Mossad's Revenge, The Lost Pyramid, Adventure Bhutan, Apollo 13, Egypt's New Tomb, Apollo 11: The Untold Story, Animal Planet's War Of The Birds, and National Geographic's The Secret Reign Of Herod, among many others. He also scored the recent series Ecopolis on Science, and Into the Unknown on Discovery.

Joel is also known for his work on the blockbuster Japanimation Yu-Gi-Oh !, which has been airing worldwide for seven consecutive years, as well as The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ultimate Muscle, Shaman King, Sonic X, F-Zero, and the current Fox TV show Chaotic. He has also written themes for Sesame Street, MTV and NBC shows. On the commercial side, Joel created the music for national spots includingVerizon, Ford, Axe, K-Mart, Old Navy, L'Oreal, Mastercard and The March of Dimes charity campaign.

His film scores include Yu-Gi-Oh! - The Movie (Warner Brothers), and The Last Mermaids, which recently received the Gold Medal for Best Documentary at the 2009 Student Academy Awards, as well as Special Jury Mention at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Joel also scored The Reunion (PBS, Winner Avignon/New York, First Run and California Independent Film Festivals); As The Call, So The Echo - An American Doctor in Vietnam (PBS), A Moment Of Clarity (Independent Film Channel), and Rocks With Wings (BBC, PBS, HBO Documentary Feature Prize).

Joel was awarded the 2004 Song Of The Year Contest for his work with Karin Brennan on the song King's X. In 2009 he arranged and co-produced a new version of Nat King Cole's Brazilian Love Song, for EMI's album Re:Generations, working with Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto. Joel's additional album credits include Duel Madness (Dreamworks Records), Zohar 137 (Pagan Records/ BMG-Wicklow: Deep Roots & Future Grooves), Step Into The Light (Candid Records), as well as the Latin Mambo remix of Destiny's Child'sLose My Breath.

Joel is on the New York Steering Committee of the Society for Composers and Lyricists and serves on the advisory board of Game Music Inc. Joel is originally from London, and lives in New York City.