Biography
Joseph LoDuca (born 1958) is an American television and film score composer best known for his work writing television scores for the series Spartacus, Leverage, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Young Hercules, The Librarians TV series, American Gothic and Jack of All Trades. Originally an accomplished jazz guitarist in the Detroit (MI, USA) area, LoDuca frequently provides music for producer/director Robert Tapert, producer/director Sam Raimi, producer/director Dean Devlin and actor Bruce Campbell's films and series. Prior to his work on The Evil Dead, his first film, he released a jazz LP titled Glisten.
LoDuca's credits include 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, 11 Primetime Emmy Nominations, and "Most Performed Underscore" recognitions from ASCAP for four consecutive years. He garnered a César Award nomination; Meilleure Musique Écrite Pour Un Film (Best Music) and a Saturn Award nomination for the French international film Brotherhood of the Wolf, as well as being lauded as "Horror Film Composer of the Year" for his score to Army of Darkness.
LoDuca was nominated for and won the Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his music in Legend of the Seeker.LoDuca played in a rock band in his teens, before studying literature and composition at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. He claimed to prefer composition, because it let him "run among the disciplines without getting caught".
Filmography
all 62
Movies 57
TV Shows 5
self 1
Other Men's Careers (2023)
Chucky (2021)
Leverage: Redemption (2021)
Faraway Eyes (2020)
Say My Name (2018)
Morning, Noon & Night (2018)
Bad Samaritan (2018)
Cult of Chucky (2017)
Pay the Ghost (2015)
10,000 Days (2014)
Burying the Ex (2014)
Curse of Chucky (2013)
The Wicked (2013)
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
Freaky Deaky (2012)
Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead 2 (2011)
Patagonia (2010)
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow (2009)
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
Boogeyman 3 (2008)
Blank Slate (2008)
The Burrowers (2008)
Diamonds and Guns (2008)
Bar Starz (2008)
Boogeyman 2 (2007)
My Name Is Bruce (2007)
The Staircase Murders (2007)
The Messengers (2007)
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
The Triangle (2005)
DeVour (2005)
The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)
The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
Locusts (2005)
Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
Alien Apocalypse (2005)
Boogeyman (2005)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
House of Voices (2004)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Running Time (1997)
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
Fighting for My Daughter (1995)
Messenger (1994)
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994)
A Child's Cry for Help (1994)
Hercules in the Underworld (1994)
Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994)
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)
Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)
M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)
Necronomicon (1993)
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene (1993)
Dying to Love You (1993)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Lunatics: A Love Story (1991)
Moontrap (1989)
The Carrier (1988)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)
The Evil Dead (1981)
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GenderMale
Birthday1958-01-01 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJoe De Luca, Joe Lo Duca, Joseph Lo Duca, Joe LoDuca, Joe Loduca, Joseph Loduca
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award
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