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Joseph Stephens is an American
multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments, often but not exclusively at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as woodwind doubler, doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and mor ...
,
film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...
composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...
, and
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. He composed music for the television show
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, the film ''
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'', directed by Jody Hill as well as the
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series ''
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'', produced by
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and
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’s
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. Stephens is also a founding member of the band
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, which provided the score for Hill’s feature film debut, '' The Foot Fist Way''. Pyramid also co-composed ''
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'', from director Jeff Nichols, and composed additional music for Craig Zobel’s '' Great World of Sound''. Additionally, Stephens contributed original
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songs to two
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films; the
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Special Jury Prize-winning '' All the Real Girls'' and the critically acclaimed '' Undertow''. Stephens is also a member of the band City Wolf, which covered the classic
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’ song “
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” for ''
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''.


Selected filmography

* 2020: ''
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'' - Season 1 - Composer * 2020: ''
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'' - Season 1 - Composer * 2020: ''
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'' - Composer * 2019: ''
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'' Season 1 - Composer * 2019: ''
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'' Season 2 - Composer * 2019: '' Under the Eiffel Tower'' - Composer * 2018: The Take Off - Composer * 2018: ''
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'' Season 1 - Composer * 2018: '' The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter'' - Composer * 2018: ''
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'' - Composer * 2017: ''
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'' - Composer * 2017: ''
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'' Season 2 - Composer * 2017: ''
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'' Season 2 - Composer * 2016: ''
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'' Season 1 - Composer * 2014: ''
Rat Pack Rat ''Rat Pack Rat'' is a 2014 drama short film, written and directed by Todd Rohal. The film had its premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014. It won the ''Jury Award'' at the festival. The film later screened at ''2014 SXSW Film F ...
'' - Composer * 2013: ''
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'' Season 4 - Composer * 2012: See Girl Run - Composer * 2012: ''
Eastbound & Down ''Eastbound & Down'' is an American sports comedy television series that was broadcast on HBO, and created by Ben Best, Jody Hill and Danny McBride. It stars McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher who, after a career ...
'' Season 3 - Composer * 2011: ''
The Catechism Cataclysm ''The Catechism Cataclysm'' is a 2011 independent, psychotronic dark comedy film directed by Todd Rohal. The film's narrative concerns a bumbling priest named Father Billy who embarks on a camping trip with his childhood idol, Robbie. Cast * Ste ...
'' - Composer * 2010: ''
Eastbound & Down ''Eastbound & Down'' is an American sports comedy television series that was broadcast on HBO, and created by Ben Best, Jody Hill and Danny McBride. It stars McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher who, after a career ...
'' Season 2 - Composer * 2009: ''
Observe and Report Observation in the natural sciences is an act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source. In living beings, observation employs the senses. In science, observation can also involve the percepti ...
'' - Composer * 2009: ''
Eastbound & Down ''Eastbound & Down'' is an American sports comedy television series that was broadcast on HBO, and created by Ben Best, Jody Hill and Danny McBride. It stars McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher who, after a career ...
'' - Composer * 2007: '' Great World of Sound'' - Additional music by Pyramid * 2006: '' The Foot Fist Way'' - Music by Pyramid * 2004: '' Undertow'' - Contributed song "Monster In The Canyon" * 2003: '' All the Real Girls'' - Contributed songs "Streets Were Raining" and "Body On Fire"


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Joseph Living people American film score composers American male film score composers American male songwriters Year of birth missing (living people)