Joseph Trapanese (born 7 August 1984) is an American composer, arranger, and producer. He works in the production of music for films, television, records, theatre, concerts, and interactive media. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Trapanese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 7, 1984 (42)
- New Jersey, USA
- Composer, also actor
- 50 on MovieCove · 61 credits in all
What are Joseph Trapanese's films like?
Across their 43 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 4 · Earnest 31
A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 12 · Dark 13
A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 9
A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 10 · Intense 20
Steady 11 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 5
Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 6
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 20 · Relentless 12
Casual 13 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 6
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 9
Resolved 24 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy12
- Bittersweet17
- Ambiguous13
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Joseph Trapanese's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (13).
- Straight Outta Compton (2015) · composer
- The Siege of Jadotville (2016) · composer
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) · composer
- David (2025) · composer
- Shadow and Bone (2021) · composer
- The Witcher (2019) · actor, composer
- Shimmer Lake (2017) · composer
- Finding 'Ohana (2021) · composer
- The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (2025) · composer
- Project Power (2020) · composer
- Skull Island (2023) · composer
- Spiderhead (2022) · composer
- +1 more
- Cinemax, show their 2 titles on Cinemax
- Midnight Pulp, show their 2 titles on Midnight Pulp
- MovieSphere+, show their 2 titles on MovieSphere+
- Sony Pictures Core, show their 2 titles on Sony Pictures Core
- BBC Select, show their title on BBC Select
- Hi-YAH!, show their title on Hi-YAH!
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
Subscription and free streaming for Joseph Trapanese's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
61 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Animal Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Whalefall(2026)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
He Bled Neon(2026)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
David(2025)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Ritual(2025)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
G20(2025)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Brilliant Minds(2024)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off(2023)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
No One Will Save You(2023)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Skull Island(2023)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
The Machine(2023)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
America the Beautiful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Spiderhead(2022)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
To What Remains(2021)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
8-Bit Christmas(2021)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Shadow and Bone(2021)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Awaken(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Happily(2021)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Myth: A Frozen Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Finding 'Ohana(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Spontaneous(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Project Power(2020)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Coffee & Kareem(2020)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Release(2020)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Witcher(2019)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Lady and the Tramp(2019)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Stuber(2019)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Arctic(2018)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Robin Hood(2018)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Crossmaglen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
My Pretty Pony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Greatest Showman(2017)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Imbroglio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Only the Brave(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Wolf Warrior 2(2017)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Shimmer Lake(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Siege of Jadotville(2016)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Jean-Claude Van Johnson(2016)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Dead of Summer(2016)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Stand(2016)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Quantico(2015)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Straight Outta Compton(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Daft Punk Unchained(2015)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Earth to Echo(2014)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Raid 2(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Wonder Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Oblivion(2013)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all filmsShe Said, She Said (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Tependris Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Tron: Uprising(2012)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
The Raid: Redemption(2011)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Suite 7(2010)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Bannen Way(2010)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Countdown: Jerusalem(2009)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all filmsCooped Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 57 titles, 55 of them dated from 2009 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)
Highest rated
The Raid 2 (2014)
Most popular right now
Whalefall (2026)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Joseph Trapanese's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 39; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th14
- Below 25th11
Shape of the crowd
17 of their 50 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved6
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser14
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed17
Reviewers score the sound and music 61/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Joseph Trapanese's work okay for kids?
Across up to 31 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Joseph Trapanese work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joseph Trapanese's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Duffield shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Brian DuffieldShared titles: Whalefall (2026), No One Will Save You (2023), Skull Island (2023), Spontaneous (2020), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)See all 5 shared titles with Brian Duffield
- Michael DowseShared titles: 8-Bit Christmas (2021), Coffee & Kareem (2020), Stuber (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Dowse
- Peter AtencioShared titles: The Machine (2023), Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Atencio
- Joseph KosinskiShared titles: Spiderhead (2022), Oblivion (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Kosinski
Writers
- Ryan MorrisonShared titles: Release (2020), Arctic (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Morrison
Actors
- Betty GilpinShared titles: Skull Island (2023), Coffee & Kareem (2020), Stuber (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Betty Gilpin
- Miles TellerShared titles: Spiderhead (2022), The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Miles Teller
- Iko UwaisShared titles: Stuber (2019), The Raid 2 (2014), The Raid: Redemption (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Iko Uwais
- Jimmy TatroShared titles: The Machine (2023), Stuber (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jimmy Tatro
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Aaron MortonShared titles: Whalefall (2026), No One Will Save You (2023), Spontaneous (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Aaron Morton
- Jason LazarusShared titles: The Ritual (2025), Skull Island (2023), Stand (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Jason Lazarus
- Claudio MirandaShared titles: Spiderhead (2022), Oblivion (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Claudio Miranda
- Joe HutshingShared titles: Robin Hood (2018), The Greatest Showman (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Hutshing
Producers
- Allan MandelbaumShared titles: Whalefall (2026), No One Will Save You (2023), 8-Bit Christmas (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Allan Mandelbaum
- Nate BolotinShared titles: He Bled Neon (2026), Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021), The Raid 2 (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Nate Bolotin
- Aram TertzakianShared titles: He Bled Neon (2026), The Raid 2 (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Aram Tertzakian
- Nick SpicerShared titles: He Bled Neon (2026), The Raid 2 (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Spicer
Mixed roles
- Dave GreenShared titles: Happily (2021), Earth to Echo (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Green
