Biography

Joseph studied classical guitar from Theodore Norman and composition for motion picture and television from famed film composer David Raksin (Laura, Forever Amber) at UCLA. After touring with several groups, Joseph started off his career by becoming music director of Luis Valdez's (La Bamba, Zoot Suit) much heralded theater company El Teatro Campesino. There he composed the music score for La Pastorela, a PBS Great Performances Christmas special, launching a career composing pieces performed by such artists as Los Lobos, Jose Feliciano, Kronos String Quartet, Linda Rondstadt, as well as working and collaborating with Quentin Tarantino and Slash from Guns 'n Roses.

He has composed a multitude of musical scores for film and TV including the Academy Award-nominated documentary Colors Straight Up, the Emmy Award-winning Made In LA, and Showtime's longest running Latino series Resurrection Blvd. His latest project, the 6-part miniseries, Latino Americans, recently won the 2014 Peabody award.

His symphonic and choral work, Misa Azteca, performed for a sold out crowd at Carnegie Hall earning a standing ovation in February 2011. Opening Mexico's prestigious Festival Cervantino Internacional and having been performed at the American Cathedral in Paris, the Sorbonne, the Sydney Opera House, the St Denis Music Festival, and most recently a packed Walt Disney Concert Hall, Misa Azteca has touched and inspired people throughout the world.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joseph Julián González