Beau Black (born August 5, 1983) is an American composer, producer, musician, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist from

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. He served as the primary songwriter for

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's television show ''

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'', and received a Daytime Emmy Creative Arts nomination in 2017 in the category ''Outstanding Original Song'' for the ''Lion Guard'' song "Sisi Ni Sawa" (with Sarah Mirza, Ford Riley and Kevin Hopps) He received a 2nd Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program" for “As You Move Forward” from The Lion Guard.

Life and work

Beau Black is the son of

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, lead singer of

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and his mother is Andi Black. Black’s first album of original music, ''Meant to Be'', was released in 2008. Black has worked on shows including ''

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'', '' Penn Zero: Part Time Hero'', ''

'', ''

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'', '' Firebuds'', '' TrollsTopia'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He joined the creative team as a composer and songwriter for the Disney Junior production of the ''Mickey Mouse Funhouse'' Animated Series, which set to debut in 2021. He was nominated for a 2017 Daytime Emmy award for composing the song “Sisi Ni Sawa” from ''

,'' a series that he served as the primary songwriter for. In 2020, Black was named a nominee for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program" for “As You Move Forward” from The Lion Guard.

Selective discography

Studio Album

* ''Perfect Day'' (2014) * ''Black & Bleu'' (with Bleu McAuley, 2013) * ''Meant to be'' (2008)

Television

Personal life

In 2011, he married British-Spanish singer, songwriter and actress

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. They have 1 child, a daughter, who was born in 2021.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Beau Musicians from New York City 1983 births Living people American composers American people of Jewish descent