Joseph LoDuca (born 1958) is an American television and

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composer best known for his work writing television scores for the series ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ''

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'', '' The Librarians'' TV series, '' American Gothic'' and '' Jack of All Trades''. Originally an accomplished jazz guitarist in the

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(MI, USA) area, LoDuca frequently provides music for producer/director

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and actor Bruce Campbell's films and series. Prior to his work on '' The Evil Dead'', his first film, he released a

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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 ''

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'', 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 ''

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''.Emmy Awards for Music
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and

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. He claimed to prefer composition, because it let him "run among the disciplines without getting caught".

Selected works

* '' The Evil Dead'' (1981) (Film) (as Joe LoDuca) * ''

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'' (1987) (Film) * '' Army of Darkness'' (1992) (Film) * '' M.A.N.T.I.S'' (1994-1995) (TV series) * ''

'' (1994–2000) (TV series) * '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' (1995–2001) (TV series) * '' American Gothic'' (1995) (TV series) * '' Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus'' (1998) (Video) * ''

'' (1998-1999) (TV series) * '' Jack of All Trades'' (2000) (TV series) * ''

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'' (2000) (TV series) * ''

'' (''Le Pacte Des Loups'') (2001) (Film) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (''House of Voices'') (2004) (Film) * '' The Triangle'' (2005) (TV Miniseries) * ''

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'' (2005) (Film) * '' Man with the Screaming Brain'' (2005) (Film) * '' My Name Is Bruce'' (2007) (Film) * '' The Messengers'' (2007) (Film) * ''

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'' (2007) (Film) * '' The Staircase Murders'' (2007) (TV Movie) * ''

'' (2008-2009) (TV series) * ''

'' (2008-2011) (TV series) * ''

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'' (2010) (Film) * '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' (2010) (TV series) * '' Spartacus: Gods of the Arena'' (2011) (TV series) * '' Spartacus: Vengeance'' (2012) (TV series) * '' Spartacus: War of the Damned'' (2013) (TV series) * '' Curse of Chucky'' (2013) (Video) * '' The Librarians'' (2014-) (TV series) * '' Pay the Ghost'' (2015) (Film) * ''

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'' (2015-2018) (TV series) * ''

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'' (2017–18) (TV series) * '' Cult of Chucky'' (2017) (Video) * '' Bad Samaritan'' (2018) (Film) * '' Mr. Iglesias'' (2019) (TV series) * ''

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'' (2021) (TV series) * '' Evil Dead: The Game'' (2022) (Video game)

References

External links

LoDuca Music
- professional web site of LoDuca Music, Joseph LoDuca's company * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loduca, Joseph American film score composers Living people 1958 births Musicians from Detroit Emmy Award winners University of Michigan alumni Varèse Sarabande Records artists La-La Land Records artists Virgin Records artists