Joseph Julian Gonzalez is a film, television and classical
concert music composer with credits that include the
feature films CURDLED, PRICE OF GLORY the Academy
Award-Nominated Documentary Feature COLORS STRAIGHT UP and
the television series RESURRECTION BLVD. His television
movies include THE CISCO KID and the Imagen Award-Winning
FOR THE LOVE OF MY CHILD: THE ANISSA AYALA STORY. He
composed the score for the multiple award-winning PBS
documentary mini-series CHICANO: THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. He also provided additional
music for CHUCK AND BUCK and Tarantino’s JACKIE
BROWN.
The feature documentary he scored COWBOY DEL AMOR was
nominated for an IDA and WGA Award in 2006. STEAL A PENCIL
FOR ME was nominated for an IDA award in 2007 and ANGELS IN
THE DUST recently won the audience award at the 2008 South
African Film Festival. A PBS documentary he scored LALO
GUERRERO, THE ORIGINAL CHICANO won a 2007 Imagen Award.
MADE IN LA which he scored is nominated for a 2008 Emmy.
His most recent movie is LITTLE GIRL LOST: THE DELIMAR VERA
story will air on Lifetime August 17 at 8pm.
Hailing from California’s Central Valley, Gonzalez
studied classical guitar from Theodore Norman and
composition for motion picture from legendary film composer
David Raksin (LAURA, MODERN TIMES) at UCLA. After touring
with several groups including The New Christy Minstrels,
Gonzalez became music director of Luis Valdez’s (LA
BAMBA, ZOOT SUIT) much heralded theater company El Teatro
Campesino. There he started his career by composing the
score for LA PASTORELA, a PBS Great Performance Christmas
Special.
