- Joseph Vitarelli is perhaps best known as composer of the highly acclaimed HBO epic "John Adams" directed by Tom Hooper, as well as his iconic score to John Dahl's modern film noir "The Last Seduction" which starred Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman and Peter Berg. Other film credits include the score to Nathaniel Kahn's Academy Award nominated "My Architect"; "Kit Kittredge An American Girl" directed by Patricia Rozema starring Abigail Breslin; "She's So Lovely" directed by Nicholas Cassavetes, starring Sean Penn, John Travolta and Robin Wright; "Commandments" starring Aidan Quinn and Anthony LaPaglia and directed by Daniel Taplitz. Vitarelli also scored the film adaptations of Jon Robin Baitz's play "The Substance Of Fire" directed by Daniel Sullivan, starring Ron Rifkin, Sarah Jessica Parker and Timothy Hutton and Neil Simon's"Laughter On The 23rd. Floor" directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Nathan Lane.
In addition to his feature film work, Vitarelli has scored numerous films for HBO including "A Dog Year" starring Jeff Bridges, "Boycott" starring Jeffrey Wright, "And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself" directed by Bruce Beresford, written by Larry Gelbart, starring Antonio Banderas. He produced the Emmy Award winning score with Arturo Sandoval for "For Love Or Country" starring Andy Garcia. He has composed music for many television series including "Equal Justice" "The Beast" and "Under Suspicion."
He received an Emmy nomination for his score to the NBC/Universal "maxi-series" "Revelations."
Joseph recently completed the score to "Flag Day" directed by and starring Sean Penn with Dylan Penn, Katheryn Winnick and Josh Brolin. The film will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2021.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Crescente
- Son of Joe Viterelli, although he spells his last name differently.
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