Youssef Guezoum
Youssef Guezoum | |
|---|---|
 Guezoum in 2025 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Youssef Guezoum |
| Also known as | JOE |
| Born | July 31, 1975 Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Genres | |
| Occupations |
|
| Instruments |
|
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Member of | The Emmys, The SCL |
| Website | www |
Youssef Guezoum (born July 31, 1975) is a Moroccan-American film composer, orchestrator, conductor, and sound designer based in Los Angeles. He has worked on a variety of international film and television productions and has received two nominations at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA).[1]
Early life
[edit]Guezoum was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, in 1975. After completing high school, he moved to Canada to study sound engineering at the Vancouver Film School. In 1996, he relocated to Brussels, Belgium, where he studied classical music for four years and earned a degree from the Académie de Musique in Bruxelles. He moved to Los Angeles in 2013 after signing with a Hollywood agent.[2]
Career
[edit]Guezoum began composing for international media projects in the early 2000s. His credits include music for Power Rangers (produced by Saban Entertainment, with Noam Kaniel), the film Frenchy directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme, and several Middle Eastern television series. He has also provided music for projects at major studios including Paramount Pictures, Universal Music Group, Lionsgate Films, as well as television shows such as CSI: Miami, Secret & Lies, Hell's Kitchen, PGA Tour and Ultimate Justice.[3]
In 2009, he collaborated with Belgian director Noureddine Zerrad on the short film Tension.[4] The following year, he composed the score for Soldiers, featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Claudia Bassols.[5]
In 2012, Guezoum co-composed music for the Arabic-language film War Game, in collaboration with Guillaume Didier.[6] In 2014, he composed the score for Full Love, also directed by Van Damme.[7] He later scored the action film Ultimate Justice, starring Mark Dacascos.[8][9]
Guezoum is a member of the Oticons film composers agency.[3]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- Hollywood Music in Media Awards:[1]
- 2024 – Nominated – Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series (Foreign Language) – The Deep State TV Show Kuwait
- 2024 – Nominated – Main Title Theme – TV Show (Foreign Language) – The Promise
Filmography
[edit]- Monsters (2025)
- The Promise (2024)
- The Prisoner (2024)
- The Board (2024)
- The Deep State (2023)
- Unquenchable Thirst (2022)
- Vulnérable (2021)
- Frenchy (2021)
- Mazagan La Legende Daicha (2020)
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers (2019)
- Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2018)
- Route 66 (2018)
- Ultimate Justice (2016)
- Ankh (2015)
- The Eagle path (2014)
- War Game (2013)
- Beb El Fella - Le Cinemonde (2013)
- The Amityville Asylum (2013)
- Where My Heart Is (2013)
- Daylight (2013)
- Chaala (2012)
- Motorhome (2012)
- Casa Riders (2011)
- My Basement (2010)
- Ahmed Gassiaux (2010)
- Soldiers (2010)
- Tension (2009)
- Dương Đình Dũng (2001)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2024 HMMA Winners & Nominations". Hollywood Music In Media Awards. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ Early life and profile of the artist Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
- ^ a b "The Oticons Composers". Oticons. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
- ^ Collaboration with Zerrad for "Tension". Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
- ^ Composed film score for the movie Soldiers in 2010. Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
- ^ Hafey, Lisa (February 8, 2019). "The Most Successful Moroccan Film Composer In Hollywood: Youssef (Joe) Guezoum Is Leaving His Mark On The World". Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Association with van Damme for his movie Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
- ^ Produced music for Ultimate Justice Retrieved on 28 June 2016.
- ^ Ultimate Justice (2017) - Full cast & crew - IMDb. Retrieved April 4, 2025 – via www.imdb.com.
External links
[edit] | This article on an Asian composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |