Biography

Fletcher Beasley is a composer with considerable experience creating music for different media. He has composed for film, television, commercials, video games and interactive exhibits.  He enjoys writing expressive music, as well as songs, covering a wide range of emotion and drama.  His tonal palette shifts easily from the grandly orchestral to the intimately acoustic, to the offbeat and edgy sounds found in contemporary music. He is fond of mixing different sounds and styles together in unexpected, yet organic, combinations.

Fletcher's credits include writing the score and title song for the HBO feature film "Roads to Riches", starring Robert Forster and Rose McGowan. He co-composed the score the ESPN documentary, "June 17, 1994", directed by award winning director, Brett Morgen. He has also composed extensively for animation, applying his musical skills to Disney projects such as "Princess Stories: Enchanted Tales", NBC's "The Zula Patrol" and Warner Bros.' "Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc." Recently, he wrote cues for the latest Terry Gilliam film, "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" and his music has been heard by millions of people at the Epcot Center interactive music exhibit "What If Music Were In The Air".

As a musician, Fletcher has played in ensembles varying from jazz to classical, to rock and the avante garde.  He plays guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion and sings, and has studied composition, conducting and orchestration.  His work is influenced by having lived in Asia and traveling the Middle East, Europe and Central America.  He is an avid reader of fiction and history, and without question, is as passionate about film as he is about music.

Photo: Justin Hulse

In 2002, he was awarded a grant from the American Composers Forum to create a ten-week music program at the Poseidon School in West Los Angeles.  He was awarded the grant as a result of his work teaching music to incarcerated teenagers at Camp Karl Holton.  Currently, he teaches synthestration at UCLA Extension and sound for film at Santa Monica College, and has taught at UC San Diego and Chapman University.

Fletcher lives in Los Angeles with his lovely wife, Danielle, their daughter, Severine, and their two cats, Monk and Pea.

Fletcher is represented by Gloria Soto of the Max Steiner Agency.