He reflected on the challenges of its final season and his overall experience on the groundbreaking show. SHOOT caught up with Beal to discuss House of Cards. The next year Beal again topped the same category, taking the Emmy for The Company.īeal’s most recent Emmy nomination came last year for Original Main Title theme Music for The Putin Interviews.
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He then won an Original Dramatic Score Emmy in the miniseries, movie or special category for the “Battleground” episode of Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King.
His first Emmy win came back in 2003 for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for Monk. However, as his 17 career Emmy nods reflects, Beal has fashioned a career that has gone well beyond House of Cards. The connection with Wall and the work on Rome may have also helped put Beal on Fincher’s radar for House of Cards. Additionally John Melfi, an executive producer on Rome, served in the same capacity in the early going for House of Cards. Beal had also collaborated with one of Fincher’s go-to editors, Angus Wall, on Rome, a show for which the composer garnered three Emmy nods-for Original Main Title Theme Music and Original Dramatic Score in 2006, and again for his scoring an episode in 2007. Fincher and Beal had worked once before, on a Motorola phone commercial years earlier.
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While it didn’t get an immediate response, the music eventually yielded a call from Fincher, putting the wheels in motion for what has become a lengthy fruitful tenure for Beal on House of Cards.įincher set the tone for the series by directing its first two episodes. series, Beal sent executive producer David Fincher some music. Upon hearing about plans to create a U.S. Now once again, Beal is in the Emmy conversation-this time for his work on the Netflix show’s sixth and final season.īeal made a proactive pitch for the House of Cards gig. He has thus far earned four Emmy noms for House of Cards, the first two coming in 2013 and ‘14. More than 50% of US forests are privately owned so purchasing a real tree benefits the tree farm industry.Composer Jeff Beal is a 17-time Emmy nominee, winning the honor five times, including twice for Best Original Dramatic Score on House of Cards (in 20). For every tree harvested farmers plant 1-3 seedlings in it's place according to the National Christmas Tree Association.Ī real tree provides vital benefits for people and nature like clean air and water, provides more wildlife habitat and healthy soil. The artificial tree eventually ends up in the landfill.Īccording to the Nature Conservancy you need to reuse the artificial tree for 20 years before the total energy used to produce it is less than the energy costs associated with a new real tree purchased each year.Ī real tree helps fight climate change. It's non-renewable and polluting because you can't recycle it. The main raw material for fake Christmas trees is PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride). It's believed COVID may have influenced that trend.ġ0 million artificial trees are purchased each year with 90% coming from China. It's interesting to note the average real tree purchased in 2020 was 38 years old, four years younger than 2019. The 2000's brought technology into the mix with very popular pre-lit trees sold eliminating the hassle of adding lights.
More real trees are sold each year but more artificial trees are used in homes. In the 1960's the trees were usually made from aluminum with a silvery glow. Along with the settlers from Europe in the mid-1800's came the Christmas Tree tradition.Īccording to the National Christmas Tree Association artificial trees grew in popularity in the 1960's but the first artificial tree was made in the 1880's out of goose feathers.
Remember Germany started the tradition in the 12th century. The Fire Chief also stated his home has a real tree tradition.ģ3-36 million real trees are produced each year in the United States while 50-60 million are grown in Europe. Artificial trees have been sprayed with a flame retardant but he was unsure how long the retardant was effective.
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