Youssef Guezoum

Youssef Guezoum (born 31 July 1975) is an American-Moroccan Two Time Hollywood Music in Media Award-Nominated Film composer, Orchestrator, Conductor and Sound designer based in Los Angeles.

Youssef Guezoum
Background information
Birth name	Youssef Guezoum
Also known as	JOE
Born	(1975-07-31) July 31, 1975 (age 49) Marrakesh, Morocco
Genres	Film score trailer music
Occupations	Film music composer orchestrator conductor
Instruments	Bass guitar piano
Website	Official Website

His credits include scores for the Power Rangers for Saban Entertainment, Full Love directed by JVCD and many well-known Middle eastern Tv Series projects.  Also writes soundtracks for major post-production studios in Hollywood as Paramount Pictures, Universal Music, Lion’s Gate, and others ...

Youssef is a member as Jury at the EMMY / Television Academy and also a member of The Society of Composers & Lyricists / The SCL  Hollywood, California

Early life

Youssef Guezoum was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, in 1975. After completing high school, he moved to Canada, where he studied sound engineering at the Vancouver Film School. In 1996, he relocated to Brussels, where he studied classical music for four years and received his academic degree from the Académie de Musique in Bruxelles. He moved to Los Angeles in 2013.^[1]

Career

Guezoum started playing guitar at the age of 10. He pursued his master's degree with American composer Hummie Mann. His music draws from elements of middle eastern music, gnawa music, and folk music.^[2] He had many musical influences, including the folk music of the Atlas Mountains, African music, and Andalusian music.

His credits include the Power Rangers, Saban Entertainment (with Noam Kaniel), and Frenchy, directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme. The productions included Paramount Pictures, Universal Music, CSI:Miami, Secret & Lies, Hell's Kitchen, PGA Tour, and Ultimate Justice. He is also a member of Oticons.^[3]

After graduating from the Academy of Music in Brussels, Belgium, he flew to Canada and worked at Creative Future.

In 2009, he collaborated with Noureddine Zerrad, a Belgian director, and produced music for his short film Tension.^[4] He also produced music for the Van Damme and Claudia Bassols-starrer movie Soldiers in 2010.^[5] In 2012, he collaborated with Guillaume Didier for another Arabic film, War Game.^[6] He composed music for Full Love, directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme in 2014.^[7] He has also produced music for the Mark Dacascos-starrer Ultimate Justice which is slated to release in 2016.^[8]

When composing for film, He try to create music that faithfully captures the emotion that the filmmaker wants to express.Thank to his diverse musical background and his deep knowledge of Western musical tradition, He is able to uniquely combine music genres for many platforms, including television, video games, cartoons, corporate videos, advertising and commercials.

In 2013 He joined as National Active the Emmy / Television Academy & The SCL in Hollywood, California

Filmography

• 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)
• Full Love (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)