Joseph LoDuca
Joseph LoDuca (born 1958) is an American television and film score composer best known for his work writing television scores for the series Spartacus, Leverage, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Young Hercules, The Librarians TV series, American Gothic and Jack of All Trades. Originally an accomplished jazz guitarist in the Detroit (MI, USA) area, LoDuca frequently provides music for producer/director Robert Tapert, producer/director Sam Raimi, producer/director Dean Devlin and actor Bruce Campbell's films and series. Prior to his work on The Evil Dead, his first film, he released a jazz LP titled Glisten.
Joseph LoDuca
- Born
- 1958. · Detroit.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, musician, bandleader and guitarist.
- Education
- University of Michigan, De La Salle Collegiate High School, Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing and and Communication Arts.
- Honours
- Primetime Emmy Award.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Joseph LoDuca. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1386387 · wikipedia · Joseph LoDuca
In this article
Selected works
LoDuca's credits include 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, 11 Primetime Emmy Nominations, and "Most Performed Underscore" recognitions from ASCAP for four consecutive years. He garnered a César Award nomination; Meilleure Musique Écrite Pour Un Film (Best Music) and a Saturn Award nomination for the French international film Brotherhood of the Wolf, as well as being lauded as "Horror Film Composer of the Year" for his score to Army of Darkness. LoDuca was nominated for and won the Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his music in Legend of the Seeker. LoDuca played in a rock band in his teens, before studying literature and composition at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. He claimed to prefer composition, because it let him "run among the disciplines without getting caught".
The Evil Dead (1981) (Film) (as Joe LoDuca) Evil Dead II (1987) (Film) Army of Darkness (1992) (Film) M.A.N.T.I.S (1994–1995) (TV series) Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1994–1999) (TV series) Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001) (TV series) American Gothic (1995–1996) (TV series) Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998) (Video) Young Hercules (1998–1999) (TV series) Jack of All Trades (2000) (TV series) Cleopatra 2525 (2000–2001) (TV series) Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups) (2001) (Film) He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002–2004) Saint Ange (House of Voices) (2004) (Film) The Triangle (2005) (TV Miniseries) Boogeyman (2005) (Film) Man with the Screaming Brain (2005) (Film) My Name Is Bruce (2007) (Film) The Messengers (2007) (Film) Boogeyman 2 (2007) (Film) The Staircase Murders (2007) (TV Movie) Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010) (TV series) Leverage (2008–2012) (TV series) Patagonia (2010) (Film) Spartacus (2010–2013) (TV series) Curse of Chucky (2013) (Video) The Librarians (2014–2018) (TV series) Pay the Ghost (2015) (Film) Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018) (TV series) Disjointed (2017–18) (TV series) Cult of Chucky (2017) (Video) Bad Samaritan (2018) (Film) Mr. Iglesias (2019–2020) (TV series) Chucky (2021–2024) (TV series) Evil Dead: The Game (2022) (Video game) Spartacus: House of Ashur (2025–2026) (TV series) Ernie & Emma (2026) (Film) Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (2026) (TV series)
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Joseph LoDuca, revision 1366163041 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1386387: Joseph LoDucaWikimedia Foundation
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
44,023 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Joseph LegrosPerson
- Joseph Leopold EyblerPerson
- Joseph LeutgebPerson
- Joseph LinkePerson
- Joseph MacerolloPerson
- Joseph MalovanyPerson
- Joseph Maria WolframPerson
- Joseph Martin KrausPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Joseph LoDuca?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.