Seth MacFarlane's debut album Music Is Better Than Words has received two Grammy nominations! Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered, Non Classical. (congrats, Rich Breen!)
Joel has just completed the score to a new outdoor spectacular show for the 20th anniversary of Disneyland Paris. The show is entitled Disney Dreams. Joel recorded at Abbey Road in London with a 90 piece orchestra, children's choir and adult choir. It will also feature a song written by Joel for Cara Dillon.
Joel received an Annie Award nomination for his score to Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games.
Joel is currently at work producing an album for Brazilian singer Karen Souza which will feature some of her original songs as well as some standards.
Joel is working on the latest Tinker Bell movie, Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings.
Joel will be conducting a concert celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Abbey Road Studios in London's Chiswick Gardens, August 21st. The concert will feature the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Joel has signed with William Morris Endevour for film and TV representation. He will be repped by Amos Newman.
Joel is currently working on an album with the band All American Rejects
Joel has completed an album with Seth MacFarlane of lesser-known gems from Broadway's Golden Age for Universal Republic Records. The album 'Music Is Better Than Words' features a big band and orchestra and has duets with Norah Jones and Sara Bareilles. Joel produced, arranged and conducted the album which is the debut of The Family Guy's MacFarlane as a singer. Release date is September 2011. Seth and Joel performed the album live with an orchestra and big band at LA Live's Club Nokia to a large and receptive crowd. The concert was filmed with 6 HD camera's for broadcast later this year.