Lucasfilm chose McNeely to compose the soundtrack to the 1996 Star Wars novel Shadows of the Empire.
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He attended the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, studied jazz at the University of Miami, and earned a masters degree as a composition major at the Eastman School of Music.
Billy Joel | Joel Chandler Harris | Joel-Peter Witkin | Joel Schumacher | Joel Osteen | Joel Hodgson | Joel Whitburn | Joel Plaskett | Haley Joel Osment | Joel McHale | Joel McCrea | Joel Lamangan | Joel Grey | Joel | Mitch Joel | Joel Zifkin | Joel Spolsky | Joel Silver | Joel Salatin | Joel Hayward | Karl Amson Joel | Joel Wapnick | Joel Veitch | Joël Robuchon | Joel Porter | Joel Klein | Joel Futterman | Joel David Moore | Joel Daly | Joel Banal |
Due to the high popularity of the episode and the music itself the score has received several releases on CD in its original film version in monoaural sound and two re-recordings in stereo as well, one done by Joel McNeely with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (the only complete version) and the other by William Stromberg conducting the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.