Joe Escriba
Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator
The music of Bruce Springsteen, “The Boss”, draws on many musical influences from the reservoir of traditional American popular music, Rock-N-Roll, Folk, Blues, Country, and Soul. His poetic lyrics and melodies take you on a journey filled with passion and excitement.
The music of “Symphonic Springsteen” is a collection of The Boss’s many hit songs, and who better than to put it to a Symphonic soundscape than Las Vegas based composer/arranger/saxophonist, “Smokin” Joe Escriba.
Originally from Seattle Wa, Joe began his musical career at the age of 15. After touring around the world performing in every corner of the globe, he found himself settled into the Las Vegas music scene in the late 90’s. While residing in Las Vegas Joe has worked with some of the biggest stars in the entertainment industry, Celine Dion, David Foster, Diana Ross, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Don Henley, Brian McKnight, Sheena Easton, The Ojay’s, Tower Of Power and too many more to mention. As a composer/arranger Joe’s music has found its way into countless showrooms and theaters around the world. Before the age of 30 his musical arrangements found their way into mainstream media and have been broadcast on TV networks like NBC, Comedy Central, The WB, and the TBS Emmy nominated show “Earth To America”, His foray into symphonic writing came when asked to score the feature film “The Tears Of A King” a spiritual telling of the Elvis Presley story and since has written several scores some of which are currently touring the “Pops Orchestra” circuit around the world. With a strong background in R&B, Rock-N-Roll, Gospel, Country, Latin, and Classical, Joe draws from his passion for musical color and texture to create an emotional and exciting score for “Symphonic Springsteen”,