Joseph Bishara

Composer Joseph Bishara has carved out an impressive career since the early 2010s as a go-to writer of scores for supernatural horror films -- most notably the sprawling film franchises Insidious and The Conjuring. Before that, Bishara (born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1970) carved out a niche in electronic and hard rock music spaces. His career began in 1987 as a guitarist/keyboardist for Los Angeles glam band Yesterday's Tear, who shifted gears in the '90s as industrial group Drown. Bishara performed on their two albums, Hold On to the Hollow (1994) and Product of a Tw...