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Jersey City still ?feels like home? to award-winning composer

Updated Mar 17, 5:37 PM; Posted Mar 17, 2:18 PM
By Adrienne Romero | The Jersey Journal

For many, the Star Wars saga served primarily as a form of entertainment, but for one Jersey City native, it helped put him on the path to compose for Hollywood?s most famous films.

Joe Trapanese ? who has composed music for ?The Greatest Showman? among others, and has two gold and one platinum record awards under his belt -- returned home from Hollywood on Friday to talk and help guide students of The Ethical Community Charter School about composing music and scoring for film, television and video games.

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