Georg Brandl Egloff

Infobox musical artist
Name = Georg Brandl Egloff
Born = Birth date and age|1963|2|16|mf=y
city-state|Monterey|California
Genre = Film scores, TV scores, Commercial scores
Occupation = Composer, Pianist
Instrument = Piano

Georg Brandl Egloff (born February 16, 1963 in Monterey, California) is a composer and performer of music for film, television, radio and commercials.

Biography

Composer Georg Brandl Egloff lives and works in Los Angeles where he writes and produces music for film, television, commercials, and radio.

Egloff graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston with a degree in performance and composition in 1986. That same year, he moved to New York City where he performed as a jazz pianist in Manhattan. For over a year, Egloff served as the house pianist one night a week at the famous Village Gate club on Bleecker Street. During that same period, he performed at The Village Vanguard, The Blue Note, Chicago Blues, Zanzibar, The Knitting Factory, Sweet Basil and many, many others and worked with with many jazz and blues instrumentalists and singers including Blues greats Ruth Brown and Linda Hopkins

In the 1990's, Egloff began working in rock and pop music venues with singers including Jeff Buckley, Joan Osborne, Ronnie Spector and Johnny Thunders. He was the session keyboardist for famed record producers Phil Ramone and Frank Filipetti and recorded a version of "My Way" for the famous Frank Sinatra "Duets" series.

Egloff performed on "Good Morning America" as a solo pianist on numerous occasions, including a Christmas performance with Kermit the Frog and a 2 hour Halloween special with movie director Wes Craven. For 4 years he was keyboardist for Charlie's Dilemma, a band led by singer/songwriter Charlie Mangold. Egloff wrote, arranged, and recorded music for the Fashion and Fragrance Awards held at Radio City Music Hall and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

In 1994, producers at ABC News Productions contacted Egloff to write music for a biography of Hillary Clinton, followed by more than a dozen A&E Biographies and starting a string of composing music for films and television programs. He has written for "The West Wing", "ER" "Providence", "Third Watch", "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," and various programs airing on HBO, Showtime, and Lifetime Television. His film work includes "All Ages Night", "The Big Time", "The Jimmy Show", "The Terminal", "Over My Dead Body", "Just One Year, and "Lucky".

In addition, Egloff has written music for scores of national television commercials. He has also worked with National Public Radio on numerous occasions, including writing the main theme music for the "This I Believe" series that airs on "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition."

Filmography

Film

*"The Anniversary" (Score)
*"The Big Time" (Additional Score)
*"Lucky (Score)
*"The Jimmy Show" (2001) Additional Score
*"Just One Year" (Score)
*"Open Mission" (Score)
*"The Terminal" (Score)
*"Over My Dead Body" (Score)
*"Are You Cinderella?" (Score)
*"Prix Fixe (Score)"
*"When Katie Met Meg" (Score)
*"Daisy Feldman’s New York" (Score)
*"Act of Contrition" (Score)
*"The Prince of Central Park" (Musician)
*"All Ages Night" (Additional Score and song arrangement)

Television

*"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (Original Songs)
*"ER" (Additional Score, Original Songs)
*"The Dream Team" (Main Theme, Original Score)
*"The West Wing" (Additional Score and Arrangements)
*"" (Main Theme, Original Score)
*"Smith" (Song Arrangement, Performance)
*"Studio Bob" (Main Theme, Original Score)
*"Jonny Zero" (Original Song)
*"Providence" (Additional Score, Original Song)
*"Third Watch" (Additional Score, Original Songs)
*"Good Morning America" (Original Music, Score, Performance)
*"Citizen Baines" (Additional Score)
*"Galbraith" (Main Theme, Original Score)
*"" (Main Theme, Original Score)
*"A&E Biography" (Composer):
**"David Brinkley: Reporter's Life"
**"George Bush: His World War II Years"
**"Jimmy Carter: To the White House and Beyond"
**"Hillary Rodham Clinton: Changing the Rules"
**"Bob Crane: Double Life" (2000)
**"Kathie Lee Gifford: Having It All"
**"Samuel L. Jackson"
**"John F. Kennedy Jr.: Child of a Dream"
**"Henry Kissinger: A Diplomat's Life" (1996)
**"Malcolm X: A Search for Identity"
**"Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil"
**"Timothy McVeigh: Soldier of Terror"
**"Richard Nixon: Man and President"
**"Ross Perot"
**"Colin Powell: A Soldier's Campaign"
**"Sally Jessy Raphael: Behind the Red Glasses" (1999)
**"O.J. Simpson"
**"Howard Stern: Radio Rebel"
**"Gloria Vanderbilt: Heir of Style"
*"Lifetime Intimate Portrait" (Composer):
**Doris Duke
**Katherine Hepburn

Links

*imdb name|id=1241228|name=Georg Brandl Egloff
*NPR's "This I Believe" [http://www.thisibelieve.org/credits.html]