Occupation(s) Composer, Pianist Spouse Laura Shanahan (m. 1999) Role Composer | Name Georg Egloff Instruments Piano | |
Born February 16, 1963 (age 61)
Monterey, California ( 1963-02-16 ) Genres Film scores, TV scores, Commercial scores People also search for Robert Whaley, Anthony Grimaldi, Malcolm X Music director The Jimmy Show, Malcolm X: A Search for Identity | ||
Education Berklee College of Music | ||
Georg Brandl Egloff (born February 16, 1963 in Monterey, California) is a composer and performer of music for film, television, radio and commercials.
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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. Egloff served as the Tuesday night house pianist at the famous Village Gate club on Bleecker Street. During that period, he performed at The Village Vanguard, The Blue Note, Chicago Blues, Zanzibar, The Knitting Factory, Sweet Basil and many others. Georg worked with many jazz and blues instrumentalists and singers including Blues greats Ruth Brown and Linda Hopkins.
For most of the 90's, he used his first and middle names only. Georg Brandl.
In the 1990s, Egloff began working in rock and pop music venues with singers including Jeff Buckley, Joan Osborne, Ronnie Spector and Johnny Thunders. He recorded as a session keyboardist for famed record producers Phil Ramone and Frank Filipetti and recorded a version of "My Way" for the 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. For a number of years, 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 started a string jobs composing music for film and television programs. He has written for The West Wing, ER, Pan Am, Third Watch, Shameless, and various programs airing on HBO, Showtime, and Lifetime Television. His film work includes The Company Men, The Big Time, The Babymakers, The Terminal, Little Monsters, Just One Year, and Lucky.
Egloff has written music for scores of national television commercials. He often works with National Public Radio. He wrote and performed on a real piano, the main theme music for "This I Believe" series on "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition" and writes most of the music for "America's Test Kitchen" (PBS and NPR).
In 1999, he married Laura Shanahan (Sept. 13, 1966 - June 4, 2014), who had served as creative director for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and Butter, London, among others. He is father to two children, Ruby and Walker.