Greg Edmonson
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Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
to the cancelled TV series Firefly
Firefly (TV series)
Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....
. He is also the composer for the successful Uncharted PS3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
game series and for a number of episodes of the animated sitcom King of the Hill
King of the Hill
King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
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Biography
Greg Edmonson grew up in Dallas, TexasDallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
and played the guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
as a youth. He studied jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
composition at the University of North Texas College of Music
University of North Texas College of Music
The University of North Texas College of Music, based in Denton, is a comprehensive music school with the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and the oldest in the world offering a degree in jazz studies...
. Later, while he was a studio musician and session player, he went to the Musicians Institute of Technology. He has studied with Dr. Albert Harris
Albert Harris (composer)
Albert Harris worked most of his life in Hollywood as an orchestrator, arranger and composer for several of the big Film Studios and for such pop icons as Barbra Streisand, Roberta Flack and Cher.He studied piano from age 6 and was also a self-taught guitarist; his knowledge of this instrument...
, the former musical director for NBC and a leading composition teacher and music lecturer.
As a protege of the widely successful and well known TV composer Mike Post
Mike Post
Mike Post is an American multi-Grammy and Emmy Award winning composer best known for scoring some of the most popular TV theme songs in the United States, for primetime series such as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Rockford Files, LA Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., Hill Street Blues, among numerous...
(Magnum, pi; Hill Street Blues, The Rockford Files, much more), Edmonson worked on a number of series providing additional scoring for Post (credited and sometimes not credited).
Film
- Turn of the Blade (1994)
- Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994)
- Last Lives (1997)
- Martian Law (1998)
- Frog and WombatFrog and WombatFrog and Wombat is a 1998 independent children's film written and directed by Laurie Agard, about two 12 year old girls who investigate a murder in their hometown, which they believe was committed by the middle school principal. The investigations of the two become more and more involved, even to...
(1998) - Undercover AngelUndercover AngelUndercover Angel, also known as Un vrai petit ange , is a 1999 film by writer/director Bryan Michael Stoller...
(1999) - Blue Ridge Fall (1999)
- Gary the RatGary the RatGary the Rat is an American television program adult-oriented animated series animated by Spike Animation Studios, produced by Grammnet Productions and distributed by Cheyenne Enterprises that was originally broadcast on Spike in 2003. The program lasted one season before cancellation...
(2000) - LuckytownLuckytownLuckytown is a 2000 film starring Kirsten Dunst, James Caan and Vincent Kartheiser.-Plot:When she turns 18, unhappy Lidda Daniels leaves Southern California to look for Charlie, her father, a professional gambler who abandoned her years before...
(2000) - Fast Women (2001)
- Miss Castaway and the Island Girls (2004)
- Sweet Union (2004)
- My First Christmas Tree (2007)
- SkyrunnersSkyrunnersSkyrunners is a American-Canadian television film that premiered on Disney XD on November 27, 2009. It is the first and so far the only original film that premiered on network.-Plot:...
(2009) - Montana AmazonMontana AmazonMontana Amazon is a 2011 American independent feature film starring Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, Alison Brie and Haley Pullos.-Plot:A crazed grandmother is on the lam with her two teenage grandchildren...
(2011)
Television
- Cop RockCop RockCop Rock is an American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer...
(1990) - Masters of the MazeMasters Of The MazeMasters of the Maze is a children's television game show that aired on the Family Channel from August 29, 1994 to September 22, 1996. The first season was hosted by J. D...
(1994-1995) - King of the HillKing of the HillKing of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
(1997–2009) - FireflyFirefly (TV series)Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....
(2002–2003) - F.L.I.P. Mysteries: Women on the Case (2008)
Video games
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007)
- Uncharted 2: Among ThievesUncharted 2: Among ThievesUncharted 2: Among Thieves is an action-adventure platform third-person shooter video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the sequel to the 2007 game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. It was first shown and announced on December 1, 2008...
(2009) - Uncharted 3: Drake's DeceptionUncharted 3: Drake's DeceptionUncharted 3: Drake's Deception is the third game in the Uncharted series, created by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 3, and was released in North America on November 1, 2011, Europe on November 2, 2011 and Australia on November 3, 2011. It is the sequel to 2009's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. It was...
(2011)
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Emmy Award Emmy Award An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various... |
Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics | Cop Rock ("Oil Of Ol'Lay") | Nominated |
| 2007 | Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences , founded in 1996, is a non-profit organization that promotes computer and video game entertainment with the annual D.I.C.E. Summit event, where its Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony has been held annually since 1998... |
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Nominated |
| Hollywood Music In Media Award | Best Original Score – Video Game | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences , founded in 1996, is a non-profit organization that promotes computer and video game entertainment with the annual D.I.C.E. Summit event, where its Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony has been held annually since 1998... |
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Won |
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts British Academy of Film and Television Arts The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:... |
Best Original Score | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Won | |
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Use of Audio | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Won | |
| Game Audio Network Guild | Music of the Year | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Won | |
| Game Audio Network Guild | Best Soundtrack Album | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Nominated | |
| Game Audio Network Guild | Best Interactive Score | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Nominated | |
| Game Audio Network Guild | Best Original Instrumental Song | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – "Reunion" | Won | |
| Hollywood Music In Media Award | Best Original Score – Video Game | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Nominated |
External links
- Tracksounds Interview with Greg Edmonson