Georg Brandl Egloff
Georg Brandl Egloff is an American producer and composer of music for film, television, radio, and commercials. He has composed music for Shameless, The Goldbergs, The West Wing, and A&E Biography, and is credited with writing the station ID music for the FX channel and the Hallmark Channel. He wrote the main theme music for This I Believe series on All Things Considered and Morning Edition, and composes and produces music for Milk Street Radio and America's Test Kitchen (PBS and NPR).
Georg Brandl Egloff

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- 1963 · Monterey.
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- United States
- Occupation
- composer
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- English
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• Name — Georg Egloff • Birth Name — Georg Brandl Egloff • Born — 16 February 1963 • Birthplace — Monterey, California, U.S. • Occupation — Producer, composer • Years Active — 1994–present • Children — 2 Georg Brandl Egloff is an American producer and composer of music for film, television, radio, and commercials. He has composed music for Shameless, The Goldbergs, The West Wing, and A&E Biography, and is credited with writing the station ID music for the FX channel and the Hallmark Channel. He wrote the main theme music for This I Believe series on All Things Considered and Morning Edition, and composes and produces music for Milk Street Radio and America's Test Kitchen (PBS and NPR).
Early life
Georg Brandl Egloff was born in Monterey, California to David and Susan Egloff. He grew up in Oberlin, Ohio. While still in high school, he studied composition, electronic music, and jazz piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston and received a bachelor's degree in performance and composition in 1986.
Music career
Egloff moved to New York City in 1986, where he performed as a jazz pianist in Manhattan. He served as the Tuesday night pianist at the Village Gate club on Bleecker Street. During that period, he performed at The Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Chicago Blues, Zanzibar, the Knitting Factory, and Sweet Basil. He worked with many jazz and blues artists including Ruth Brown and Linda Hopkins. 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 on many projects, including work for producers Phil Ramone and Frank Filipetti, and recorded a version of "My Way" for the Frank Sinatra Duets series. He scored his first short film, The Anniversary, directed by Noah Kline in 1991.
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Production • 2020 — Shameless — Composer, additional music — Showtime • 2019 — The Magicians — Composer, additional music — Syfy • Wayne — Composer, additional music — YouTube Premium • 2018 — American Woman — Composer, additional music — Paramount Network • Super Troopers 2 — Composer, arranger — Fox Searchlight Pictures • Shameless — Composer, additional music — Showtime • 2016 — The Goldbergs — Composer, additional music — ABC • Shameless — Composer, additional music — Showtime • Spirit Lake Cycles — Composer — Documentary • 2014 — Shameless — Composer, additional music — Showtime • 2013 — Under the Dome — Composer, additional music — CBS • BlacK Kat — Composer — Documentary • 2012 — The Babymakers — Composer, additional music — Blumhouse Productions • Shameless — Composer, additional music — Showtime • Little Monsters — Composer — VCI Entertainment • 2011 — Pan Am — Composer, additional music — ABC • The Lying Game — Composer, additional music — Warner Horizon Television • 2010 — The Company Men — Composer, additional music — NBC • 2009 — Southland — Composer, additional music — NBC • ER — Music producer, composer, additional music — Warner Bros. Television • Spooner — Composer, additional music — Super Crispy Entertainment • All Ages Night — Composer, additional music — Freedom Girl Productions • 2008 — Cold Case — Composer — CBS • 2006 — Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — Composer, additional music — Warner Brothers Television • 2003 — The West Wing — Actor, musician (duet with James Taylor) — NBC • The West Wing — Additional composer — NBC • 2002 — The Big Time — Composer, additional music — TNT • Studio Bob (TV series) — Composer — Brian Cox • Over My Dead Body (short) — Composer — Arie Posin • 2001 — The Jimmy Show — Composer, additional music — Next Wednesday Productions • 2000 — Citizen Baines — Composer, additional music — Warner Brothers Television • Prince of Central Park — Composer, additional music — Lorimar Productions • Are You Cinderella (short) — Composer — Charles Hall • 1999 — Third Watch — Composer, additional music — NBC • Providence — Composer, additional music — NBC • 1997 — Daisy Feldman's New York (short) — Composer — Amy Geltman • Prix Fixe (short) — Composer — Other Pictures • 1996 — Intimate Portrait: Doris Duke — Composer — Lifetime • The O.J. Simpson Trial: Beyond Black & White — Composer — ABC • 1995 — Intimate Portrait: Katharine Hepburn — Composer — Lifetime • 1995 - 1999 — Biography (19 episodes) — Composer — A&E
Film and television music
In 1994, Egloff was hired to write music for the A&E Biography episode on Hillary Clinton, which led to work on 22 more episodes for the popular series. Soon he was writing music for other television documentaries, independent and short films, national commercials, and live events. He continues composing music for television, film, radio, commercials, podcasts, and other media. He has written for ER, The West Wing, 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, and The Terminal. In 2004, Egloff appeared in an episode of The West Wing playing a Hammond organ with James Taylor.
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- 1.Henry Holt & Company. This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman. 2008. 9781429933834.
- 2.Milk Street Radio. Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio Cast.
- 3.IMDB. Film and Television Credits.
- 4.Getty Images. The West Wing - Georg Egloff performs with James Taylor. February 1, 2004.
- 5.Box Office Mojo. The Jimmy Show.
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