Greg Edmonson
Greg Edmonson is an American music composer for television and movies. He is primarily known for composing the soundtrack to the television series Firefly. He is also the composer for the first three games in the Uncharted video game series, and for a number of episodes of the American animated sitcom King of the Hill.
Greg Edmonson
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- Name
- Greg Edmonson
- Born
- 2000 · Tulsa.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- composer · musician
- Education
- Musicians Institute · University of North Texas College of Music
- Known for
- Firefly
- Languages
- English
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Greg Edmonson is an American music composer for television and movies. He is primarily known for composing the soundtrack to the television series Firefly. He is also the composer for the first three games in the Uncharted video game series, and for a number of episodes of the American animated sitcom King of the Hill.
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• Name — Greg Edmonson
Biography
Biography
Edmonson grew up in Dallas, Texas and played the guitar as a youth. He studied jazz composition at the University of North Texas College of Music. Later, while he was a studio musician and session player, he attended the Musicians Institute of Technology. He has studied with Dr. Albert Harris. As a protégé of Mike Post, Edmonson worked on a number of series providing additional scoring (credited and sometimes not credited). His compositions are usually written on the piano but he sometimes uses a guitar.
Television
Television
• Cop Rock (1990) • Masters of the Maze (1994–1995) • King of the Hill (1997–2009) • Firefly (2002–2003) • F.L.I.P. Mysteries: Women on the Case (2008)
Video games
Video games
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007) • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011)
Film
• Turn of the Blade (1994) • Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) • Last Lives (1997) • Martian Law (1998) • Frog and Wombat (1998) • Undercover Angel (1999) • Blue Ridge Fall (1999) • Gary the Rat (2000) • Luckytown (2000) • Fast Women (2001) • Miss Castaway and the Island Girls (2004) • Sweet Union (2004) • My First Christmas Tree (2007) • Skyrunners (2009) • Montana Amazon (2011) • Bounty Killer (2013)
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• Illustration — Edmonson speaking at WonderCon in 2017
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1634230: Greg Edmonson
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- “Greg Edmonson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 1991 — Emmy Award — Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics — Cop Rock ("Oil Of Ol'Lay") — Nominated • 2007 — Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences — 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 — Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition — Uncharted 2: Among Thieves — Won • British Academy of Film and Television Arts — 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
Greg Edmonson speaking at the 2017 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.
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