Eric Allaman

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Eric Allaman
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Background information
Born Springfield, Missouri
Genres Film score, musical theatre, ballet
Occupation Composer
Instrument Piano
Years active1985–present
Website https://www.ericallaman.com

Eric Allaman is an American composer who has worked in film, television, theater and ballet. His career began when he co-composed the score to Ridley Scott's Legend with the German electronic group Tangerine Dream. [1] That opportunity led to Eric re-scoring the silent classic, Battleship Potemkin which was re-released in Europe and featured at the Berlin Film Festival. [2]

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Life and career

Born in Springfield, Missouri, Allaman's family moved around the Midwest and eventually settled in Dana Point, California. Allaman began studying the piano at age 7, the guitar at age 16, and continued his studies at UCLA with an emphasis on music and theater. [1]

Shortly after graduating, Allaman moved to Paris, France and ultimately West Berlin, Germany to further his musical career. Allaman hooked up with Reinhard Scheuregger and the two became Berlin Game. [3] The duo scored four films, Legend (1985 film), Battleship Potemkin, Down Twisted, Angel III: The Final Chapter , and released one album, Berlin Game. [3] After the success of Legend and Battleship Potemkin, Berlin Game (Allaman & Scheuregger) returned to Los Angeles to field film scoring offers. After the WGA strike in 1988, Allaman and Scheuregger separated ways and Allaman began working under his own name. [4] He has scored 43 movies and over 600 episodes of television shows and is best known for his scores to Legend , Battleship Potemkin , Latter Days , Witless Protection , Mike Hammer Private Eye , Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Dante's Cove . [5] Allaman won a BMI television award for his work with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2006. [6]

Allaman has written four musicals, including Zeitelmoos - Im Bann Anderer Mächte with Hartmut H. Forche (2022), [7] [8] Wake Up with Bob Garrett (2020), [9] Battleship Potemkin with Jeffrey Couchman (1991), and Voices from the Cellar with Robert White (1989). [4] [10] Allaman has written three ballets with Kim Maselli (Artistic Director of the Pacific Festival Ballet), Camelot (2019), [11] Noah's Ark (2010), [12] and The Sea Princess (2007). [13] He has also written the music to several plays, including The Geography of Luck, [14] Dragon Lady, [15] Stendhal, [16] and Relay. [17] Allaman has released two collections of piano solos. What We Whispered is a selection of pieces composed during the COVID-19 pandemic and was released in 2022. His first solo piano album, Berlin Diary, was released in 2010 and plays as a memoir of his life in West Berlin. [18]

Eric was a Professor for Pepperdine University teaching Scoring Visual Media from 2014-2018. [19] [20]

Personal life

Allaman has two sons, Von Essex and Tristian Leif from his first marriage that ended in 2005. He lives with his domestic partner, celebrity chef, Elizabeth Clune. He is an active surfer and skier and currently lives in The Sea Ranch, California. [4]

Professional credits

Television

YearTitleNotes
2015Dangerous LessonsTV movie
2014Naughty & NiceTV movie
2014RunawayTV movie
2014Fatal AcquittalTV movie
2014Boss HogTV series
2013My Santa (2013 film)TV movie
2013–2015 The Insider (TV program) TV series - 19 episodes
2012–2015 Duck Dynasty TV series - 20 episodes
2012–2015Pets.TVTV series - 8 episodes
2011Game Time: Tackling the PastTV movie
2011–2013 Chemistry (TV series) TV series - 13 episodes
2010–2015 Entertainment Tonight TV series - 33 episodes
2010 The Jensen Project TV movie
2010 Secrets of the Mountain TV movie
2009 Taking a Chance on Love (film) TV movie
2009 Heat Wave (2009 American film) TV movie
2008Fall of HyperionTV movie
2008Puppy Plays the ClassicsTV series
2007 The Note (film) TV movie
2005–2007 Dante's Cove TV series - 13 episodes
2005 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That? TV series - 5 episodes
2005Confessions of an American BrideTV movie
2004–2008 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition TV series - 123 episodes
2004Hollywood WalksTV series documentary
2004TV's Greatest SidekicksTV special
2003 Beautiful Girl (film) TV movie
2003 This Time Around (film) TV movie
2003The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary SpecialTV documentary
2003Killer FloodTV movie (+Orchestrations)
2002–2003 Liberty's Kids TV series - 40 episodes
2001–2003 Super Duper Sumos TV series - 26 episodes
2001An Evening with Rosanne SeabornTV movie
2000One KillTV movie (+Orchestrations)
1999 Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century TV series - 26 episodes
1999 Half a Dozen Babies TV movie
1998Breakfast with EinsteinTV movie
1997–1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye TV series - 26 episodes
1995–1997 Mutant League TV series - 40 episodes
1995–1996 The Adventures of Hyperman TV series - 13 episodes (Main Theme)
1994–1997 High Tide (TV series) TV series - 50 episodes
1994–1995 Boogies Diner TV series - 40 episodes
1993 Madison (TV series) TV series - 13 episodes
1992–1994 African Skies TV series - 52 episodes
1992 Incident at Victoria Falls TV movie
1991–1992 Chip and Pepper's Cartoon MadnessTV series
1991–1992 Stunt Dawgs TV series - 26 episodes
1991 ProStars TV series - 13 episodes
1990Jungle Book ReunionTV movie
1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! TV series
1987 Trying Times TV series

Film

YearTitleNotes
2016 JL Ranch
2015Stolen from Suburbia
2015 Lost After Dark
2015 Exeter (film)
2013The Cuban Dream [21] Documentary
2008 Witless Protection
2007 Race (2007 film)
2004Raspberry Heaven [22]
2003 Latter Days
2003Mike Hammer: Song BirdVideo
2001 Elvira's Haunted Hills
2000Luminarias
1999 Our Friend, Martin Video
1997 True Heart
1997Midnight Blue
1994Hits!
1994Nursery Raps Starring Mama GooseVideo Short
1992 Miracle Beach
1990 Angel III: The Final Chapter
1987 Down Twisted (As Berlin Game)
1986 Battleship Potemkin
1985 Legend (1985 film)

Musical Theatre, Theatre, and Dance

YearTitleNotes
2022Zeitelmoos - Im Bann Anderer Mächte [7] [8] German Musical
2021Wake Up - aka Keep Hope Alive [9] Musical Theatre
2019Camelot [11] Dance
2015Battleship PotemkinMusical Theatre
2010Noah's Ark [23] Dance
2007Sea Princess [1] Ballet
1989Voices from the CellarMusical Theatre
1989The Geography of Luck [14] Theatre
1989Dragon Lady [15] Theatre
1988Stendhal [16] Theatre
1988RelayTheatre

Soundtracks

YearAlbum
2022What We Whispered
2021DAS 7
2020Berlin Game
2019Camelot
2015Exeter
2015Lost After Dark
2015True Heart
2015Dystopia
2013The Angel Trilogy
2010Berlin Diary
2010Noah's Ark
2007Sea Princess
2007Dante's Cove
2003Latter Days
2002Elvira's Haunted Hills [24]
1997True Heart (Spirit of the Nations)
1992Miracle Beach
1992Nursery Raps with Mama Goose
1987Down Twisted
1986Battleship Potemkin
1985Legend

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