Jon Ehrlich

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Genres Film score
Occupation(s)Television, film composer
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Jon Ehrlich is a three-time Emmy-nominated TV and film composer with a prolific list of scoring credits. His primetime Emmy nominations in the Music Composition for a Series category came in recognition for his work on House, M.D. , starring Hugh Laurie, The Agency , starring Beau Bridges, and Roar , starring Heath Ledger [1] . His score for Ask Me Anything , starring Martin Sheen, won Best Music in a Feature Film at the Nashville Film Festival.

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Ehrlich’s recent collaboration with Rachel Portman on Hulu’s critically acclaimed limited series, We Were the Lucky Ones , from director Tommy Kail and writer Erica Lipez, starring Logan Lerman and Joey King, has been singled out in reviews. IndieWire included it in their list of The Best TV Scores of 2024, praising the score for being "a quiet, insistent source of strength and emotional catharsis that the characters cannot allow themselves to show but that we get to feel. Portman and Ehrlich’s work transitions from being as wistful and painful as memories to being as relentless as whatever inner fortitude helps the characters survive — and back again. The result is a musical experience that matches the poignancy of the series" [2] .

Other notable credits include: Amazon’s Goliath , from director Lawrence Trilling, starring Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, and J.K. Simmons; The Resident , starring Matt Czuchry; Parenthood , created by Jason Katims, starring Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, and Craig T. Nelson; About a Boy , created by Jason Katims, starring Minnie Driver; The Slap , developed by Walter Parkes, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, starring Brian Cox, Lucas Hedges, Peter Sarsgaard, and Uma Thurman; Life , starring Damian Lewis; White Collar , starring Matt Bomer; Graceland , starring Aaron Tveit; Invasion , created by Shaun Cassidy; Pitch , created by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer; Karen Sisco , created by Elmore Leonard; The Guardian , starring Simon Baker; Party of Five , starring Neve Campbell; and Time of Your Life , starring Jennifer Love Hewitt [3] .

Scoring sessions at Teldex in Berlin for We Were the Lucky Ones. Jon Ehrlich at Teldex.jpg
Scoring sessions at Teldex in Berlin for We Were the Lucky Ones.

Early Years

Ehrlich was born in New York City, and grew up in Brooklyn and New Jersey. He studied music and theater as an undergraduate at Yale University, where he wrote two musicals and graduated as a Scholar of the House. He furthered his studies in film scoring at the USC Screen Scoring Program, studying with Jerry Goldsmith, David Raksin, and Buddy Baker. Ehrlich began his career performing on Broadway and writing musicals, and started his professional journey at Warner Bros. Feature Animation, writing a musical film titled The Jester with collaborator Stephen Lloyd.

Other work

Jon is also a founder of Qwire, a collaborative, cloud based, web platform that streamlines workflows across every aspect of the music to picture ecosystem, while managing music assets and all associated music metadata.


Filmography

Film
YearFilmNotes
1996 Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
1998Blossoms and Veils
2007 Flakes
2014 Ask Me Anything
2015Billions in Change
2015Silent War
2020Rinse & Repeat
Television
YearTitleNotes
1994 Dead at 21 6 episodes
1997–1998 Frontline 3 episodes
1997 Roar 13 episodes
1998–1999 Mercy Point 7 episodes
1998–2000 Party of Five 49 episodes
1999–2001 Time of Your Life 19 episodes
2000–2001 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family 25 episodes
2001–2003 The Agency 45 episodes
2001–2004 The Guardian 67 episodes
2002–2003 Baby Bob 14 episodes
2003 Tarzan 8 episodes
2003–2004 Karen Sisco 10 episodes
2004 Hawaii 7 episodes
2004–2005 The Mountain 13 episodes
2004–2005 Tru Calling 26 episodes
2004–2012 House 176 episodes
2005 Bound for Glory 8 episodes
2006Waterfront5 episodes
2006Misconceptions7 episodes
2005–2006 Invasion 22 episodes
2006 Conviction 13 episodes
2007–2009 Life 32 episodes
2008 Women's Murder Club 4 episodes
2009–2014 White Collar 81 episodes
2010 Past Life 1 episode
2010–2015 Parenthood 103 episodes
2012Ruth & Erica13 episodes
2013–2015 Graceland 38 episodes
2014–2015 About a Boy 33 episodes
2015 The Slap 8 episodes
2016 Pitch 10 episodes
2016 Heartbeat 10 episodes
2016 Recovery Road 10 episodes
2016–2021 Goliath 32 episodes
2017 APB 12 episodes
2018–2023 The Resident 107 episodes
2020 Party of Five 10 episodes
2023 We Were the Lucky Ones Miniseries (8 episodes)


Discography

Award Nominations

YearAwardResultCategorySeries
1998 Emmy Award NominatedOutstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)Roar
(For the pilot episode)
2003Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)The Agency
(Shared with Jason Derlatka for "The Great Game" episode)
2008Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)House
(Shared with Jason Derlatka for the "Guardian Angels" episode)

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