Eric Allaman

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American composer

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FieldValue
imageHeadshot of Eric Allaman music composer.jpg
birth_placeSpringfield, Missouri
occupationComposer
genreFilm score, musical theatre, ballet
years_active1985–present
instrumentPiano
websitehttps://www.ericallaman.com
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| image = Headshot of Eric Allaman music composer.jpg | birth_place = Springfield, Missouri | occupation = Composer | genre = Film score, musical theatre, ballet | years_active = 1985–present | instrument = Piano | 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. 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.

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.

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. The duo scored four films, Legend (1985 film), Battleship Potemkin, Down Twisted, Angel III: The Final Chapter, and released one album, Berlin Game. 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. 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. Allaman won a BMI television award for his work with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2006.

Allaman has written four musicals, including Zeitelmoos - Im Bann Anderer Mächte with Hartmut H. Forche (2022), Wake Up with Bob Garrett (2020), Battleship Potemkin with Jeffrey Couchman (1991), and Voices from the Cellar with Robert White (1989). Allaman has written three ballets with Kim Maselli (Artistic Director of the Pacific Festival Ballet), Camelot (2019), Noah's Ark (2010), and The Sea Princess (2007). He has also written the music to several plays, including The Geography of Luck, Dragon Lady, Stendhal, and Relay. 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.

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

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.

Professional credits

Television

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

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

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YearTitleNotes
2022Zeitelmoos - Im Bann Anderer MächteGerman Musical
2021Wake Up - aka Keep Hope AliveMusical Theatre
2019title=THOUSAND OAKS, CA: Pacific Festival Ballet debuts Camelot balleturl=http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/dance-listings/events/view/THOUSAND-OAKS-CA-Pacific-Festival-Ballet-debuts-Camelot-ballet-2019-05-18
2015Battleship PotemkinMusical Theatre
2010Noah's ArkDance
2007Sea PrincessBallet
1989Voices from the CellarMusical Theatre
1989title=The Geography of Luck at South Coast Repertory Second Stage 1989url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/88019-the-geography-of-luck-at-south-coast-repertory-second-stage-may-16-june-4-1989
1989date=1989-05-08title=STAGE REVIEW : 'Dragon Lady' Drama Mired in the Suburbs
1988title=Stendhal at The Colony Theatreurl=https://colonytheatre.org/shows/Stendahl.html
1988RelayTheatre
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Soundtracks

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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
1997True Heart (Spirit of the Nations)
1992Miracle Beach
1992Nursery Raps with Mama Goose
1987Down Twisted
1986Battleship Potemkin
1985Legend
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References

References

  1. Times, Melonie Magruder / Special to The Malibu. "Creating magic with 'The Sea Princess'".
  2. "Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin) {{!}} Public Domain Movies".
  3. "The Angel Trilogy - Craig Safan / Christopher Young / Eric Allaman - soundtrack (CD)".
  4. "About".
  5. "THOUSAND OAKS, CA: Pacific Festival Ballet debuts Camelot ballet".
  6. (2006-05-17). "BMI Film & Television Awards Salute Composers of Top Movie, TV, Cable Music".
  7. "ZEITELMOOS - Die Musik aus dem Musical".
  8. "Zeitelmoos — Musicallexikon".
  9. "Who We Are – Wake Up".
  10. "Composer Details: Eric Allaman - SoundtrackCollector.com".
  11. "Conejo Valley May 2017".
  12. "'Sea Princess' ready to make a new splash at Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks".
  13. (1988-05-27). "Revival of 'Dream Girl' at Room for Theatre; 'In the Bargain' at Harman Avenue; 'Relay' at Main Stage; 'Nobody Likes Ugly' at Flight".
  14. "Ubiquity Studios Is Quite Simply the Best Studio of Its Kind in Southern California".
  15. "Randy Jackson Mentors Students about Career, Life ‹ Pepperdine Graphic".
  16. "Captcha {{!}} Turing Test 1.0".
  17. (2013-04-05). "Filmmakers".
  18. "Raspberry Heaven: Composer".
  19. "THOUSAND OAKS, CA: Pacific Festival Ballet debuts Camelot ballet".
  20. "Malibu composer takes on new epic ballet, 'Noah's Ark'".
  21. "The Geography of Luck at South Coast Repertory Second Stage 1989".
  22. (1989-05-08). "STAGE REVIEW : 'Dragon Lady' Drama Mired in the Suburbs".
  23. "Stendhal at The Colony Theatre".
  24. "ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS Soundtrack Arrives on Vinyl for Halloween".

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