George Gabriel

{{short description|American songwriter}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = George Gabriel

| image = George Gabriel.jpeg

| caption = Gabriel performing with Pablo Cruise in 2009

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| background = solo_singer

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|22}}

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| instrument = Vocals, bass, guitar, piano, drums, mandolin, vibraphone, cello, violin, xylophone

| genre = Rock, pop, jazz

| occupation = Musician, composer, film scorer, record producer, teacher

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| label = X-Revolution

| associated_acts = Pablo Cruise

| website = {{URL|http://www.gabrielmusic.com|Gabriel Music}}

{{URL|http://www.mrgrocks.com|Mr G Rocks}}

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George Gabriel (born April 22, 1971) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has composed and scored music for television and film for 23 years.

He began television composing in 1996 when he started working with the news music company Gari Communications. In 1999 he joined with composers Cory Lerios and John D'Andrea to score Baywatch Hawaii. Gabriel scored Lean Forward Media's direct-DVD release Choose Your Own Adventure. Gabriel wrote the theme of Disney's Kim Possible, "Call Me, Beep Me". It was the first Disney-produced song to reach #1 on Disney Radio, staying there for 14 weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralegalsubstantivelaw.com/advanced/articlesports.pdf|title=Pick Me! Pick Me! – The New Copyright Lottery|last=McPherson|first=Edwin F|date=2006|website=Entertainment and Sports Lawyer|page=16|accessdate=November 28, 2016}}

TV music

The following music was created or co-created by George Gabriel.

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Program

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Baywatch Hawaiisyndicationscore
Beat the Clock

|Universal Kids

|theme and score

Diary of an AffairE!score
Dora and Friends: Into the City!

|Nickelodeon

|score and songs

Dora the ExplorerNickelodeonSeasons 6–8 score and songs
Going to the Barbershop (Dora and Boots)

Corta el Pelo (Sebastian Arcelus)

Extreme PlanetNational Geographictheme song
Growing Up Creepie

|Discovery Kids

|song - Watching You (Samantha Lombardi)

Hannity

|Fox News

|theme song

Hometown HeroesDirecTVscore
HubworldThe Hubappeared as "G" and sang on the holiday episode
Inside the PentagonNational Geographictheme song
Intimate PortraitLifetimescore
Kim PossibleDisney ChannelCall Me, Beep Me (Christina Milian)
I'm Ready (Angela Michael)
Could It Be (Christy Carlson Romano)
Call Me, Beep Me (Goldfinger Version)
Llama Llama

|Netflix

|Score and song Dance Llama, Dance (Jennifer Garner)

The MummyKids' WBscore
network IDThe Film Zonetheme
network IDPro TVtheme
On the EdgeNational Geographictheme song
Parker Plays

|Disney XD

|score

Pictureka!The Hubmusical director, composer and theme; appeared as the one-man band "G" on 66 episodes
Polaris Primetime

|Disney XD

|score

Rob & Amber - Against All OddsFox Reality Channeltheme and score
Scrabble ShowdownThe Hubtheme and score
Sex Decoy - Love StingsFox Reality Channelscore
Shopaholic 911Universal Studiosscore
Sunny Side UpSproutscore
Sprout House

|Universal Kids

|songs and various music

Strange Felony FilesCourt TVscore
Sunny Day (TV series)

|Nickelodeon

|songs and score

Surviving EverestNational Geographictheme song
ToddworldDiscovery Kids/TLCtheme and score

A Friend is a Friend (Geoff Byrd)
Once You Get to Know Them (Kel Mitchell)
A Special Shining Star (Cindy Herron)

A Colorful World (Smokey Robinson)

Your World with Neil CavutoFox Newstheme song

Pablo Cruise

After a long working relationship with the rock band Pablo Cruise's founding member Cory Lerios, Gabriel and Lerios began playing with founding member and drummer Steve Price in the fall of 2004. In 2004 Lerios and Price rejoined Pablo Cruise and Gabriel replaced original member Bud Cockrell on the bass. In Pablo Cruise, Gabriel played alongside the Little River Band, Starship, The Beach Boys, The Doobie Brothers and Journey. In November 2009. Gabriel and Pablo Cruise parted company.

Solo career

In 2009, Gabriel released his first solo album, titled Everyday Miracles, available on iTunes and other digital music delivery sites. Everyday Miracles is about life, love, and faith. The inspiration of this album comes from Gabriel's walk in faith and how his trials and celebrations have formed who he is today. He played the drums, bass, guitar, and piano in addition to providing vocals. Every aspect of this recording is written, engineered, played, and produced by Gabriel in his Southern California studio. The song "Here I Am" is featured in the film Live To Forgive, which Gabriel also scored.{{Cite web |url=http://gabrielmusic.com/everydaymiracles/index.html |title=Everyday Miracles |access-date=2009-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100458/http://gabrielmusic.com/everydaymiracles/index.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

Gabriel teaches many young talented students in the field of audio engineering. He was nominated and won the award for best teacher with the Moorpark College CEC program.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

Discography

Everyday Miracles

References