Greg Edmonson
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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.
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/interviews/interview_greg_edmonson.htm |title=Composer Greg Edmonson Interview at Tracksounds |access-date=2015-03-04 |archive-date=2015-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211101812/http://tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/Interviews/interview_greg_edmonson.htm |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sound-byte-meet-the-composer-greg-edmonson/1100-6346225/|title = Sound Byte: Meet the Composer - Greg Edmonson|website=Gamespot.com}}
Discography
File:Greg Edmonson by Gage Skidmore.jpg in 2017]]
=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)
=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=
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007)
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011)
Awards
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| Year
!Award !Category !Work !Result |
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| 1991
|Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics |Cop Rock ("Oil Of Ol'Lay") |style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
| rowspan="2"|2007
|Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition |Uncharted: Drake's Fortune |style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
| Hollywood Music In Media Award
|Best Original Score – Video Game |Uncharted: Drake's Fortune |style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
| rowspan="8"|2009
|Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition |Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts
|Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts
|Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |
| Game Audio Network Guild
|Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |
| Game Audio Network Guild
|Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
| Game Audio Network Guild
|Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
| Game Audio Network Guild
|Best Original Instrumental Song |Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – "Reunion" |style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |
| Hollywood Music In Media Award
|Best Original Score – Video Game |Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
References
{{Reflist|refs=
{{cite web|url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/2008_11th_awards.asp|title=2008 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences|accessdate=2010-11-03}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/2010_13th_awards.asp|title=2010 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences|accessdate=2010-11-03}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/nominations/?year=2009|title=Past Winners and Nominees – Video Games – Awards – The BAFTA Site – 2009|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|accessdate=2010-11-03}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27677/Uncharted_2_Top_Winner_At_GANG_Audio_Awards.php|title=Uncharted 2 Top Winner At G.A.N.G. Audio Awards|last=Graft|first=Kris|publisher=Gamasutra|date=2010-03-15|accessdate=2010-11-03}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27263/Assassins_Creed_II_Uncharted_2_Lead_GANG_Award_Finalists.php|title=Assassin's Creed II, Uncharted 2 Lead G.A.N.G. Award Finalists|last=Alexander|first=Leigh|publisher=Gamasutra|date=2010-03-15|accessdate=2010-02-17}}
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External links
- [http://www.tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/Interviews/interview_greg_edmonson.htm Tracksounds Interview] with Greg Edmonson
- {{IMDb name|id=0249557|name=Greg Edmonson}}
{{Firefly}}
{{King of the Hill}}
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Category:American film score composers
Category:American male film score composers
Category:American television composers
Category:University of North Texas College of Music alumni
Category:Musicians Institute alumni