Greg Edmonson is an American

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for television and movies. He is primarily known for composing the

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to the cult TV 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 ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It aired its original non-syndicated run from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, and centers on the Hills, an Am ...

''.

Biography

Greg Edmonson grew up in

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

and played the

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as a youth. He studied

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composition at the

University of North Texas College of Music The University of North Texas College of Music, based in Denton, is a comprehensive music school among the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. It developed the first jazz studies ...

. Later, while he was a

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and session player, he went to the Musicians Institute of Technology. He has studied with Dr. Albert Harris, the former musical director for NBC and a leading composition teacher and music lecturer. As a protégé of the widely successful and well known TV composer

Mike Post Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil, September 29, 1944) is an American composer, best known for his TV theme music for various shows, including ''Law & Order''; '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''; ''The A-Team''; ''NYPD Blue''; ''Renegad ...

(''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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''), Edmonson worked on a number of series providing additional scoring for Post (credited and sometimes not credited). His compositions are usually written on the piano but he sometimes uses a guitar.

Discography

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 ''Gary the Rat'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by the Cullen Brothers for Spike TV (previously known as TNN) and animated by Spike Animation Studios. It was produced by Grammnet Productions and Cheyenne Enterprises and distribute ...

'' (2000) *''

Luckytown ''Luckytown'' is a 2000 film starring Kirsten Dunst, Vincent Kartheiser, Luis Guzmán, and James Caan. The film was written by Brendan Beseth, and produced and directed by Paul Nicolas. Plot When she turns 18, unhappy Lidda Daniels leaves South ...

'' (2000) *''Fast Women'' (2001) *''Miss Castaway and the Island Girls'' (2004) *''Sweet Union'' (2004) *''My First Christmas Tree'' (2007) *''

Skyrunners ''Skyrunners'' is an American-Canadian science fiction action thriller film that premiered on Disney XD on November 27, 2009. It was the first original film that premiered on the network. Plot Teenage brothers 18-year-old Nick and 14-year-old Tyl ...

'' (2009) *'' Montana Amazon'' (2011) *''

Bounty Killer Rodney Basil Price (born 12 June 1972), known as Bounty Killer, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. AllMusic describes him as "one of the most aggressive dancehall stars of the '90s, a street-tough rude boy with an unrepentant flair f ...

'' (2013)

Television

*''

Cop Rock ''Cop Rock'' is an American police procedural musical television series created by Steven Bochco and William M. Finkelstein for the American Broadcasting Company. It premiered on September 26, 1990, and broadcast eleven episodes before concludin ...

'' (1990) *'' Masters of the Maze'' (1994–1995) *''

'' (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

References

External links

Tracksounds Interview
with Greg Edmonson * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonson, Greg Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film score composers American male film score composers American television composers University of North Texas College of Music alumni Musicians Institute alumni Varèse Sarabande Records artists Firefly (TV series) King of the Hill