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, 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 +YearTitleNotes2015Dangerous LessonsTV movie 2014Naughty & NiceTV movieRunawayTV movieFatal AcquittalTV movieBoss HogTV series2013My SantaTV movie2013–2015The InsiderTV series - 19 episodes 2012–2015Duck DynastyTV series - 20 episodesPets.TVTV series - 8 episodes2011Game Time: Tackling the PastTV movie2011–2013ChemistryTV series - 13 episodes2010–2015Entertainment TonightTV series - 33 episodes 2010The Jensen ProjectTV movieSecrets of the MountainTV movie 2009Taking a Chance on LoveTV movieHeat WaveTV movie 2008Fall of HyperionTV moviePuppy Plays the ClassicsTV series2007The NoteTV movie2005–2007Dante's CoveTV series - 13 episodes 2005Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That?TV series - 5 episodesConfessions of an American BrideTV movie2004–2008Extreme Makeover: Home EditionTV series - 123 episodes 2004Hollywood WalksTV series documentaryTV's Greatest SidekicksTV special 2003Beautiful GirlTV movieThis Time AroundTV movieThe Three Stooges 75th Anniversary SpecialTV documentaryKiller FloodTV movie (+Orchestrations)2002–2003Liberty's KidsTV series - 40 episodes2001–2003Super Duper SumosTV series - 26 episodes2001An Evening with Rosanne SeabornTV movie2000One KillTV movie (+Orchestrations)1999–2001Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd CenturyTV series - 26 episodes1999Half a Dozen BabiesTV movie1998Breakfast with EinsteinTV movie1997–1998Mike Hammer, Private EyeTV series - 26 episodes1995–1997Mutant LeagueTV series - 40 episodes1995–1996The Adventures of HypermanTV series - 13 episodes (Main Theme)1994–1997High TideTV series - 50 episodes1994–1995Boogies DinerTV series - 40 episodes1993MadisonTV series - 13 episodes1992–1994African SkiesTV series - 52 episodes1992Incident at Victoria FallsTV movie 1991–1992Chip and Pepper's Cartoon MadnessTV seriesStunt DawgsTV series - 26 episodes1991ProStarsTV series - 13 episodes1990Jungle Book ReunionTV movie1989The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!TV series1987Trying TimesTV series
Film +YearTitleNotes2016JL Ranch 2015Stolen from SuburbiaLost After DarkExeter2013The Cuban DreamDocumentary2008Witless Protection2007Race2004Raspberry Heaven 2003Latter DaysMike Hammer: Song BirdVideo2001Elvira's Haunted Hills2000Luminarias1999Our Friend, MartinVideo 1997True HeartMidnight Blue 1994Hits!Nursery Raps Starring Mama GooseVideo Short1992Miracle Beach1990 Angel III: The Final Chapter1987Down Twisted(As Berlin Game)1986Battleship Potemkin1985Legend (1985 film)
Musical Theatre, theatre and dance +YearTitleNotes2022Zeitelmoos - Im Bann Anderer MächteGerman Musical2021Wake Up - aka Keep Hope AliveMusical Theatre2019CamelotDance2015Battleship PotemkinMusical Theatre2010Noah's ArkDance2007Sea PrincessBallet 1989Voices from the CellarMusical TheatreThe Geography of LuckTheatreDragon LadyTheatre 1988StendhalTheatreRelayTheatre
Soundtracks +YearAlbum2022What We Whispered2021DAS 72020Berlin Game2019Camelot 2015ExeterLost After DarkTrue HeartDystopia2013The Angel Trilogy 2010Berlin DiaryNoah's Ark 2007Sea PrincessDante's Cove2003Latter Days2002Elvira's Haunted Hills1997True Heart (Spirit of the Nations) 1992Miracle BeachNursery Raps with Mama Goose1987Down Twisted1986Battleship Potemkin1985Legend
References
External links EricAllaman.com