Greg O'Connor explained

Greg O'Connor
Occupation:Composer, songwriter, producer
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years Active:1990–present
Awards:2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, for "A Wonderfully Normal Day" - MAD TV

Greg O'Connor is an American composer and songwriter who has composed scores for over 30 television series and has written numerous featured songs for TV, films and commercials. He is a Primetime Emmy winner and a four-time Emmy nominee. He has scored projects including variety, single camera comedy, multi camera comedy, animation, one hour drama, game show, sketch comedy, award show, stand up, reality, hidden camera, documentary, commercials and virtual reality.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Early life

O'Connor was born in Philadelphia. O'Connor is a graduate of The University of Notre Dame’s Music School as well as the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at USC.[10] [11] He began studying music at age six, taking piano lessons at the Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music in Bryn Mawr PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. O'Connor also played alto saxophone for eight years. His education included performing in various ensembles, either as a pianist, saxophonist or vocalist, including concert band, jazz band, glee club and various top 40 bands throughout high school and college.[12] [13]

Career

He has written songs with collaborator James Pankow for the band Chicago, as well as the song "Here With Me" for the Chicago album Stone of Sisyphus.[14]

O'Connor was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as a composer for the comedy show Mad TV.[15]

O'Connor scored the animated feature film Bobbleheads: The Movie for Universal Pictures. In 2020, he composed the company logo music for Academy Awards producer Rob Paine.

Awards

YearAwardProjectCategoryResult
2007Mad TV - "Merry Ex-Mas"[16]
2007Mad TV[17]
2006Primetime Emmy AwardsMad TV - "A Wonderfully Normal Day"[18]
2001Primetime Emmy AwardsMad TV - "Mole Folks Song"[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist Biography. cdbaby.
  2. Web site: SCL gathers notable songwriters for musicale. filmmusicsociety.
  3. Web site: 2006 Emmy nominations list – part 2. Variety.
  4. Web site: Greg O'Connor. hollywood.
  5. Web site: Composer Bio. emmys.
  6. Web site: Greg O'Connor: 'MAD TV' Fox 'JKX: the Jamie Kennedy Experiment' the WB.(who scores primetime). https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022943/https://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-107489933/greg-oconnor-mad-tv-fox-jkx-jamie-kennedy-experiment. dead. 2016-03-05. Business Highbeam.
  7. Web site: Greg O'Connor. IMDb.
  8. Web site: Emmy Winning Composer Greg O'Connor Scores Big. The Hollywood 360.
  9. Web site: Defrost A Virtual Reality Movie Thawing the Audience's Point of View 360 Degrees. The Hollywood 360.
  10. News: BMI Composers Score at 2006 Creative Emmys. BMI.
  11. News: Burlingame. Jon. Callery Wins Second Emmy. film music society.
  12. Web site: Emmy Winning Composer Greg O'Connor Scores Big - The Hollywood 360. The Hollywood 360.
  13. Web site: PrepNews Winter 2012 by St. Joseph's Preparatory School - Issuu. PrepNews Winter 2012.
  14. Web site: AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. allmusic.
  15. Web site: Mad TV Cast Reunion. patkilbane.
  16. Web site: Greg O'Connor. Emmys.
  17. Web site: BMI Film & Television Awards Salute Composers of Top Movie, TV Music. BMI.
  18. Web site: 2006 Creative Arts Emmys Press Room photo. Emmys.
  19. Web site: BMI Salutes Emmy Nominees. BMI.

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