| Jon Ehrlich | |
| Background: | non_performing_personnel |
| Genre: | Film score |
| Occupation: | Television, film composer |
| Associated Acts: | Jason Derlatka |
| Website: | Jon Ehrlich |
Jon Ehrlich is a three-time Emmy-nominated TV and film composer with a prolific list of scoring credits. His primetime Emmy nominations in the Music Composition for a Series category came in recognition for his work on House, M.D., starring Hugh Laurie, The Agency, starring Beau Bridges, and Roar, starring Heath Ledger.[1] His score for Ask Me Anything, starring Martin Sheen, won Best Music in a Feature Film at the Nashville Film Festival.
Ehrlich’s recent collaboration with Rachel Portman on Hulu’s critically acclaimed limited series, We Were the Lucky Ones, from director Tommy Kail and writer Erica Lipez, starring Logan Lerman and Joey King, has been singled out in reviews. IndieWire included it in their list of The Best TV Scores of 2024, praising the score for being "a quiet, insistent source of strength and emotional catharsis that the characters cannot allow themselves to show but that we get to feel. Portman and Ehrlich’s work transitions from being as wistful and painful as memories to being as relentless as whatever inner fortitude helps the characters survive — and back again. The result is a musical experience that matches the poignancy of the series".[2]
Other notable credits include: Amazon’s Goliath, from director Lawrence Trilling, starring Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, and J.K. Simmons; The Resident, starring Matt Czuchry; Parenthood, created by Jason Katims, starring Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, and Craig T. Nelson; About a Boy, created by Jason Katims, starring Minnie Driver; The Slap, developed by Walter Parkes, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, starring Brian Cox, Lucas Hedges, Peter Sarsgaard, and Uma Thurman; Life, starring Damian Lewis; White Collar, starring Matt Bomer; Graceland, starring Aaron Tveit; Invasion, created by Shaun Cassidy; Pitch, created by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer; Karen Sisco, created by Elmore Leonard; The Guardian, starring Simon Baker; Party of Five, starring Neve Campbell; and Time of Your Life, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.[3]
Ehrlich was born in New York City, and grew up in Brooklyn and New Jersey. He studied music and theater as an undergraduate at Yale University, where he wrote two musicals and graduated as a Scholar of the House. He furthered his studies in film scoring at the USC Screen Scoring Program, studying with Jerry Goldsmith, David Raksin, and Buddy Baker. Ehrlich began his career performing on Broadway and writing musicals, and started his professional journey at Warner Bros. Feature Animation, writing a musical film titled The Jester with collaborator Stephen Lloyd.
Jon is also a founder of Qwire, a collaborative, cloud based, web platform that streamlines workflows across every aspect of the music to picture ecosystem, while managing music assets and all associated music metadata.
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Notes | |
| 1996 | |||
| 1998 | Blossoms and Veils | ||
| 2007 | Flakes | ||
| 2014 | Ask Me Anything | ||
| 2015 | Billions in Change | ||
| 2015 | Silent War | ||
| 2020 | Rinse & Repeat | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Notes | |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | 6 episodes | |
| 1997–1998 | Frontline | 3 episodes | |
| 1997 | Roar | 13 episodes | |
| 1998–1999 | Mercy Point | 7 episodes | |
| 1998–2000 | Party of Five | 49 episodes | |
| 1999–2001 | Time of Your Life | 19 episodes | |
| 2000–2001 | 25 episodes | ||
| 2001–2003 | The Agency | 45 episodes | |
| 2001–2004 | The Guardian | 67 episodes | |
| 2002–2003 | Baby Bob | 14 episodes | |
| 2003 | Tarzan | 8 episodes | |
| 2003–2004 | Karen Sisco | 10 episodes | |
| 2004 | Hawaii | 7 episodes | |
| 2004–2005 | The Mountain | 13 episodes | |
| 2004–2005 | Tru Calling | 26 episodes | |
| 2004–2012 | House | 176 episodes | |
| 2005 | Bound for Glory | 8 episodes | |
| 2006 | Waterfront | 5 episodes | |
| 2006 | Misconceptions | 7 episodes | |
| 2005–2006 | Invasion | 22 episodes | |
| 2006 | Conviction | 13 episodes | |
| 2007–2009 | Life | 32 episodes | |
| 2008 | Women's Murder Club | 4 episodes | |
| 2009–2014 | White Collar | 81 episodes | |
| 2010 | Past Life | 1 episode | |
| 2010–2015 | Parenthood | 103 episodes | |
| 2012 | Ruth & Erica | 13 episodes | |
| 2013–2015 | Graceland | 38 episodes | |
| 2014–2015 | About a Boy | 33 episodes | |
| 2015 | The Slap | 8 episodes | |
| 2016 | Pitch | 10 episodes | |
| 2016 | Heartbeat | 10 episodes | |
| 2016 | Recovery Road | 10 episodes | |
| 2016–2021 | Goliath | 32 episodes | |
| 2017 | APB | 12 episodes | |
| 2018–2023 | The Resident | 107 episodes | |
| 2020 | Party of Five | 10 episodes | |
| 2023 | We Were the Lucky Ones | Miniseries (8 episodes) | |
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Emmy Award | Nominated | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | Roar (For the pilot episode) |
| 2003 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | The Agency (Shared with Jason Derlatka for "The Great Game" episode) | ||
| 2008 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) | House (Shared with Jason Derlatka for the "Guardian Angels" episode) |