Jon Ehrlich

Television and film composer

Jon Ehrlich

Background information
Genres| Film score
Occupation(s)| Television, film composer
Website| Jon Ehrlich

Musical artist

Jon Ehrlich is a three-time Emmy-nominated TV and film composer. 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.

In 2025 he received an International Film Music Critics Association nomination alongside Rachel Portman[2] recognizing their critically acclaimed score for Hulu’s Holocaust drama limited series, We Were the Lucky Ones, from director Tommy Kail and writer Erica Lipez, starring Logan Lerman and Joey King. The score has been singled out in reviews such as IndieWire’s The Best TV Scores of 2024: “The music here is wise enough not to try to be more intense than the events that the Kurc family goes through over the course of the Hulu limited series. Instead, the score is often 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.” [3]

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; Golden Globe Award-winning Party of Five,[4] starring Neve Campbell and Scott Wolf; and, Time of Your Life, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Garner.

Scoring sessions at Teldex in Berlin for We Were the Lucky Ones.

## Early Years

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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 at Warner Bros. Feature Animation, writing a musical film titled The Jester with collaborator Stephen Lloyd.

## Other work

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Jon is also a founder of the software company Qwire.[5][6]

## Filmography

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Film

Year  | Film  | Notes
1996  | Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
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  | Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | 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)

## Discography

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* We Were the Lucky Ones (Original Soundtrack)[7]
* Goliath (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack)[8]
* The Slap (Original Television Soundtrack)[9]
* Invasion (Original Soundtrack)

## Award Nominations

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Year  | Award  | Result  | Category  | Series

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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)
2025  | International Film Music Critics Association | Nominated | Best Original Score for a Television Series (Limited Series)  | We Were the Lucky Ones
(Shared with Rachel Portman)[2]

## External links

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* Official website
* Jon Ehrlich at IMDb

## References

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1. ^ "Jon Ehrlich - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins". Television Academy. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
2. ^ a b "2025 IFMCA Awards Nominations". International Film Music Critics Association. January 15, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
3. ^ "The Best TV Scores of 2024". IndieWire. May 31, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
4. ^ "Party of Five – Awards and Nominations". Golden Globes. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
5. ^ Yeager, Tristra Newyear (6 November 2018). "Clearing the Desks, Changing the Industry: Qwire Builds Software to Transform How Music for Picture Gets Licensed, Managed, and Reported". Music Tectonics. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
6. ^ "Jon Ehrlich – World Soundtrack Awards". World Soundtrack Awards. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
7. ^ "We Were the Lucky Ones (Original Soundtrack)". Apple Music. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
8. ^ "Goliath (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack)". Apple Music. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
9. ^ "The Slap (Original Television Soundtrack)". Apple Music. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

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