Guy Erez

Guy Erez

Guy Erez with Alan Parsons Live Project performing in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2010
Background information
Born Kiryat Shmona, Israel
Genres Pop/Rock
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, record producer
Years active 1992–present
Labels Atlantic, Warner Bros., CBS, RCA, DreamWorks, Interscope, Jive
Website GuyErez.com
Notable instruments
Bass

Guy Erez (Hebrew: גיא ארז‎) is a Los Angeles-based songwriter/producer, composer and virtuoso bass player. Born and raised in Israel, Erez moved to Los Angeles in 1992. His songs have appeared in hit movies and TV shows including the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Crash,[1] Grey's Anatomy[2] and Beverly Hills 90210.[3] He is a songwriter and producer on the theme to the Marvel/Disney series The Avengers[4] and has worked with artists such as Gipsy Kings,[5] Ziggy Marley and Alan Parsons.[6]

Songwriting and producing

One of Erez's first hit songs was BareNaked by Jennifer Love Hewitt, which he co-wrote with Meredith Brooks.[7] The song made the Billboard Top 40 charts in 2002. This brought attention to Chrysalis Music, who signed him to a publishing deal, adding him to their roster of staff songwriters. During this time period, he also wrote and produced songs with artitst including Holly Palmer and P.J. Olsson, garnering him another Billboard Top 40 hit with the Ryan Cabrera single "Shine On" for Atlantic Records. Erez also contributed as both songwriter and producer for the title track "Shine" from the second solo album by Sarah Bettens of K's Choice fame and The Gipsy Kings' "Live at Kenwood House in London" DVD released in 2006. He also co-wrote the two most recent Alan Parsons singles with Parsons and P.J. Olsson, "Fragile," and "Do you Live at All."

Film and TV work

Erez has songs in over 100 film and TV shows. His entre into TV was with a song called "Boom da Boom,"[8] which both Fox and Disney used to promote current shows including The Simpsons & King of the Hill. This led to first MTV, then others bringing in Erez to compose on shows for them including The Tom Green Show, The Andy Dick Show (theme song & score), The Whitest Kids U'Know and others. Since then, he has had songs in movies such as Van Wilder, The Perfect Score & Carolina plus TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Beverly Hills 90210, NCIS, The Tonight Show and The Hills, amongst others. More recently, he has been commissioned by Marvel as a writer/producer for titles such as the theme to the series The Avengers, plus their motion comics including Iron Man Extremis & Astonishing X-Men[9] and most recently as composer on Marvel's Adaptive Audio Digital Comic, "Captain America, Winter Soldier" in 2014. Erez is currently composing for the Emmy nominated ABC television series Sea Rescue and The Wildlife Docs, both of which air weekly in the U.S. and worldwide.

Bass player

Erez regularly works playing bass as a session musician. He taught bass playing at Los Angeles Music Academy from 1996 to 2001. His prolific bass performances can be heard in recordings such as the Florence & the Machine theme to Dragon Age II, and also while performing live such as with Randy Coleman opening for The Who at The Hollywood Bowl. Starting in 2010 up through 2015 sees Erez on the road in the band Alan Parsons Live Project as the bass player. He shared the bill in that time period with acts such as Simple Minds, Earth Wind & Fire and David Pack from Ambrosia. He also played bass on Ziggy Marley's Grammy-winning album, "Fly Rasta."

Recent work

Erez is currently songwriting with Alan Parsons [10] and co-wrote Parsons' singles "Fragile," and "Do you Live at All," which released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. He regularly writes, produces and plays bass for up-and-coming bands such as Kina Grannis, Karmina, Right the Stars and his most recent project Yacht Life. Erez also continues to score music for companies like EA, Marvel and Disney on projects such as Marvel's 2014 Captain America Interactive Audio Digital Comic, and TV shows including the Emmy nominated ABC television series Sea Rescue and The Wildlife Docs. Erez's bass playing can be heard on the recently Grammy-winning Ziggy Marley album "Fly Rasta," which released on April 15, 2014.

Selected discography

Year Album Artist Credit
1998 Power Rangers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Bass
2000 Kina Kina Bass
2000 True North Fisher Bass
2002 BareNaked Jennifer Love Hewitt Composer
2003 Girlʼs Night Out Vol 2 Various Artists Composer
2004 Just So You Know Holly Palmer Composer/Producer
2004 Billy Miles Billy Miles Producer/Composer/Bass/Keyboards
2005 Music From and inspired by the Academy Award-winning Movie Crash Original Motion Picture soundtrack Producer
2005 Scream Sarah Bettens Composer
2005 You Stand Watching Ryan Cabrera Composer
2005 Beautifully Insane P.J. Olsson Bass/Composer/Producer/Programming/Mixing
2005 Lost Art of the Idle Moment Carmen Rizzo Bass
2005 Pax Romana xxv Brother Producer/Composer/Keyboards/Programming/Mixing/Engineer
2006 Where's Neil When You Need Him? Neil Gaiman Bass
2006 N Soundtrack Various Artists Composer
2007 To Infinity MissFlag Producer
2007 My Dear New Years Day Composer
2007 American Scream P.J. Olsson Bass/Mixing/Producer/Guitar
2007 Shine Sarah Bettens Composer
2008 Backwards into Beauty Karmina Producer/Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Programming/Mixing
2008 Turn To Stone Becca Composer
2009 Never Say Goodbye Sarah Bettens Producer/Composer/Mixing
2009 Everything You Need Manda Mosher Producer/Composer/Bass/ Acoustic Guitar/Vocal
2009 Eternal Huun-Huur-Tu Fretless Bass
2010 Stairwells Kina Grannis Bass
2011 My Star Marina V Producer/Bass/Guitar/Additional Keyboards/Programming/Mixing/Editing
2014 Fly Rasta Ziggy Marley Bass

Main source for discography:[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Crash Movie Soundtrack on Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  2. ↑ ""You Know the Way" (Acoustic) – Right the Stars video". NME.com. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  3. ↑ "Internet Movie Database". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ↑ "New York Times". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  5. ↑ "How Guy 'Boom Da Boom' Erez made it in LA". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  6. ↑ "Alan Parsons Official Site". AlanParsonsMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  7. ↑ "BareNaked by Jennifer Love Hewitt at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  8. ↑ "Guy Erez at AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  9. ↑ ""Astonishing X-Men: Gifted" Heralds Marvel Knights Motion Comics Line". TheTrades.com. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  10. ↑ "Alan Parsons Trains 16 Attendees at Master Class in Los Angeles". MixOnline.com. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  11. ↑ Guy Erez at Allmusic

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