Earl Rose (composer)

Earl Alexander Rose (born September 5, 1946) is an American composer, pianist, arranger, and conductor. In addition to writing scores for film and television, he has also written several well-known Pop and R&B songs. His film scores include Always at the Carlyle,[1] Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, a PBS American Masters presentation, and the Peabody Winning documentary, Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times.

Earl Rose
Earl Rose in 2012
Born
Earl Alexander Rose

(1946-09-05) September 5, 1946
New York City
OccupationComposer, pianist, conductor

Early life

Rose was born and raised in New York City and began taking music and piano lessons at the age of seven. He attended and graduated from the Mannes College of Music with a major in piano in 1970, having studied with Francis Dillon and Edith Oppens.[2] During his second year of college, he studied at the Vienna Academy of Music. He also studied conducting at the Juilliard School.

Life and career

Rose began his composing and conducting career while still in college in the late 1960s, as assistant music conductor for NBC's The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, when the show was based in New York.[1] He continued a part-time affiliation with the show until Carson's departure in 1992.[3] Beginning in 1976, one of his first television composing credits was co-writing songs with lyricist Judy Spencer for the CBS television series, Captain Kangaroo. In 1981, he composed the score for the television movie, Thin Ice, and in 1986, he wrote for ABC television's Dick Cavett Show. Rose was the composer for ABC television's Ryan's Hope series between 1983 and 1989. He also wrote for ABC's series All My Children from 1990 to 1995.

Beginning in 2002, Rose composed scores for over a dozen History Channel and A&E Television documentaries and mini-series, including Masada, Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific, The Presidents, Remember the Alamo, and In The Shadow Of Cold Mountain. In 1996, he began composing scores for documentary films written and directed by Peter Jones. These include Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow, Stardust: The Bette Davis Story,[4] Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times, and Johnny Carson: King of Late Night.

His music has been featured on TV shows such as American Woman, Shameless, The Brave, The Magicians, Pan Am, The West Wing, ER, Sex and The City, and many others. In 2008, he was the pianist for the TV special, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All, accompanying Elvis Costello, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Rose's other film score credits include Mad Dog Time, and original music featured in New Year's Eve, About Schmidt, White Oleander, and Gunshy. He wrote the song arrangements for The Object of My Affection.

Rose's songwriting and recording credits include co-writing "Right From the Heart", recorded by Johnny Mathis, "Every Beat of My Heart", co-written and recorded by Brian McKnight,[5] "I Found Love", co-written and recorded by Peabo Bryson, and the Emmy Winning and platinum-selling song, "Love Is A Gift", recorded by Olivia Newton-John and co-written with Victoria Shaw and Olivia Newton-John.

Rose has received numerous accolades for his music, including 13 Daytime Emmy Award nominations, winning one, and a News and Documentary Emmy Award nomination.[6] He has also won three ASCAP awards for composing one of the five most performed songs on television.

As a conductor and pianist, Rose's guest appearances have included the Pacific Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Lubbock Symphony and the San Angelo Symphony. In addition, during the 1990 to 1991 concert season, he performed in and conducted the Columbia Artist Festival's concert presentation, The Irving Berlin Century, in 106 US cities.

For the past 25 years, he has performed a residency as a pianist in Bemelman's Bar at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City.[1][2][7] His score for the feature documentary film Always at the Carlyle features a wide range of styles that reflect the history of the 87-year-old hotel.[8]

Awards and nominations

News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Qualification Title Date
Nominated Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound for Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific History Channel[9] 2004

Daytime Emmy Awards
Qualification Title Year
Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for As the World Turns[10] 2000
Nominated Outstanding Original Song for As the World Turns for the song "You Are (Where I Belong)"[11] 1999
Won Outstanding Original Song for As the World Turns for the song "This Is Our Moment". Tied with General Hospital. 1999
Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for As the World Turns[12] 1998
Nominated Outstanding Original Song for All My Children for the song "I Found Love"[13] 1993
Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for Another World 1991
Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for ABC Afterschool Special for episode "My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? (#18.1)" 1990
Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for Ryan's Hope[14] 1989

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
Qualification Title Date
Won Most Performed Underscore[15] 1994
Won Most Performed Underscore[16] 1993

Film credits
Film Title Date
Always at the Carlyle 2018
New Year's Eve 2011
Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times 2009
Gunshy 1998
Mad Dog Time 1996

Television credits
Show Title Date
Angeleno 2015
Carson on TCM[17] 2013–2014
Ryan's Hope 1983–1989
Thin Ice 1981
My Dad Can't Be Crazy, Can He? 1989
Hard Times for an American Girl: The Great Depression 2009
WWII in HD: The Air War 2010
70's Fever 2008
Joe And Max
Sesame Street 2007
Biography: James Woods 2007
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story[18] 2006
Secret Missions of the Civil War 2005
The presidents 2005
Countdown To Armageddon 2004
Rescue at Dawn: The Los Banos Raid 2004
Nazi Spies in America 2004
In The shadow of Cold Mountain 2003
Remember the Alamo 2003
Nostradamus: 500 Years Later
Modern Marvels: Convertibles 2003
Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific
Masada 2002
Sex And World War II 2002
The Dick Cavett Show 1986

Recordings

As a pianist, Rose has recorded for Gramavision Records, Columbia Records, Varese-Sarabande Records, Piano Disc, Steinway[19] and his own label, Amadeus Music Company. These recordings include Solo, Color, Rhythm and Magic: favorite Songs From Disney Classics, Take My Breath Away, Earl Rose Plays Burt Bacharach, Great Movie Themes, Guys and Dolls, and New Standards (2018).

His soundtrack recordings include Stardust: The Bette Davis Story,[18] Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times, Johnny Carson: King Of Late Night, and Always At The Carlyle (2018).

As an arranger, he arranged Audra McDonald's recording of "You Were Meant For Me", featured in the film The Object of My Affection and singer Barbara Lusch's CD Rock Me Sweet.

References
  1. Bare, Justin. "Star-Studded Documentary on Carlyle Hotel Lands Emmy-Winning Composer". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. Binelli, Mark. "Last of a Rare Breed: The Manhattan Piano Player". The New York Times Magazine.
  3. Lindsey, Robert (April 20, 1979). "Carson Leaving 'Tonight Show'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. "Earl Rose's Stardust". ASCAP.
  5. "Every Beat of My Heart -Credits". discogs.
  6. "Awards – Earl Rose". IMDb.
  7. Nadelson, Reggie. "A Bar Revered for Its Old-Fashioned Charm and Witty Murals". NY Times Magazine. The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  8. "Star-Studded Documentary on Carlyle Hotel Lands Emmy-Winning Composer". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  9. "Wake Island: Alamo of the Pacific -Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.
  10. "The 28th Daytime Emmy Awards". Soapcentral.
  11. "The 27th Daytime Emmy Awards". Soapcentral.
  12. "The 26th Daytime Emmy Awards". Soapcentral.
  13. "Peabo Bryson Awards". IMDb.
  14. "Daytime Emmy Awards Results- 1989". IMDb.
  15. "ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards – 1994". IMDb.
  16. "ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards – 1993". IMDb.
  17. Kemp, Stuart. "Emmy-Winning Composer Earl Rose to Pen Theme for 'Carson on TCM'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  18. "Stardust: The Bette Davis Story". Library of Congress.
  19. "Steinway Artists: Earl Rose". Steinway Pianos.
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