Alton, Ed

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Alton, Ed

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Agent—Soundtrack Music Associates, 2229 Cloverfield Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405.

Career:

Composer.

Awards, Honors:

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards, top television series, 1996, 1997, 1998, all for The Single Guy; ASCAP Awards, top television series, 1997, 1998, both for Suddenly Susan; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding music and lyrics, 1998, for The Closer.

CREDITS

Television Music Arranger; Series:

Maybe It's Me, The WB, 2001.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

A Wake in Providence, Indican Pictures, 1999.

Film Additional Music:

(Uncredited) My Demon Lover, New Line Cinema, 1987.

The Perfect Weapon, Paramount, 1991.

Television Scores; Series:

Head of the Class, ABC, 1986.

Poison, Showtime, 1988.

Molloy, Fox, 1990.

Salute Your Shorts, Nickelodeon, 1991.

Billy, ABC, 1992.

Running the Halls, NBC, 1993.

Tall Hopes, CBS, 1993.

Daddy Dearest, Fox, 1993.

Wild Oats, Fox, 1994.

The Martin Short Show, NBC, 1994.

Something Wilder, NBC, 1994.

Bless This House, CBS, 1995.

The Single Guy, NBC, 1995.

The Faculty, ABC, 1996.

The Closer, CBS, 1998.

Nikki, The WB, 2001-2002.

Duets (also known as MTV's "Duets"), MTV, 2003.

Run of the House, The WB, 2003.

Kevin Hill, UPN, 2005.

My Boys, TBS, 2006.

Television Theme Music; Series:

The Closer, CBS, 1998.

Duets (also known as MTV's "Duets"), MTV, 2003.

Television Additional Music; Series:

Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (also known as NCIS and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service), CBS, 2003.

Television Additional Music; Movies:

(Uncredited) The One, ABC Family, 2003.

Television Scores; Specials:

The Show Formerly Known as "The Martin Short Show," NBC, 1995.

The Celebrity Look-Alike Show, The WB, 2003.

Television Themes; Pilots:

Anna, NBC, 1990.

Television Scores; Pilots:

A Girl's Life, ABC, 1989.

Anna, NBC, 1990.

Acting Sheriff, CBS, 1991.

A Perfect Life, UPN, 1995.

My Boys, TBS, 2006.

Television Scores; Episodic:

"A Boy Like That," Suddenly Susan, 1997.

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