Born in Missouri, Eric grew up in Orange County, California. His family spent
summers in his mother's native Norway, and Eric credits this time in
the land of Ibsen, Grieg and Munch for helping fuel his artistic
desires. By the time he graduated from high school, his fate was
sealed: he was determined to make a life in music.
Giving up plans to be a doctor, Eric enrolled in the prestigious music
program at UCLA, where during the day he was mentored by famed composer
David Raskin (Laura) and at night fronted a busy rock band, Witness.
After graduating with a double major in music and theatre, he took the
route of countless artists before him and moved to Paris. It was in
"The City of Light" that Eric was exposed to computers, synthesizers
and sequencers, which led him to the dark and decadent city of Berlin
to explore these emerging musical technologies. Barely scraping by with
piano gigs in hotels and bars, Eric landed his big break working with
the legendary electronic group Tangerine Dream, who exploded into
popularity with their landmark score for the Tom Cruise classic Risky
Business. After scoring Ridley Scott's Legend with Tangerine Dream,
Eric was commissioned to compose a new score for Sergei Eisenstein's
epic masterpiece, Battleship Potemkin. The premiere was a big hit at
the Berlin Film Festival, generating offers that led him back to Los
Angeles.
While he's best known for the prodigious amount of film and television
work he's done since his return to L.A., Eric has stayed true to his
classical roots by writing music for ballet, opera, theatre, and solo
piano. He's also released several CD's featuring his operas, ballet,
songs, piano compositions, children's music and Native American music.
