Tom Erba
- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
2-time Film And TV Music Awards winner Tom Erba is rapidly establishing
himself as a strong creative musical force in film and television.
In 2005, Warner Brothers produced 13 all-original episodes of the classic animation cartoon Tom & Jerry. In his first-ever submission for a television series, Tom's orchestral demo caught the ear of veteran animation producer Tom Minton, who hired Tom as the newest composer at Warner Brothers Animation, beating out a large pool of veteran, incumbent composers, many of them 20 years his senior, for the coveted classic cartoon. Tom wrote the new orchestral theme song for Tom And Jerry, and delivered 30 minutes of classic animation orchestra with no dialogue each week through all 13 episodes, to an excellent reception from the animation community. An instant hit, Tom & Jerry Tales became the number one animated television show on Saturday morning both domestically and internationally, airing in over 100 countries.
Also a prolific songwriter, Tom has had many featured songs in television shows and feature films, including The Shield, Desperate Housewives, and CSI: Miami.
In 2007, Tom won 2 Film and TV Music Awards - one for Best Score In An Animated Television Series for Tom And Jerry Tales, beating out legendary composer Alf Clausen's score for The Simpsons. He also won Best Use Of Song In A Feature Film for his Driving Hip Hop Anthem, "Bring It On", co-written and performed with recording artist Aloe Blacc for the feature film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, beating out Grammy Winner Moby's "Mysterious Ways" In The Bourne Supremacy.
In 2005, Warner Brothers produced 13 all-original episodes of the classic animation cartoon Tom & Jerry. In his first-ever submission for a television series, Tom's orchestral demo caught the ear of veteran animation producer Tom Minton, who hired Tom as the newest composer at Warner Brothers Animation, beating out a large pool of veteran, incumbent composers, many of them 20 years his senior, for the coveted classic cartoon. Tom wrote the new orchestral theme song for Tom And Jerry, and delivered 30 minutes of classic animation orchestra with no dialogue each week through all 13 episodes, to an excellent reception from the animation community. An instant hit, Tom & Jerry Tales became the number one animated television show on Saturday morning both domestically and internationally, airing in over 100 countries.
Also a prolific songwriter, Tom has had many featured songs in television shows and feature films, including The Shield, Desperate Housewives, and CSI: Miami.
In 2007, Tom won 2 Film and TV Music Awards - one for Best Score In An Animated Television Series for Tom And Jerry Tales, beating out legendary composer Alf Clausen's score for The Simpsons. He also won Best Use Of Song In A Feature Film for his Driving Hip Hop Anthem, "Bring It On", co-written and performed with recording artist Aloe Blacc for the feature film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, beating out Grammy Winner Moby's "Mysterious Ways" In The Bourne Supremacy.