Jon Ehrlich

Jon Ehrlich is a three-time Emmy-nominated TV and film composer. His primetime Emmy nominations in the Music Composition for a Series category came in recognition for his work on House, M.D., starring Hugh Laurie, The Agency, starring Beau Bridges, and Roar, starring Heath Ledger. His score for Ask Me Anything, starring Martin Sheen, won Best Music in a Feature Film at the Nashville Film Festival.

In 2025 he received an International Film Music Critics Association nomination alongside Rachel Portman recognizing their critically acclaimed score for Hulu’s Holocaust drama limited series, We Were the Lucky Ones, from director Tommy Kail and writer Erica Lipez, starring Logan Lerman and Joey King. The score has been singled out in reviews such as IndieWire’s The Best TV Scores of 2024: “The music here is wise enough not to try to be more intense than the events that the Kurc family goes through over the course of the Hulu limited series. Instead, the score is often a quiet, insistent source of strength and emotional catharsis that the characters cannot allow themselves to show but that we get to feel. Portman and Ehrlich’s work transitions from being as wistful and painful as memories to being as relentless as whatever inner fortitude helps the characters survive — and back again. The result is a musical experience that matches the poignancy of the series.”

Other notable credits include: Amazon’s Goliath, from director Lawrence Trilling, starring Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, and J.K. Simmons; The Resident, starring Matt Czuchry; Parenthood, created by Jason Katims, starring Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, and Craig T. Nelson; About a Boy, created by Jason Katims, starring Minnie Driver; The Slap, developed by Walter Parkes, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, starring Brian Cox, Lucas Hedges, Peter Sarsgaard, and Uma Thurman; Life, starring Damian Lewis; White Collar, starring Matt Bomer; Graceland, starring Aaron Tveit; Invasion, created by Shaun Cassidy; Pitch, created by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer; Karen Sisco, created by Elmore Leonard; The Guardian, starring Simon Baker; Golden Globe Award-winning Party of Five, starring Neve Campbell and Scott Wolf; and, Time of Your Life, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Garner.

Scoring sessions at Teldex in Berlin for We Were the Lucky Ones.

Early years Ehrlich was born in New York City, and grew up in Brooklyn and New Jersey. He studied music and theater as an undergraduate at Yale University, where he wrote two musicals and graduated as a Scholar of the House. He furthered his studies in film scoring at the USC Screen Scoring Program, studying with Jerry Goldsmith, David Raksin, and Buddy Baker. Ehrlich began his career performing on Broadway and writing musicals, and started at Warner Bros. Feature Animation, writing a musical film titled The Jester with collaborator Stephen Lloyd.

Other work Jon is also a founder of the software company Qwire.

Filmography Film Year Film Notes 1996 Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End 1998 Blossoms and Veils 2007 Flakes 2014 Ask Me Anything 2015 Billions in Change 2015 Silent War 2020 Rinse & Repeat Television Year Title Notes 1994 Dead at 21 6 episodes 1997–1998 Frontline 3 episodes 1997 Roar 13 episodes 1998–1999 Mercy Point 7 episodes 1998–2000 Party of Five 49 episodes 1999–2001 Time of Your Life 19 episodes 2000–2001 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family 25 episodes 2001–2003 The Agency 45 episodes 2001–2004 The Guardian 67 episodes 2002–2003 Baby Bob 14 episodes 2003 Tarzan 8 episodes 2003–2004 Karen Sisco 10 episodes 2004 Hawaii 7 episodes 2004–2005 The Mountain 13 episodes 2004–2005 Tru Calling 26 episodes 2004–2012 House 176 episodes 2005 Bound for Glory 8 episodes 2006 Waterfront 5 episodes 2006 Misconceptions 7 episodes 2005–2006 Invasion 22 episodes 2006 Conviction 13 episodes 2007–2009 Life 32 episodes 2008 Women's Murder Club 4 episodes 2009–2014 White Collar 81 episodes 2010 Past Life 1 episode 2010–2015 Parenthood 103 episodes 2012 Ruth & Erica 13 episodes 2013–2015 Graceland 38 episodes 2014–2015 About a Boy 33 episodes 2015 The Slap 8 episodes 2016 Pitch 10 episodes 2016 Heartbeat 10 episodes 2016 Recovery Road 10 episodes 2016–2021 Goliath 32 episodes 2017 APB 12 episodes 2018–2023 The Resident 107 episodes 2020 Party of Five 10 episodes 2023 We Were the Lucky Ones Miniseries (8 episodes)

Discography We Were the Lucky Ones (Original Soundtrack) Goliath (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack) The Slap (Original Television Soundtrack) Invasion (Original Soundtrack)

Award Nominations