I'm Gerald O'Brien, a Canadian-born, award-winning songwriter, composer, and producer with over three decades of experience across all genres. My work spans television and media, delivering custom cues, themes, and original scores for a wide range of projects—from Entertainment Tonight and NBC/Peacock's Las Vegas TV Show to Hallmark's Memories of Christmas and Olympic broadcasts—with song placements on So You Think You Can Dance, Chicago Fire, The Fosters, and other popular programs.

Gerald O'Brien

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I'm Gerald O'Brien, a Canadian-born, award-winning songwriter, composer, and producer with over three decades of experience across all genres. My work spans television and media, delivering custom cues, themes, and original scores for a wide range of projects—from Entertainment Tonight and NBC/Peacock's Las Vegas TV Show to Hallmark's Memories of Christmas and Olympic broadcasts—with song placements on So You Think You Can Dance, Chicago Fire, The Fosters, and other popular programs.

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I’m Gerald O’Brien, a Canadian-born, award-winning songwriter, composer, and producer with over three decades of experience across all genres.

My work spans television and media, delivering custom cues, themes, and original scores for a wide range of projects—from Entertainment Tonight and NBC/Peacock’s Las Vegas TV Show to Hallmark’s Memories of Christmas and Olympic broadcasts—with song placements on So You Think You Can Dance, Chicago Fire, The Fosters, and other popular programs.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Music Composer/Producer/Songwriter at O'Brien Music Productions
December 31, 1989 - Present
My career has ranged from composing custom cues and themes for Entertainment Tonight, Rachael, Ray, Dr. Phil and the Las Vegas TV Show to scoring for Hallmark, Fox Sports, and a wide array of television and online projects, including many animated TV series. I’ve penned songs for notable artists such as Hall & Oats, Kelsea Ballerini, Lisa Loeb, etc.,and achieved placements on shows such as So You Think You Can Dance, Chicago Fire, and The Fosters. I also co-composed the score for Hallmark’s Memories of Christmas and created original music for Fail Army, People Are Awesome, and Pet Collective. I love collaborating with creative teams to craft music that supports story and emotion.

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Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Telecommunications
    paper Soundcloud Playlists of Composer Cues & Songs

    Here are 2 Souncloud links, one of composer cues, from various projects or shows. The other link is songs that I have written.