Born in San Francisco, Efrem Bergman began his piano studies at the age of four and made his recital debut at the age of six. At nine he performed at the Junior Bach Festival in Berkeley, and at eleven was presented on his own television program for KCET-TV in San Francisco. He continued to be featured in various recitals and solo performances around the Bay Area.
While studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Efrem competed and placed as one of the finalists in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. After receiving his Bachelors Degree at San Francisco State University, he moved to Los Angeles in 1982 to pursue a career in music.
Efrem performed in many recitals around the greater Los Angeles area and in 1984, he was selected as one of the pianists to participate in the Olympic games opening ceremonies performing Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue. After completing two-year programs at UCLA for each of the film scoring and sound engineering courses, Efrem broadened his career by now composing music for both film and television. Over the past twenty-five years he has developed extensive relationships in the entertainment industry and has built quite a wide range of composing credits.
Efrem has now devoted his career for both composition and teaching. He resides in Woodland Hills, California with his family; Pam his wife and Rebecca his daughter.
ORIGINAL MUSIC - FILM
YEAR TITLE PRODUCTION CO. DIRECTOR
2010 Double Crossed Empire Media Enterprises Gary Anthony Sturgis
2009 The World of Taub Hit and Run Productions Eva Ilona Brzeski
2008 Alice, Upside Down Avondale Entertainment Group Sandy Tung
2007 Creature Unknown Creative Light Michael Burnett
2006 Marci X Paramount Studios Richard Benjamin
2004 Micro-Mini Kids (aka Microscopic Boy) The Kushner-Locke Company Alain Siritzky
2003 Six Days in Roswell Benevolent Authority Productions Roger Nygard
2000 Europa Argonaut Pictures Alan Kalckreuth
1999 Trekkies Neo Motion Pictures Roger Nygard
1998 A Doll In The Dark Kolbeco/Shower Productions Phil Scarpaci
1997 Butterscotch Over Berlin Click Productions (Concord New Horizon) Alain Siritzky
1996 Silent Force Ryan Entertainment David May
1995 New Market (Circlevision) Shower Productions Junichi Mimura
ORIGNAL MUSIC - TELEVISION
Year Title Production Co. Director
2008 The Big Football Game: Animated Rosenbloom Entertainment Declan O'Brian
2007 Cleat and Present Danger PowerSports PowerDocs Tal Dean McAbian
2006 Nostradamus: Beyond the Prophecies PowerSports PowerDocs Tal Dean McAbian
2004 Firefight: Stories from the Front Lines The Learning Channel (TLC) David Wittkower
2003 Japanese Television Music Library Hyperdisk Group Jonathan Platt
2001 The Tiger Woods Story Paramount Studios / Showtime Samual Diaz
2000 Behind the Music: Boy George VH1 / Viacom Paul Gallagher
1998 Without Warning High Voltage (TLC) Gary Benz
1997 Storm Warning GRB Ent. / Discovery Channel Michael Branton
