Guy Erez

Guy Erez (Hebrew: גיא ארז‎‎) is a Los Angeles-based songwriter/producer, composer and virtuoso bass player. Born and raised in Israel, Erez moved to Los Angeles in 1992. His songs have appeared in hit movies and TV shows including the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Crash, Grey's Anatomy and Beverly Hills 90210. He is a songwriter and producer on the theme to the Marvel/Disney series The Avengers and has worked with artists such as Gipsy Kings, Miley Cyrus, Ziggy Marley and Alan Parsons.

One of Erez's first hit songs was BareNaked by Jennifer Love Hewitt, which he co-wrote with Meredith Brooks. The song made the Billboard Top 40 charts in 2002. This brought attention to Chrysalis Music, who signed him to a publishing deal, adding him to their roster of staff songwriters. During this time period, he also wrote and produced songs with artitst including Holly Palmer and P.J. Olsson, garnering him another Billboard Top 40 hit with the Ryan Cabrera single "Shine On" for Atlantic Records. Erez also contributed as both songwriter and producer for the title track "Shine" from the second solo album by Sarah Bettens of K's Choice fame and The Gipsy Kings' "Live at Kenwood House in London" DVD released in 2006. He also co-wrote the two most recent Alan Parsons singles with Parsons and P.J. Olsson, "Fragile," and "Do you Live at All."

Erez has songs in over 100 films and TV shows. His entre into TV was with a song called "Boom da Boom," which both Fox and Disney used to promote current shows including The Simpsons & King of the Hill. This led to first MTV, then others bringing in Erez to compose on shows for them including The Tom Green Show, The Andy Dick Show (theme song & score), The Whitest Kids U'Know and others. Since then, he has had songs in movies such as Van Wilder, The Perfect Score & Carolina plus TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Beverly Hills 90210, NCIS, The Tonight Show and The Hills, amongst others. More recently, he has been commissioned by Marvel as a writer/producer for titles such as the theme to the series The Avengers, plus their motion comics including Iron Man Extremis & Astonishing X-Men and most recently as composer on Marvel's Adaptive Audio Digital Comic, "Captain America, Winter Soldier" in 2014. Erez is currently composing for the Emmy winning ABC television series Sea Rescue and the Emmy nominated TV series The Wildlife Docs, both of which air weekly in the U.S. and worldwide.

Erez regularly works playing bass as a session musician. He taught bass playing at Los Angeles Music Academy from 1996 to 2001. His prolific bass performances can be heard in recordings such as the Florence & the Machine theme to Dragon Age II, and also while performing live such as with Randy Coleman opening for The Who at The Hollywood Bowl. Starting in 2010 up through 2015 sees Erez on the road in the band Alan Parsons Live Project as the bass player. He shared the bill in that time period with acts such as Simple Minds, Earth Wind & Fire and David Pack from Ambrosia. He also played bass on Ziggy Marley's Grammy-winning album, "Fly Rasta."

Erez is currently songwriting with Alan Parsonsand co-wrote Parsons' singles "Fragile," and "Do you Live at All," which released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. He regularly writes, produces and plays bass for up-and-coming bands such as Kina Grannis, Karmina, Right the Stars and his most recent project Yacht Life. Erez also continues to score music for companies like EA, Marvel and Disney on projects such as Marvel's 2014 Captain America Interactive Audio Digital Comic, and TV shows including the Emmy nominated ABC television series Sea Rescue and The Wildlife Docs. Erez's bass playing can be heard on the recently Grammy-winning Ziggy Marley album "Fly Rasta," which released on April 15, 2014.

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