Born: October 15, 1970 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. 　　 　　Involved with music since the age of 3, when he started to play television themes on his trusty Fisher Price xylophone. He graduated and later taught at Boston's Berklee College of Music. 　　 　　Moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and has since held many positions in the film music industry, including composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor, engineer, copyist, music editor, and session player. 　　 　　Plays piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, french horn, saxophone, Playstation and Xbox. Married to wife Amy and has twins Erin and Connor born in February 2008.