George Gabriel
Encyclopedia
George Gabriel is a multi-instrumentalist
, composer
, and musician
who melded his artistic talents over the past two decades composing and scoring music
for television and film. His television composing career began in 1996 when he started working with the news music company Gari Communications. After spending the next few years building his musical career on the air, he landed several contracts writing and scoring music that included National Geographic
television themes and promos, as well as "The Film Zone" and Pro TV
Network ID's. In 1999 he joined with composers Cory Lerios
and John D'Andrea
to score Baywatch Hawaii
(the final 2 seasons of the Baywatch
episodic franchise).
Since 1999, Gabriel has scored many shows including Lifetime TV's Intimate Portrait
, Universal Studios
' The Mummy (the animated series)
, E!
's Diary of an Affair, and Shopaholic 911, Fox Reality's
Rob & Amber - Against The Odds, Discovery Kids
/TLC
's Toddworld
, Court TV's Strange Felony Files, Lean Forward Media's direct DVD release of Choose Your Own Adventure
, DirecTV
's "Hometown Heroes", Fox Reality's Sex Decoy - Love Stings as well as many other episodic source pieces and promos.
George has also written many themes including Disney's Kim Possible
, "Call Me, Beep Me (if you Want to Reach me)". It was the first Disney produced song to reach #1 on Disney Radio
staying there for 14 weeks. Other theme songs he has written are National Geographic's, "Surviving Everest", "Extreme Planet", "On The Edge", and "Inside The Pentagon", and Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto
", and several other themes.
George has a long list of songs that he has written and co-written for television, including many songs for Kim Possible
like "Could It Be" featuring Christy Romano, "A Special Shining Star" featuring En Vogue
's Cindy Herron Braggs,"Once You Get To Know Them" featuring Kel Mitchel, "A Friend Is A Friend" featuring Geoff Byrd
, "Watching You" featuring Samantha Lombardi, and "A Colorful World" featuring Smokey Robinson
, "Corta El Pelo" featuring Broadway's Jersey Boy
Sebastian Arcelus
and "Going to the Barbershop" featuring Dora and Boots for Nickelodeon's
"Dora The Explorer
". He currently is the musical director who plays guitar, drums & sings as well as the announcer on the game show, Pictureka!.
In 2009 George released his first solo album titled Everyday Miracles available on iTunes and many other digital music delivery sites. Everyday Miracles is about life, love and faith. The inspiration of this album comes from George’s walk in faith and how his trials and celebrations have formed who he is today. George achieves this body of work by utilizing his talents of drums, bass, guitar, piano and vocals. Every aspect of this recording is written, engineered, played and produced by George in his Southern California studio. The song "Here I Am" is featured in the film "Live To Forgive" which George also scored - to be released in 2010.
In 2010 George appeared on The Hub's show Pictureka! as the one man band "G" and taped 66 episodes. The show can be seen seven days a week on The Hub. George also signed on for Season 7 of Nickelodeon's
"Dora The Explorer
" and has written many songs for this season. George appeared on The Hub's show Hubworld
as "G" from Pictureka! to sing some Christmas songs for their holiday episode.
In 2011 George continued his work with The Hub by scoring the show Scrabble Showdown with host Justin Kredible
.
's founding member Cory Lerios, the possibility of a band reunion with the original members was discussed; with one addition, adding George Gabriel to the band. Gabriel and Lerios began playing with drummer Steve Price
in the fall of 2004 and band frontman David Jenkins
joined them in early 2005. The lineup worked out flawlessly and they began touring in late spring of 2005, and had begun to work on new material as well as the tunes that won the band their fan base in years past. In Pablo Cruise, George has played along with many other major acts like Little River Band
, Starship with Mickey Thomas
, The Beach Boys
, The Doobie Brothers
and Journey
. In November 2009 George and Pablo Cruise parted company.
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
who melded his artistic talents over the past two decades composing and scoring music
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
for television and film. His television composing career began in 1996 when he started working with the news music company Gari Communications. After spending the next few years building his musical career on the air, he landed several contracts writing and scoring music that included National Geographic
National Geographic Channel (UK)
The National Geographic Channel is a television channel that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. It features some programming similar to that on the Discovery Channel such as nature and science documentaries. The channel was launched in Europe in September 1997 and...
television themes and promos, as well as "The Film Zone" and Pro TV
Pro TV
Launched in December 1995, Pro TV reaches almost 99% of Romania’s 21.5 million people and has 48% of its broadcast schedule comprising locally-produced programs...
Network ID's. In 1999 he joined with composers Cory Lerios
Cory Lerios
Cory Lerios is an American pianist and vocalist noted for his fast and flowing style of playing. He is one of the founding members of the platinum-record selling rock and roll band Pablo Cruise, and for the past 30 years has scored music for film and television.-History:Cory Lerios got his first...
and John D'Andrea
John D'Andrea
John D'Andrea is an American television composer, arranger and music writer.-Biography:D'Andrea, as a boy, was interested in being a musician, due to his father's career playing the saxophone in local New Jersey bands, and his father, because of this, gave him a saxophone for his ninth birthday...
to score Baywatch Hawaii
Baywatch
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...
(the final 2 seasons of the Baywatch
Baywatch
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...
episodic franchise).
Since 1999, Gabriel has scored many shows including Lifetime TV's Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait (TV series)
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject....
, Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
' The Mummy (the animated series)
The Mummy: The Animated Series
The Mummy: The Animated Series is an animated television series produced by Universal Animation Studios to capitalize on the success of The Mummy....
, E!
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...
's Diary of an Affair, and Shopaholic 911, Fox Reality's
Fox Reality Channel
Fox Reality Channel was an all reality television channel available on cable and satellite television in the United States. It was launched on May 24, 2005 and was owned by the Fox Entertainment Group. It featured many shows that were previously on the Fox network...
Rob & Amber - Against The Odds, Discovery Kids
Discovery Kids
Discovery Kids is an American website owned by Discovery Communications, Inc. created for children. Until October 10, 2010, it was an American digital cable specialty channel, owned by Discovery Communications with television programming for education of children. It was launched in October 1996...
/TLC
TLC (TV channel)
TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...
's Toddworld
Toddworld
ToddWorld is an animated children's TV programme about the adventures of a boy named Todd and his friends.ToddWorld features the artistic style of Todd Parr's children's books and was created by Todd Parr and writer Gerry Renert of SupperTime Entertainmenet...
, Court TV's Strange Felony Files, Lean Forward Media's direct DVD release of Choose Your Own Adventure
Choose Your Own Adventure
Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based on a...
, DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
's "Hometown Heroes", Fox Reality's Sex Decoy - Love Stings as well as many other episodic source pieces and promos.
George has also written many themes including Disney's Kim Possible
Kim Possible
Kim Possible is an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the...
, "Call Me, Beep Me (if you Want to Reach me)". It was the first Disney produced song to reach #1 on Disney Radio
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
staying there for 14 weeks. Other theme songs he has written are National Geographic's, "Surviving Everest", "Extreme Planet", "On The Edge", and "Inside The Pentagon", and Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto
Neil Cavuto
Neil Patrick Cavuto is an American television anchor and commentator on the Fox Business Network and host of three television programs, Your World with Neil Cavuto and Cavuto on Business, both on the Fox News Channel and Cavuto on sister channel Fox Business Network.Cavuto also tapes a nightly...
", and several other themes.
George has a long list of songs that he has written and co-written for television, including many songs for Kim Possible
Kim Possible
Kim Possible is an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the...
like "Could It Be" featuring Christy Romano, "A Special Shining Star" featuring En Vogue
En Vogue
En Vogue is an American female R&B vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music...
's Cindy Herron Braggs,"Once You Get To Know Them" featuring Kel Mitchel, "A Friend Is A Friend" featuring Geoff Byrd
Geoff Byrd
Geoff Byrd is an American musician, born in Portland, Oregon. He has been credited as the first artist to break into mainstream music by way of the internet. Byrd was the lead singer of the band The Likes Of You...
, "Watching You" featuring Samantha Lombardi, and "A Colorful World" featuring Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
, "Corta El Pelo" featuring Broadway's Jersey Boy
Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is a documentary-style musical, based on one of the most successful 1960s rock 'n roll groups, the Four Seasons...
Sebastian Arcelus
Sebastian Arcelus
Sebastian Arcelus is an American actor. He has made a career in theatre on Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He made his Broadway debut in Rent, first as a swing, covering the male ensemble roles as well as Mark and Roger, and then as Roger...
and "Going to the Barbershop" featuring Dora and Boots for Nickelodeon's
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
"Dora The Explorer
Dora the Explorer
Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. It aired on CBS until...
". He currently is the musical director who plays guitar, drums & sings as well as the announcer on the game show, Pictureka!.
In 2009 George released his first solo album titled Everyday Miracles available on iTunes and many other digital music delivery sites. Everyday Miracles is about life, love and faith. The inspiration of this album comes from George’s walk in faith and how his trials and celebrations have formed who he is today. George achieves this body of work by utilizing his talents of drums, bass, guitar, piano and vocals. Every aspect of this recording is written, engineered, played and produced by George in his Southern California studio. The song "Here I Am" is featured in the film "Live To Forgive" which George also scored - to be released in 2010.
In 2010 George appeared on The Hub's show Pictureka! as the one man band "G" and taped 66 episodes. The show can be seen seven days a week on The Hub. George also signed on for Season 7 of Nickelodeon's
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
"Dora The Explorer
Dora the Explorer
Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. It aired on CBS until...
" and has written many songs for this season. George appeared on The Hub's show Hubworld
Hubworld
Hubworld is a children's news magazine television series airing in the United States on The Hub, and produced by Natural 9 Entertainment with an association with Hasbro Studios. The program premiered on November 5, 2010 and is hosted by actor/magician Justin "Kredible" Willman...
as "G" from Pictureka! to sing some Christmas songs for their holiday episode.
In 2011 George continued his work with The Hub by scoring the show Scrabble Showdown with host Justin Kredible
Justin Kredible
Justin "Kredible" Willman is an American actor, magician and entertainer. He currently hosts two Food Network series, Cupcake Wars and Last Cake Standing, and The Hub series, Hubworld,. and will also host the upcoming Scrabble Showdown for The Hub...
.
Pablo Cruise
After a long working relationship with the California rock band Pablo CruisePablo Cruise
Pablo Cruise is a pop/rock band currently composed of David Jenkins , Cory Lerios , Steve Price and Larry Antonino . Formed in 1973, the band released eight studio albums over the next decade, during which time four singles reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart...
's founding member Cory Lerios, the possibility of a band reunion with the original members was discussed; with one addition, adding George Gabriel to the band. Gabriel and Lerios began playing with drummer Steve Price
Steve Price (musician)
Steve Price is the drummer and percussionist for the California smooth rock band Pablo Cruise. Price was member of the band at its conception in 1973 and stayed until early 1981. In 2004, Price and two other original members of the band re-united with a new member, George Gabriel, to tour across...
in the fall of 2004 and band frontman David Jenkins
David Jenkins (musician)
David Jenkins is the lead singer for the California smooth rock band Pablo Cruise. Jenkins was a member of the band at its conception in 1973, and stayed until they disbanded in 1985. In 2004, Jenkins and two other original members of the band re-united with a new member, George Gabriel, to tour...
joined them in early 2005. The lineup worked out flawlessly and they began touring in late spring of 2005, and had begun to work on new material as well as the tunes that won the band their fan base in years past. In Pablo Cruise, George has played along with many other major acts like Little River Band
Little River Band
Little River Band is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in early 1975.The group chose the name after passing a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong, on the way to a performance. Little River Band enjoyed sustained commercial success in not only...
, Starship with Mickey Thomas
Mickey Thomas
John Michael Thomas aka Mickey Thomas is an American singer.-Early career:Thomas was inspired to pursue a career in music after travelling to Atlanta with long time childhood friends Charles Connell and Tommy Verran to see a Beatles performance in 1965. Thomas, Connell, and Verran wound up in...
, The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
, The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. The group has sold over 40 million units worldwide throughout their career. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.-Original incarnation:...
and Journey
Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...
. In November 2009 George and Pablo Cruise parted company.