Jon Burlingame is a renowned writer specializing in music for films and television, with a career spanning decades. He is a regular contributor to prominent publications such as Variety and the Los Angeles Times, and has also written for The New York Times, the Washington Post, New York Daily News, Newsday, The Hollywood Reporter, Premiere, Emmy, and Video Review.
As an author, Burlingame has penned four books, including the best-selling and award-winning "The Music of James Bond", the TV-music history "TV's Biggest Hits", and the film-composer encyclopedia "Sound and Vision: 60 Years of Motion Picture Soundtracks".
In addition to his writing, Burlingame is a professor of film-music history at the University of Southern California. He has also hosted numerous concerts and film-music events, including performances by the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the American Youth Symphony in Los Angeles.
Burlingame has appeared on stage to discuss film music at prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and the Television Academy. He has also written notes for concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, and other renowned music halls around the world.
Throughout his career, Burlingame has received several awards and accolades, including the Deems Taylor Award for music journalism and a BMI special citation for his writings and interviews on film and TV composers.
As a media personality, Burlingame has appeared on NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and other networks. He has also written a five-part series, "The Score", for producer Phil Ramone, and hosted and produced a series of radio specials on great film composers for KUSC-FM.
Burlingame has contributed music-related commentaries to numerous DVDs and has written liner notes for dozens of soundtrack albums over the past 30 years. He has also produced several albums of classic television scores, including The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Dr. Kildare, and Mission: Impossible.
