Brett Epstein (born January 5, 1978) is a musician, songwriter and record producer.[1][2][3] He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Epstein is a writer on the Kimberly Caldwell (American Idol) debut album "Without Regret", co-writing "Taking Back My Life". The album was released by Capitol Records.[4][5][6] He wrote and produced two tracks entitled "Perfect Stranger" and "Temporary Life" on the Hilary Duff film Material Girls.[7][8][9][10] Epstein has had his songs featured on PBS, specifically in a 9-11 special with the song "United States (Take A Good Look)",[11][12][13] and he has had his songs used on the CBS show Ghost Whisperer.[14][15] Epstein also had three songs on the USA Olympic Medalist Carly Patterson's debut Album 'Back to the Beginning' distributed by Universal Republic Records.[16] In 2012 Epstein worked with Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls co-writing and co-producing their single Come With Me.[17][18] It was released on July 17, 2012,[19][20][21][22] Brett played electric guitars on "Pride" off Cher's final album entitled, "Closer To The Truth" released Sept 24th 2013.

Brett Epstein
Brett Epstein Photo
Epstein at the piano
Background information
Birth nameBrett Epstein
Born (1978-01-05) January 5, 1978 (age 46)
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresPop, pop rock, R&B
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Piano, Keyboards, Rhodes, Guitar, Drums, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar,Ukulele, Whistle
Years active2006–present
Websitebrettepstein.com

Epstein performs on all of his recordings (mainly pianos, synthesizers, guitars, and drum programming).

Discography

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Song Artist Album Label
Pride Cher Closer To The Truth Warner Bros.
Taking Back My Life Kimberly Caldwell Without Regret Capitol Records
Come With Me Brown Eyed Girls The Original Sony Music
Wing Kim Bo Kyoung groWing Sony Korea
Perfect Stranger Material Girls Material Girls Motion Picture Soundtrack MGM (2006)
Let Me Inside Big Mama TBD Taillrunsmedia/YG Entertainment (2010)
I'm Not Supposed To Know Ryan Beatty TBD OcSkee Entertainment
That's How I Roll Jordan Jansen TBD Kite Records (2011)
Fall Short K. Michelle TBD RCA Records (2012)
Gone Carly Patterson Back to the Beginning[23] Music Mind Records (2010)
The Chase Carly Patterson Back to the beginning Music Mind Records [24] (2010)
Temporary Life (Ordinary Girl) [25] Carly Patterson Back to the beginning Music Mind Records (2010)
Sidewalks Brian Lam EP Contagious Songs (2012)

TV/film

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Song Show/film Production
Perfect Stranger Ghost Whisperer CBS
United States (Take A Good Look) 9-11 Looking Back... Moving Forward PBS
Perfect Stranger Material Girls MGM
Music Fox Sports Fox Sports
Music The Real Gilligan's Island[26][27] CBS
Temporary Life Material Girls MGM
Music The Sweat Solution-30 for 30[28][29][30][31] ESPN
Music LIFE FLIGHT[32]

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Lifetime (TV network)
Music Operation Match[36] ESPN Films
Music Little Blue Box[37] ESPN Films
Music All the Rage (Saved by Sarno)[38] RUMUR Inc.
Music Best Leftovers Ever[39] Netflix
Music Botched[40] E!
Music Double Shot At Love MTV
Music I Am Jazz TLC
Music Jersey Shore MTV
Music Love At First Flight[41] MTV
Music Floribama Shore MTV
Music My Big Fat Fabulous Life TLC
Music Sweet Home[42] Netflix
Music Zombie House Flipping[43] A&E
Music Win or Else[44][45] ESPN Films
Music The Ripe Stuff SC Featured, ESPN, ESPN+
Music Bananaland[46] ESPN2, ESPN+
Music True Character[47] ESPN

Notes

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  1. ^ "Brett Epstein - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Brett Epstein Credits - ARTISTdirect Music". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Brett Epstein @ ARTISTdirect.com - Free Brett Epstein Music Videos, Downloads, News, Biography, MP3, Lyrics and More". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Without Regret - Kimberly Caldwell : Credits". AllMusic. April 19, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  5. ^ "M Music & Musicians Magazine » KIMBERLY CALDWELL". Mmusicmag.com. August 19, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  6. ^ Kimberly Caldwell. "Taking Back My Life - Kimberly Caldwell". Billboard.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  7. ^ ""Temporary Life" from MGM motion picture Material Girls .mov". YouTube. July 16, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  8. ^ "Filmography for Brett Epstein". Tcm.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  9. ^ "Perfect Stranger/Material Girls.mov". YouTube. July 17, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  10. ^ Material Girls (2006) - IMDb
  11. ^ "In the Mix - 9-11: Looking Back...Moving Forward". Pbs.org. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  12. ^ "Credits". Berklee.edu. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  13. ^ "9/11 Tribute Song by Berklee Students - "United States" by martysilverstonepw on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free". Soundcloud.com. September 11, 2011. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  14. ^ "Ghost Whisperer-Jennifer Love Hewitt-"Perfect Stranger" video on CastTV". Casttv.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  15. ^ "Perfect Stranger on the Ghost Whisperer.mov". YouTube. July 17, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  16. ^ http://www.universalrepublic.com/home/
  17. ^ "[Rom || Eng Lyrics] Brown Eyed Girls – Come With Me « KROMANIZED – Lyrics". Kromanized.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  18. ^ "Brown Eyed Girls return with "The Original" - Yahoo!". My.entertainment.yahoo.com. July 19, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  19. ^ "Brown Eyed Girls release digital single 'The Original'". Allkpop.com. July 16, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  20. ^ "Brown Eyed Girls releases "The Original," digital single | Oh! Kpop stars celebrity news and gossip!". Ohkpop.com. July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  21. ^ "Brown Eyed Girls releases "The Original," digital single - Korea Kpop Daily Entertainment | Korea Kpop Daily Entertainment". Infokpop.info. July 16, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ 음악이 필요한 순간, 멜론 (in Korean). MelOn. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  23. ^ "Back to the Beginning by Carly Patterson @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  24. ^ "Music Mind Records". Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  25. ^ "Temporary Life by Carly Patterson". YouTube. June 20, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  26. ^ "TBS.com - the Real Gilligan's Island". Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  27. ^ "The Real Gilligan's Island". IMDb.
  28. ^ "The Sweat Solution - ESPN Films: 30 for 30".
  29. ^ "30 for 30 Shorts: The Sweat Solution - ESPN Video". May 24, 2017. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015.
  30. ^ "30 for 30 Shorts: The Sweat Solution". January 21, 2015.
  31. ^ "The Fascinating Origins of Gatorade". January 21, 2015.
  32. ^ "Lifetime TV Shows".
  33. ^ "Lifetime TV Shows".
  34. ^ "Life Flight: Trauma Center Houston Premieres on Lifetime".
  35. ^ "Memorial Hermann's Life Flight stars in Lifetime reality show". February 19, 2015.
  36. ^ "What Online Dating Was Like in the 1960s". August 12, 2015.
  37. ^ "Before They Created Apple, Jobs and Wozniak Hacked the Phone System". November 4, 2015.
  38. ^ "All the Rage (2016)". IMDb.
  39. ^ "Best Leftovers Ever". IMDb. 2020.
  40. ^ "Botched". IMDb. 2020.
  41. ^ "Love At First Flight". IMDb. 2018.
  42. ^ "Sweet Home". IMDb. 2020.
  43. ^ "Zombie House Flipping". IMDb. 2019.
  44. ^ "Win or Else (2020)". March 16, 2021.
  45. ^ "Win or Else UK Title Team (2020)".
  46. ^ "Premiere of 'Bananaland' Original Series, Live 'Banana Ball' Games". August 20, 2022.
  47. ^ "The "Stoernover" Sets the Stage for Newest SEC Storied Film, "True Character" Debuting in November".