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name: "Ernest Troost"
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fi1m_id: "ernest-troost"
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tmdb_id: 37592
wikidata_id: "Q1356550"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "19 June 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T07:57:54.197663+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ernest Troost

## Identity

Ernest Troost

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ernest-troost
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ernest-troost
- **IMDb ID:** nm0873560
- **TMDB ID:** 37592
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1356550
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37592

Composer. Born 19 June 1953 in Connecticut.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 19 June 1953, Connecticut
- **Also known as:** Ernest V. Troost
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37592

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Tremors*](https://film.one/film/tremors.md) (82)

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## Biography

Ernest Troost is an American composer born on 19 June 1953 in Connecticut. He studied jazz guitar and classical music at Berklee College of Music before moving to Hollywood.

Troost composed the score for the 1990 film *Tremors* and for *Dead Heat* (1988). His other credits include *The Canterville Ghost* (1996), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special, and numerous Hallmark Hall of Fame productions. He has also worked as a conductor and music producer on various projects.

In addition to film and television scoring, Troost has released folk and Americana albums and won the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk award in 2009.

*Sources: imdb.com, discogs.com, ernesttroost.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tremors* (1990), Fi1m 82, Music, Conductor, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/tremors.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nightcomer* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *House for Hermit Crab* (2015), Music
- *The Ugly Duckling* (2014), Music
- *Ghost Phone* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Sky Color* (2013), Music
- *November Christmas* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Truth Be Told* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Robot Zot!* (2011), Music
- *Crow Call* (2010), Music
- *What To Do About Alice?* (2010), Music
- *Front of the Class* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Pictures of Hollis Woods* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Crashing* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Wallace's Lists* (2007), Music
- *Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China* (2006), Music
- *Snow Wonder* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution* (2005), Music
- *See You in My Dreams* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Fallen Angel* (2003), Music
- *Martin and Lewis* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Pact* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Scoundrel's Wife* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Amy & Isabelle* (2001), Music
- *The Seventh Stream* (2001), Music
- *The Runaway* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Beat* (2000), Music
- *One Man's Hero* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *God's New Plan* (1999), Music
- *Saint Maybe* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Carriers* (1998), as Compositors
- *Perversions of Science* (1997), series, Music
- *Officer Buckle and Gloria* (1997), Music
- *Harry the Dirty Dog* (1997), Music
- *Calm at Sunset* (1996), Music
- *The Canterville Ghost* (1996), Music
- *Follow The River* (1995), Music
- *Noisy Nora* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Musical Max* (1993), Music
- *The Great White Man-Eating Shark* (1992), Music
- *Red Riding Hood* (1992), Music
- *Stories to Remember - Pegasus the Flying Horse* (1991), Music
- *Picnic* (1991), Conductor
- *The Three Little Pigs* (1991), Music
- *Stories to Remember: Beauty and the Beast* (1990), Music
- *Mom* (1990), Music
- *Tremors* (1990), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/tremors.md)
- *Hot Hippo* (1990), Music
- *Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale* (1989), Sound
- *Owl Moon* (1989), Music
- *What's Under My Bed?* (1989), Music
- *Tiger Warsaw* (1988), Music
- *Dead Heat* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure* (1988), Music
- *Night Visitors* (1987), Music
- *Munchies* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Sweet Revenge* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Mysterious Tadpole* (1986), Music
- *The Most Wonderful Egg in the World* (1986), Music
- *The Napping House* (1985), Music
- *Happy Birthday, Moon* (1985), Music
- *The Soldier's Tale* (1984), Editor
- *Doctor De Soto* (1984), Music
- *King of the Cats* (1984), Music

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