Born in
Springfield, Missouri, Allaman's family moved around the Midwest and eventually settled in
Dana Point, California. Allaman began studying the piano at age 7, the guitar at age 16, and continued his studies at UCLA with an emphasis on music and theater. The duo scored four films,
Legend (1985 film), Battleship Potemkin, Down Twisted, Angel III: The Final Chapter, and released one album,
Berlin Game. He has scored 43 movies and over 600 episodes of television shows and is best known for his scores to
Legend,
Battleship Potemkin,
Latter Days,
Witless Protection,
Mike Hammer Private Eye,
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and ''
Dante's Cove. Allaman won a BMI television award for his work with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' in 2006. Allaman has written four musicals, including
Zeitelmoos - Im Bann Anderer Mächte with Hartmut H. Forche (2022),
Wake Up with Bob Garrett (2020),
Battleship Potemkin with Jeffrey Couchman (1991), and
Voices from the Cellar with Robert White (1989). Allaman has written three ballets with Kim Maselli (Artistic Director of the Pacific Festival Ballet),
Camelot (2019), and
The Sea Princess (2007). He has also written the music to several plays, including
The Geography of Luck, Allaman has released two collections of piano solos.
What We Whispered is a selection of pieces composed during the COVID-19 pandemic and was released in 2022. His first solo piano album,
Berlin Diary, was released in 2010 and plays as a memoir of his life in West Berlin. Eric was a Professor for
Pepperdine University teaching Scoring Visual Media from 2014-2018. ==Personal life==