In 2008 he contributed to an article on the topic of human evolution with evolutionary biology figure and Brown University professor Dr. He has a profound interest in the physical sciences. It debuted at UCLA's famed Royce Hall on August 23, 2008.Įinziger has studied the history and philosophy of physics with physicist/historian, Dr. The early-'80s large ensemble work of John Adams comes to mind, but the character of the piece is Einziger's own." Įnd.>vacuum was Einziger's first original orchestral composition. "Einziger's work plays with time." Los Angeles Times' Steve Hochman proclaimed, "Pulsating tribal/mechanical rhythms melt into sustained, almost static stretches before the rhythm reemerges. Inspiration has been attributed to such iconoclastic modern and avant-garde composers as Igor Stravinsky, George Antheil, George Crumb, Samuel Barber, Krzysztof Penderecki and Frank Zappa.Īccording to Einziger, "End.>vacuum" makes reference to his perception of the outer edge of human understanding, "the finite place where rational scientific knowledge stops and pure speculation ensues…The event horizon between what we know and what we don't know is what keeps me awake at night, but also gets me out of bed every day." The piece consisted of nine musical movements (approximately 40 minutes total) and was performed by a chamber orchestra led by renowned Los Angeles conductor and Einziger's longtime collaborator Suzie Katayama. The condition forced him to take a hiatus from the band and his instrument. The album featured appearances by Kirsten Dunst, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Schwartzman, and was recorded at Einziger's own home studio in Malibu, CA (Casa Chica).Įinziger began crafting an orchestral composition "End.>vacuum" following surgery in March 2007 for carpal tunnel syndrome, a repetitive-strain injury to his left wrist. In 2007, Einziger produced Nighttiming, the debut album of long-time friend and former Phantom Planet drummer and actor Jason Schwartzman's Coconut Records project. In 2006 Einziger produced the debut album "Red Rover" by Agent Sparks a collaboration with younger brothers Benjamin Einziger and Paul Fried. Einziger also expanded into the realm of video games when he and his bandmates worked on the soundtrack of the popular game Halo 2, writing a 26-minute song that also featured Flea on trumpet. Einziger composed the soundtrack for the 2001 film Sol Goode, which was released later in 2003. In 2003 Einziger contributed to Ziggy Marley's debut solo album Dragonfly alongside fellow Incubus member Chris Kilmore as well as Flea and John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has sporadically continued to compose background music for films. The band had their debut show at The Roxy in LA, and would go on to play Jimmy Kimmel and the Knitting Factory in New York City.Įinziger's career as a film score composer began in the early 2000s, first with the short film Miss Gentilbelle (2000), and then the independent film Sol Goode (2001), which also featured Jared Leto of the band Thirty Seconds to Mars. The group featured Incubus musicians Jose Pasillas II and Ben Kenney (who was not a member of Incubus at the time), Neal Evans of the band Soulive, and long-time collaborator Suzie Katayama contributing string arrangements.
Outside of his work with Incubus, Einziger founded his own project Time Lapse Consortium in 2003. Incubus has performed sold-out concerts at The Hollywood Bowl, The Great Western Forum, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Wembley Arena in London, and Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. Incubus has sold over 23 million albums worldwide and has been nominated for two Grammys, MTV music video awards, American Music Awards, MTV U Woodie Award, and the Billboard Awards. Einziger co-founded Incubus with Calabasas High School classmates Brandon Boyd, Jose Pasillas II, and Alex Katunich in 1991.