Bram Inscore (Jan 11, 1982 – December 19, 2023) was an American musician, songwriter, and producer. Born and raised in California, he wrote and produced many pop songs, including for Troye Sivan, as well as K-pop songs popular in South Korea.
Inscore was born in 1982 in San Francisco, California. He attended the University of Southern California.[1][2][3]
Inscore began his career as a touring musician with Jem (singer), Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thurston Moore, and Twin Shadow.[1][2][3][4] As a session musician, he played the electric bass on Beck's 2014 album Morning Phase, on Gainsbourg's IRM, and on a number of other projects.
Inscore co-wrote and co-produced several songs on Troye Sivan's 2015 Blue Neighborhood album, including Talk Me Down and Youth, and on his 2018 album Bloom, including The Good Side and Animal. According to The New Indian Express, "his work with Troye Sivan continues to stand out."[5]
Besides Sivan, Inscore co-wrote songs for Allie X, Ben Platt, Chloe & Halle, Claud, Duncan Laurence, Hayley Kiyoko, Mayer Hawthorne, Niki, Rina Sawayama,[1][2][3][4] and The Veronicas. He was also active in K-pop circles in South Korea, writing Louder Than Bombs for BTS with Sivan and Sia,[6] as well as other songs for NCT 127, SuperM.[5] Other K-pop artists include Baekhyun and Taemin.
Inscore co-wrote the music score of the 2018 film Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.[4] A year later, he was a co-writer of Andy Grammer's Don't Give Up on Me, the theme song of the 2019 movie Five Feet Apart.[1]
Inscore is married to Lin Agnholt. He died by suicide on December 19, 2023, in his hometown of San Francisco, at the age of 41.[1][2][3]
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Talk Me Down" | Troye Sivan | Blue Neighbourhood | Producer, Writer |
| "Youth" | ||||
| "Lost Boy" | ||||
| "For Him" | ||||
| "Suburbia" | ||||
| "Swimming Pools" | ||||
| "Bite" | ||||
| 2016 | "One Bad Night" | Hayley Kiyoko | Citrine | Producer, Writer |
| 2018 | "Down" | Chloe x Halle | The Kids Are Alright | Writer |
| "Seventeen" | Troye Sivan | Bloom | Producer, Writer | |
| "The Good Side" | ||||
| "Postcard" (featuring Gordi) | ||||
| "What a Heavenly Way to Die" | ||||
| "Animal" | ||||
| "This This" | ||||
| "Warpaint" | 88rising & Niki | Head In The Clouds | Producer, Writer | |
| 2020 | "Louder Than Bombs" | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | Producer, Writer |
| "Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)" | Rina Sawayama | Sawayama | Producer, Writer | |
| "Love Me 4 Me" | Writer | |||
| "Bees & Honey" | Producer, Writer | |||
| "Ghost" | Baekhyun | Delight | Producer, Writer | |
| "Wish You Were Here" | SuperM | Super One | Producer | |
| "Pansy" | Taemin | Never Gonna Dance Again | Producer, Writer | |
| 2021 | "King of the World, Pt. 1" | Ben Platt | Reverie | Producer |
| "King of the World, Pt. 2" | ||||
| "King of the World, Pt. 3" | ||||
| 2022 | "Bound" | Key | Gasoline | Producer |
| 2023 | "My Sweet Lord" | Troye Sivan | The Idol (Music from the HBO Original Series) | Producer |
| "Space" | NCT 127 | Walk | Producer, Writer |
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