Bram Inscore

Bram Katz Inscore^[1] was born on January 11, 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, 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 X,^[6] as well as other songs for NCT 127, SuperM, Baekhyun, and Taemin.^[5]

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 film Five Feet Apart.^[1]

Inscore was 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]