Rob Simonsen
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Rob Simonsen is an American composer and conductor. He is best known for his scores in films such as 500 Days of Summer (2009), The Age of Adaline (2015), Gifted (2017), The Only Living Boy in New York (2017), Tully (2018), Love, Simon (2018), The Front Runner (2018), The Way Back (2020), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), The Adam Project (2022), The Whale (2022), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), It Ends with Us (2024) and Elio (2025), and the television series Life in Pieces (2015–2019). He is also known for collaborating with directors Marc Webb, Julia Hart, Jason Reitman, Shawn Levy, Darren Aronofsky, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.
Early life
Simonsen began playing the piano by ear at an early age. His grandmother was a voice teacher and music was around him in his family home. He later studied music at Southern Oregon University, the University of Oregon and Portland State University.[1]
Career
Rob's first break into film composing was the independent feature Westender in 2003. In 2004 he teamed up with composer Mychael Danna and has provided additional music and arrangements on Surf's Up, Fracture, Moneyball, and the Oscar-winning Life of Pi. Simonsen and Danna co-wrote the score of (500) Days of Summer, and Joss Whedon's television series Dollhouse. Also among Simonsen's work includes the Sundance Film Festival features The Way, Way Back and The Spectacular Now,[2] The Age of Adaline, Love, Simon, The Way Back, and Stargirl.
In 2009 he opened his own studio, and The Hollywood Reporter named him one of the "15 Composers Primed to Take Their Place on the A List."[3]
Simonsen's music can be heard in nearly all iPhone 5 ads, and he appears in them as the conductor.[citation needed] "Red", one of his tracks for iPhone 5, has gained wide recognition. His music was featured in Coca-Cola's 2018 Super Bowl TV spot, "The Wonder of Us".[4]
On September 6, 2019, Simonsen released his first solo album, Rêveries, on Sony Masterworks.[5][6]
Awards
- World Soundtrack Award (nomination): Discovery of the Year for The Spectacular Now, The Way, Way Back (2013)[7]
- International Film Music Critics Award (nomination): Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film for Nerve (2016)[8]
- Hollywood Music in Media Award (nomination): Best Original Score in an Independent Film for The Whale (2022)[9]
- Indiana Film Journalists Award (nomination): Best Musical Score for The Whale (2022)[10]
Filmography
Films
Television
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 2009 | Dollhouse | Joss Whedon | Fox | 2 seasons Composed with Mychael Danna |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Robin Green Mitchell Burgess |
CBS | Theme music composer Score by Mark Snow |
| 2012 | Battleground | J. D. Walsh | Hulu | Season 1 |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | Justin Adler | CBS | 2 seasons |
| 2022 | Stranger Things | The Duffer Brothers | Netflix | Orchestral arrangements Score by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein |
Discography
Studio albums
- Rêveries (2019)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cast & Crew". Focus Features. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff (January 28, 2013). "Meet Sundance composer Rob Simonsen". Miramax.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff (January 22, 2013). "Sundance Roundtable Composer of the Day: Rob Simonsen". BMI.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Coca-Cola | The Wonder of Us :60". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Composer Rob Simonsen releases debut solo album Rêveries". Sony Masterworks. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Catchpole, James (22 August 2019). "Rob Simonsen - Rêveries". Fluid Radio UK. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff (October 29, 2013). "2013 World Soundtrack Awards". BMI.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff (February 9, 2017). "IFMCA Award Nominations 2016". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grein, Paul (November 17, 2022). "Rihanna's 'Wakanda Forever' Song, Terence Blanchard Win at 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rogers, Nick (December 13, 2022). "Nominations Announced for the 2022 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards". Midwest Film Journal. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Official Website".
- Rob Simonsen at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
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