Rob Simonsen
Rob Simonsen is an American composer located in Los Angeles.
Rob 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.
Rob's first break into film composing was through the independent feature Westender in 2003. In 2004 he teamed up with Mychael Danna and has provided additional music and arrangements on Surf's Up, Fracture, Moneyball and the Oscar-winning, Life of Pi. The two have co-composed the film (500) Days of Summer, and the television series Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon. His work includes the Sundance Film Festival features The Way, Way Back and The Spectacular Now plus the Lionsgate feature film The Age of Adaline and most recently Love, Simon and Stargirl.
In 2009, he opened his own studio, while The Hollywood Reporter named him one of the '15 Composers Primed to Take Their Place on the A List.'
Simonsen's music can be heard in nearly all iPhone 5 ads -he appears as the conductor in the commercials as well. The iPhone 5 commercial titled 'Music Every Day' contains one of Simonsen's track, 'Red', which gained worldwide recognition. Early in 2018, Rob's music also appeared in Coca-Cola Super Bowl TV spot titled 'The Wonder of Us'.
On September 6, 2019, Simonsen released his first 9 track solo album titled Rêveries under Sony Masterworks record label.
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Rob 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.
Rob's first break into film composing was through the independent feature Westender in 2003. In 2004 he teamed up with Mychael Danna and has provided additional music and arrangements on Surf's Up, Fracture, Moneyball and the Oscar-winning, Life of Pi. The two have co-composed the film (500) Days of Summer, and the television series Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon. His work includes the Sundance Film Festival features The Way, Way Back and The Spectacular Now plus the Lionsgate feature film The Age of Adaline and most recently Love, Simon and Stargirl.
In 2009, he opened his own studio, while The Hollywood Reporter named him one of the '15 Composers Primed to Take Their Place on the A List.'
Simonsen's music can be heard in nearly all iPhone 5 ads -he appears as the conductor in the commercials as well. The iPhone 5 commercial titled 'Music Every Day' contains one of Simonsen's track, 'Red', which gained worldwide recognition. Early in 2018, Rob's music also appeared in Coca-Cola Super Bowl TV spot titled 'The Wonder of Us'.
On September 6, 2019, Simonsen released his first 9 track solo album titled Rêveries under Sony Masterworks record label.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Simonsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Elio
Deadpool & Wolverine
Good Grief
The Whale
Hollywood Stargirl
The Adam Project
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Stargirl
The Way Back
Our Friend
In the Time It Takes to Get There
Fast Color
Captive State
The Upside
The Front Runner
Tully
Love, Simon
Father Figures
The Only Living Boy in New York
The House of Tomorrow
Gifted
Going in Style
Two Is a Family
Miss Stevens
Nerve
Viral
Burnt
Stonewall
The Age of Adaline
Foxcatcher
Wish I Was Here
Chu and Blossom
Cover Girl
The Spectacular Now
The Way Way Back
Mistresses
The English Teacher
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Girl Most Likely
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
LOL
Moneyball
Love Etc.
All Good Things
(500) Days of Summer
Management
8
How Can It Be
Westender