Rob Simonsen

About Rob Simonsen

Who is it?: Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack
Birth Place:  St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Birth Sign: Aries
Genres: Film score electronic
Occupation(s): Film composer conductor
Instruments: Piano
Associated acts: Mychael Danna Duncan Blickenstaff Jonathan Sadoff
Website: www.robsimonsen.com

Rob Simonsen Net Worth

Rob Simonsen was born in  St. Louis, Missouri, United States, is Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack. Rob Simonsen has had a thread in the fabric of some of the most noteworthy and prestigious films of the past decade. He collaborated with director Bennett Miller to underline the unsettling atmosphere of the Oscar-nominated drama Foxcatcher, and spanned an eternity of star-crossed romance with The Age of Adaline, also co-writing the film's end credits song. He scored the Steve Carell-starring dramedy The Way Way Back with sensitivity, sympathized with the coming-of-age The Spectacular Now, and sweetened Zach Braff's coming-of-middle-age film Wish I Was Here. Also under his belt is the horror-comedy The Master Cleanse, Roland Emmerich's political drama Stonewall, and the Weinstein Company's Burnt starring Bradley Cooper, Uma Thurman and Sienna Miller. His work in television has included the Joss Whedon Fox drama Dollhouse and the CBS ratings juggernaut Blue bloods, led by Tom Selleck.Prior to flying solo, under the apprenticeship of composer Mychael Danna, Simonsen contributed additional music to the scores for Ang Lee's Life of Pi and Bennett Miller's Moneyball - as well as Catherine Hardwick's The Nativity Story, Sony Pictures Animation Surf's Up, and Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. With Danna, he co-composed the score for Marc Webb's hugely popular indie romance (500) Days of Summer.Simonsen's compositional voice is the product of an education in jazz, electronic and traditional orchestral music. In 2013, he co-founded The Echo Society, a collective that provides a platform for composers to experiment and create for live performances around Los Angeles.
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💰 Net worth: Under Review

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Biography/Timeline

2003

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 Gifted and Going in Style.

2009

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.'

2018

Early in 2018 Rob's music also appeared in Coca-Cola Superbowl TV spot titled 'The Wonder of Us'.