Dan Romer | |
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| Genres | Film and television score,pop,electronic,new-age,jazz |
| Occupations | Film composer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano,keyboards,synthesizer,accordion,guitar,bass guitar,lap steel guitar,banjo,mandolin,ukelele,percussion |
| Website | www |
Dan Romer is an Americanfilm composer,music producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based inLos Angeles.[1]
As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominatedBeasts of the Southern Wild,Beasts of No Nation,Chasing Coral,Gleason,The Good Doctor and the Emmy-winningJim: The James Foley Story.[2] His score for the HBO miniseriesStation Eleven was also nominated for an Emmy in 2022.[3] Romer scored the Ubisoft video gameFar Cry 5 released on March 27, 2018.
He has produced music for numerous artists includingA Great Big World andChristina Aguilera, whose single "Say Something", topped charts around the world, hit 6× Platinum, sold over seven million copies, and won a2015 Grammy. Dan co-produced "Treat You Better" byShawn Mendes which reached No. 1 on theiTunes chart and No. 3 on the US Top 40 pop radio charts in September 2016.[2] Romer composed the score to thePixar animated feature film,Luca,[4] which was the most-watched streaming film of 2021, with over 10.6 billion minutes watched.[5][6][7] He worked withJustin Paul on the incidental underscore forStephen Chbosky's2021 film adaptation of Broadway musicalDear Evan Hansen.[8] He also scored the television seriesSuperman & Lois (2021–24),[9]A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026)[10] and the 2025 live-action remake ofLilo & Stitch.[11]
| Year | Title | Director | Awards | Notes |
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| 2007 | Death to the Tinman | Ray Tintori | Winner of 2007Sundance Film Festival Short Filmmaking Award | Short film |
| 2008 | Glory at Sea | Benh Zeitlin | Winner of 2008 Boston Independent Film Festival; Winner of 2008CineVegas International Film Festival; Winner of 2008SXSW Film Festival; Winner of 2008Woodstock Film Festival | Short film |
| 2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin | Nominated for 4Academy Awards at the85th Academy Awards | Co-composed with Benh Zeitlin |
| Sleepwalking in the Rift | Cary Fukunaga | Short film | ||
| 2014 | The Last Season | Sara Dosa | Winner ofSan Francisco International Film Festival | Documentary |
| The Life and Death of Tommy Chaos and Stacey Danger | Michael Lukk Litwak | Winner of 2014 First Run Festival; Winner of 2014 The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival | Short film | |
| The Organization | Michael Lukk Litwak | Short film | ||
| Tomorrow We Disappear | Jim Goldblum, Adam M. Weber | Winner of 2014EBS International Documentary Festival; Winner of 2014Philadelphia Film Festival; Winner of 2015Florida Film Festival | Documentary | |
| 2015 | Beasts of No Nation | Cary Joji Fukunaga | ||
| Digging for Fire | Joe Swanberg | |||
| Finders Keepers | Bryan Carberry, Clay Tweel | Winner ofTraverse City Film Festival; Winner of 2015 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards; Winner of 2016Cinema Eye Honors Awards | Documentary | |
| Mediterranea | Jonas Carpignano | Winner of2015 Gotham Awards; Winner ofIstanbul International Film Festival; Winner ofMunich Film Festival | Co-composed with Benh Zeitlin | |
| Napoleon in Exile | Michael Lukk Litwak | Short film | ||
| Stryka | Emily Carmichael | Short film | ||
| Walter | Anna Mastro | |||
| 2016 | Gleason | Clay Tweel | Winner of 2016SXSW Film Festival; Winner of 2016Montclair Film Festival; Winner of 2016Seattle International Film Festival | Documentary |
| Jim: The James Foley Story | Brian Oakes | Winner of2016Emmy for Exceptional Documentary | Documentary | |
| Katie Says Goodbye | Wayne Roberts | Winner of 2016Stockholm Film Festival; Winner of 2017 Manchester International Film Festival | ||
| 2017 | A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Winner ofEuropa Cinemas Label Award | |
| Brimstone & Glory | Viktor Jakovleski | Winner ofGolden Gate Award | Documentary | |
| Chasing Coral | Jeff Orlowski | Winner of 2017 Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary | Documentary | |
| Freak Show | Trudie Styler | |||
| Shot in the Dark | Dustin Nakao-Haider | Documentary | ||
| The Little Hours | Jeff Baena | |||
| Win It All | Joe Swanberg | |||
| 2018 | Krystal | William H. Macy | ||
| Zoe | Drake Doremus | |||
| 2019 | Skin | Guy Nattiv | ||
| 2020 | Wendy | Benh Zeitlin | ||
| 2021 | A Chiara | Jonas Carpignano | Co-composed withBenh Zeitlin | |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Stephen Chbosky | Nominated forBest Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at the64th Annual Grammy Awards | Incidental score; co-composed withJustin Paul; original songs byPasek and Paul | |
| Luca | Enrico Casarosa | Nominated forBest Animated Feature at the94th Academy Awards; Winner ofPeople's Choice Award for The Family Movie of 2021 | ||
| Ciao Alberto | McKenna Harris | |||
| 2023 | Crater | Kyle Patrick Alvarez | Co-composed with Osei Essed | |
| Genie | Sam Boyd | |||
| Mustache | Imran J. Khan | |||
| Woman of the Hour | Anna Kendrick | Co-composed with Mike Tuccillo | ||
| 2024 | My Dead Friend Zoe | Kyle Hausmann-Stokes | [12] | |
| 2025 | Death of a Unicorn | Alex Scharfman | ReplacedJohn Carpenter,Cody Carpenter andDaniel Davies; co-composed with Giosuè Greco[13] | |
| Lilo & Stitch | Dean Fleischer Camp | Original themes byAlan Silvestri[11] | ||
| 2026 | The Accidental Spy | Guy Ritchie |
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Developer(s) | Awards | Notes |
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| 2016–2019 | Easy | Joe Swanberg | N/a | N/a | Episodes "Controlada" and "Chemistry Read"[14] |
| 2017–2021 | Atypical | Robia Rashid | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 2017–2024 | The Good Doctor | N/a | David Shore | Winner of anASCAP Screen Music Award | N/a |
| 2018 | Maniac | Patrick Somerville | Cary Joji Fukunaga Patrick Somerville | N/a | N/a |
| 2019–present | Ramy | Ramy Youssef Ari Katcher Ryan Welch | N/a | N/a | Co-composed with Mike Tuccillo |
| 2020–2021 | Love Life | Sam Boyd | N/a | N/a | Co-composed with Mike Tuccillo |
| 2021–2024 | Superman & Lois | N/a | Greg Berlanti Todd Helbing | N/a | N/a |
| 2021–2022 | Station Eleven | Patrick Somerville | N/a | Emmy Nominee (Original Score in a Limited Series) | N/a |
| 2022 | Little Demon | Darcy Fowler Seth Kirschner Kieran Valla | N/a | N/a | Composed with John Zarcone |
| 2026 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Ira Parker George R.R. Martin | N/a | N/a | Game of Thrones themes byRamin Djawadi[10] |
| Year | Title | Publisher | Awards | Notes |
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| 2018 | Far Cry 5 | Ubisoft | [15] |
| Year | Song | Artist | Certifications |
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| 2004 | Coalmine | The Woes | |
| 2005 | Batten the Hatches | Jenny Owen Youngs | |
| 2009 | Transmitter Failure | Jenny Owen Youngs | |
| 2009 | Everybody | Ingrid Michaelson | |
| 2010 | Songs for a Sinking Ship | April Smith and the Great Picture Show | |
| 2012 | Safe Travels | Jukebox the Ghost | |
| 2013 | "Say Something" | A Great Big World &Christina Aguilera | RIAA: 6× Platinum,ARIA: 4× Platinum, MC: 6× Platinum,RMNZ: 2× Platinum,GLF: 2× Platinum,BPI: 1× Platinum, IFPI: 1× Platinum |
| 2014 | Is There Anybody Out There? | A Great Big World | The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 3. |
| Jukebox the Ghost | Jukebox the Ghost | ||
| 2015 | When the Morning Comes | A Great Big World | US Billboard No. 75 |
| 2016 | "Treat You Better" | Shawn Mendes | RIAA: 3× Platinum, MC: Platinum,ARIA: 3× Platinum,BPI: Platinum,FIMI: 3× Platinum |
| 2018 | "We Can Do Better" | Matt Simons | |
| 2021 | Dear Evan Hansen | Various artists | Nominated forBest Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at the64th Annual Grammy Awards |
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