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| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Website | robsimonsen |
Rob Simonsen is an American composer and conductor. He is best known for his scores in films such as500 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) andElio (2025), and the television seriesLife in Pieces (2015–2019). He is also known for collaborating with directorsMarc Webb,Julia Hart,Jason Reitman,Shawn Levy,Darren Aronofsky,Henry Joost andAriel Schulman.
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 atSouthern Oregon University, theUniversity of Oregon andPortland State University.[1]
Rob's first break into film composing was the independent featureWestender in 2003. In 2004 he teamed up with composerMychael Danna and has provided additional music and arrangements onSurf's Up,Fracture,Moneyball, and the Oscar-winningLife of Pi. Simonsen and Danna co-wrote the score of(500) Days of Summer, andJoss Whedon's television seriesDollhouse. Also among Simonsen's work includes theSundance Film Festival featuresThe Way, Way Back andThe Spectacular Now,[2]The Age of Adaline,Love, Simon,The Way Back, andStargirl.
In 2009 he opened his own studio, andThe 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 alliPhone 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, onSony Masterworks.[5][6]
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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 byMark 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 byKyle Dixon and Michael Stein |
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