Dan Romer
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Background information | |
Genres | Film score, pop music |
Occupation(s) | Music producer, songwriter, film composer |
Website | http://www.danromer.com/ |
Dan Romer is an American music producer, songwriter and film composer based in Los Angeles.[1]
Career[]
As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Chasing Coral, Gleason, Good Doctor and the Emmy-winning Jim: The James Foley Story.[2] Romer scored the Ubisoft video game Far Cry 5 released on March 27, 2018.
He has produced music for numerous artists including A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera, whose single "Say Something," topped charts around the world, hit 6x Platinum, sold over seven million copies, and won a 2015 Grammy. Dan co-produced "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes which reached No. 1 on the iTunes chart and No. 3 on the US Top 40 pop radio charts in September 2016.[2] He was set to compose the James Bond film No Time to Die, but was reportedly replaced by Hans Zimmer due to "creative differences".[3] Romer composed the score to the Pixar animated feature film, Luca[4] and worked with Justin Paul on the incidental underscore for Stephen Chbosky's 2021 film adaptation of Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.[5]
Discography[]
Music producer[]
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: 6x Platinum, ARIA: 4x Platinum, MC: 6x Platinum, RMNZ: 2x Platinum, GLF: 2x Platinum, BPI: 1x Platinum, IFPI: 1x 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: 3x Platinum, MC: Platinum, ARIA: 3x Platinum, BPI: Platinum, FIMI: 3x Platinum |
2018 | "We Can Do Better" | Matt Simons |
As composer[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Director | Awards | Notes |
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2007 | Death to the Tinman | Ray Tintori | Winner of 2007 Sundance Film Festival Short Filmmaking Award | Short film |
2008 | Glory at Sea | Benh Zeitlin | Winner of 2008 Boston Independent Film Festival, Winner of 2008 CineVegas International Film Festival, Winner of 2008 SXSW Film Festival, Winner of 2008 Woodstock Film Festival | Short film |
2012 | Sleepwalking in the Rift | Cary Fukunaga | Short film | |
2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin | Nominated for 4 Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards | |
2014 | The Organization | Michael Lukk Litwak | Short film | |
2014 | 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 |
2014 | The Last Season | Sara Dosa | Winner of San Francisco International Film Festival | Documentary |
2014 | Tomorrow We Disappear | Jim Goldblum, Adam M. Weber | Winner of 2014 EBS International Documentary Festival, Winner of 2015 Florida Film Festival, Winner of 2014 Philadelphia Film Festival | Documentary |
2015 | Beasts of No Nation | Cary Joji Fukunaga | ||
2015 | Mediterranea | Jonas Carpignano | Winner of 2015 Gotham Awards, Winner of Istanbul International Film Festival, Winner of Munich Film Festival | |
2015 | Stryka | Emily Carmichael | Short film | |
2015 | Walter | Anna Mastro | ||
2015 | Finders Keepers | Bryan Carberry, Clay Tweel | Winner of 2016 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, Winner of Traverse City Film Festival, Winner of 2015 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Documentary |
2015 | Digging for Fire | Joe Swanberg | ||
2015 | Napoleon in Exile | Michael Lukk Litwak | Short film | |
2016 | Katie Says Goodbye | Wayne Roberts | Winner of 2016 Stockholm Film Festival, Winner of 2017 Manchester International Film Festival | |
2016 | Gleason | Clay Tweel | Winner of 2016 SXSW Film Festival, Winner of 2016 Montclair Film Festival, Winner of 2016 Seattle International Film Festival | Documentary |
2016 | Jim: The James Foley Story | Brian Oakes | Winner of 2016 Emmy for Exceptional Documentary | Documentary |
2017 | A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Winner of Europa Cinemas Label Award | |
2017 | Chasing Coral | Jeff Orlowski | Winner of 2017 Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary | Documentary |
2017 | The Little Hours | Jeff Baena | ||
2017 | Win It All | Joe Swanberg | ||
2017 | Brimstone & Glory | Viktor Jakovleski | Winner of Golden Gate Award | Documentary |
2017 | Shot in the Dark | Dustin Nakao-Haider | Documentary | |
2017 | Freak Show | Trudie Styler | ||
2018 | Zoe | Drake Doremus | ||
2018 | Krystal | William H. Macy | ||
2019 | Skin | Guy Nattiv | ||
2020 | Wendy | Benh Zeitlin | ||
2021 | Luca | Enrico Casarosa | ||
2021 | Dear Evan Hansen | Stephen Chbosky | Incidental score; co-composed with Justin Paul |
Television[]
Year | Title | Director | Awards | Notes |
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2016 | Easy | Joe Swanberg | Episodes "Controlada" and "Chemistry Read"[6] | |
2017 | Atypical | Michael Patrick Jann Seth Gordon Joe Kessler |
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2017–2018 | The Good Doctor | David Shore | Winner of an ASCAP Screen Music Award | |
2018 | Maniac | Cary Joji Fukunaga | ||
2020 | Love Life | Sam Boyd | ||
2021 | Superman & Lois | Various |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Publisher | Awards | Notes |
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2018 | Far Cry 5 | Ubisoft | [7] |
References[]
- ^ "Dan Romer Keeps it Simple with the Portico 5012". Rupertneve.com. October 22, 2009. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wacey, Rob. "Dan Romer Biography", AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ ‘No Time to Die’: Hans Zimmer Takes Over as Composer on Bond Movie (EXCLUSIVE)
- ^ "We announce today Luca's music composer: the amazing Dan Romer". Twitter. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/08/24/dan-romer-justin-paul-scoring-stephen-chboskys-dear-evan-hansen/
- ^ "Dan Romer filmography", IMDb. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ Kelly, Andy. "The apocalyptic music of Far Cry 5", PC Gamer, September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
External links[]
- 21st-century American composers
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American film score composers
- American male film score composers
- American television composers
- Living people
- Male television composers
- Musicians from New York (state)
- Record producers from New York (state)
- Songwriters from New York (state)
- State University of New York at Purchase alumni