Dan Romer

American record producer and composer

Dan Romer

Genres| Film score, video game score, pop
Occupation(s)| Film composer, music producer, songwriter
Instruments| Piano, guitar, accordion, mandolin
Website| www.danromer.com

Musical artist

Dan Romer is an American film composer, music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles.[1]

## Career

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As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Chasing Coral, Gleason, The Good Doctor and the Emmy-winning Jim: The James Foley Story.[2] His score for the HBO miniseries Station Eleven was also nominated for an Emmy in 2022.[3] 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 6× 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] Romer composed the score to the Pixar 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 with Justin Paul on the incidental underscore for Stephen Chbosky's 2021 film adaptation of Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.[8]

## Discography

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### As composer

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#### Film

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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  | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin  | Nominated for 4 Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards | Co-composed with Benh Zeitlin
Sleepwalking in the Rift | Cary Fukunaga  |  | Short film
2014  | The Last Season | Sara Dosa  | Winner of San 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 2014 EBS International Documentary Festival; Winner of 2014 Philadelphia Film Festival; Winner of 2015 Florida Film Festival | Documentary
2015  | Beasts of No Nation | Cary Joji Fukunaga |  |
Digging for Fire | Joe Swanberg  |  |
Finders Keepers | Bryan Carberry, Clay Tweel  | Winner of Traverse City Film Festival; Winner of 2015 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards; Winner of 2016 Cinema Eye Honors Awards  | Documentary
Mediterranea | Jonas Carpignano  | Winner of 2015 Gotham Awards; Winner of Istanbul International Film Festival; Winner of Munich 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 2016 SXSW Film Festival; Winner of 2016 Montclair Film Festival; Winner of 2016 Seattle International Film Festival | Documentary
Jim: The James Foley Story | Brian Oakes  | Winner of 2016 Emmy for Exceptional Documentary | Documentary
Katie Says Goodbye | Wayne Roberts  | Winner of 2016 Stockholm Film Festival; Winner of 2017 Manchester International Film Festival  |
2017  | A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano  | Winner of Europa Cinemas Label Award  |
Brimstone & Glory | Viktor Jakovleski  | Winner of Golden 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 with Benh Zeitlin
Ciao Alberto | McKenna Jean Harris  |  |
Dear Evan Hansen | Stephen Chbosky | Nominated for Best Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards | Incidental score; co-composed with Justin Paul
Luca | Enrico Casarosa | Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 94th Academy Awards; Winner of People's Choice Award for The Family Movie of 2021  |
2023  | Crater | Kyle Patrick Alvarez |  | Co-composed with Osei Essed
Genie | Sam Boyd |  |
Mustache | Imran J. Khan  |  |
Woman of the Hour | Anna Kendrick |  |

#### Television

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Year  | Title  | Creator(s)  | Developer(s)  | Awards  | Notes

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2016–2019  | Easy | Joe Swanberg | —  | —  | Episodes "Controlada" and "Chemistry Read"[9]
2017–2021  | Atypical | Robia Rashid | —  | —  | —
2017–2024  | The Good Doctor | —  | David Shore | Winner of an ASCAP Screen Music Award | —
2018  | Maniac | Patrick Somerville | Cary Joji Fukunaga
Patrick Somerville  | —  | —
2019–present  | Ramy | Ramy Youssef
Ari Katcher
Ryan Welch  | —  | —  | Co-composed with Mike Tuccillo
2020–2021  | Love Life | Sam Boyd  | —  | —  | Co-composed with Mike Tuccillo
2021–2024  | Superman & Lois | —  | Greg Berlanti
Todd Helbing | —  | —
2021–2022  | Station Eleven | Patrick Somerville  | —  | Emmy Nominee (Original Score in a Limited Series)  | —
2022  | Little Demon | Darcy Fowler
Seth Kirschner
Kieran Valla  | —  | —  | Composed with John Zarcone

#### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Publisher  | Awards  | Notes

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2018  | Far Cry 5 | Ubisoft |  | [10]

### Music producer

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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 for Best Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards

## References

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1. ^ "Dan Romer Keeps it Simple with the Portico 5012". Rupertneve.com. October 22, 2009. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010.
2. ^ a b Wacey, Rob. "Dan Romer Biography", AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
3. ^ "Station Eleven - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins". emmys.com. 2022.
4. ^ "We announce today Luca's music composer: the amazing Dan Romer". Twitter. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
5. ^ Hailey McCullough (January 24, 2022). "Disney/Pixar's Luca Was the Top Streaming Movie of 2021". CBR. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
6. ^ Richard Fink (January 22, 2022). "Pixar's Luca Is The Most Streamed Movie of 2021 According to Nielsen Charts". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
7. ^ "'Luca' and 'Lucifer' were the most watched movie and series in streaming in 2021". Hot Movies News. January 22, 2022. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
8. ^ "Dan Romer & Justin Paul Scoring Stephen Chbosky's 'Dear Evan Hansen' | Film Music Reporter".
9. ^ "Dan Romer filmography", IMDb. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
10. ^ Kelly, Andy. "The apocalyptic music of Far Cry 5", PC Gamer, September 28, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.

## External links

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* Official website
* Dan Romer at IMDb

Awards for Dan Romer

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Score

* Ray Charles and Stephen Altman (2005)
* Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* The Roots (2011)
* Thomas Newman (2012)
* Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin (2013)
* Hans Zimmer (2014)
* Jason Moran (2015)
* Joseph Trapanese (2016)
* Nicholas Britell (2017)
* Michael Abels (2018)
* Nicholas Britell (2019)
* Michael Abels (2020)
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2021)
* Jeymes Samuel (2022)
* Terence Blanchard (2023)
* Kris Bowers (2024)

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Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Feature Film

* Antonio Sánchez (2014)
* Dan Romer (2015)
* Nicholas Britell (2016)
* Oneohtrix Point Never (2017)
* Max Richter (2018)
* Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders / Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* James Newton Howard (2020)
* Nicholas Britell (2021)
* Terence Blanchard (2022)
* Robbie Robertson (2023)
* Clément Ducol and Camille (2024)

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music

1990s|

* Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
* Zbigniew Preisner (1991)
* Zbigniew Preisner (1992)
* Zbigniew Preisner (1993)
* Howard Shore (1994)
* Patrick Doyle (1995)
* Hal Willner and The Hey Hey Club Musicians (1996)
* Philip Glass (1997)
* Elliot Goldenthal (1998)
* Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (1999)

2000s|

* Tan Dun (2000)
* Howard Shore (2001)
* Elmer Bernstein (2002)
* Benoît Charest (2003)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura (2005)
* Alexandre Desplat (2006)
* Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton (2009)

2010s|

* Alexandre Desplat / Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* The Chemical Brothers (2011)
* Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin (2012)
* T Bone Burnett (2013)
* Jonny Greenwood / Mica Levi (2014)
* Carter Burwell (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
* Jonny Greenwood (2017)
* Nicholas Britell (2018)
* Dan Levy (2019)

2020s|

* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Alberto Iglesias (2021)
* M. M. Keeravani (2022)
* Mica Levi (2023)
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2024)

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World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year

2000s|

* Craig Armstrong – Moulin Rouge! (2001)
* Klaus Badelt – The Time Machine (2002)
* Antônio Pinto – Cidade de Deus (2003)
* Gustavo Santaolalla – 21 Grams (2004)
* Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles (2005)
* Evanthia Reboutsika – My Father and My Son (2006)
* Daniel Tarrab and Andres Goldstein – Inheritance and XXY (2007)
* Marc Streitenfeld – American Gangster (2008)
* Nico Muhly – The Reader (2009)

2010s|

* Abel Korzeniowski – A Single Man (2010)
* Alex Heffes – The First Grader (2011)
* Brian Byrne – Albert Nobbs (2012)
* Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild (2013)
* Daniel Pemberton – The Counselor and Cuban Fury (2014)
* Antonio Sánchez – Birdman (2015)
* Joe Kraemer – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2016)
* Nicholas Britell – Moonlight (2017)
* Tamar-kali – Mudbound (2018)
* Michael Abels – Us (2019)

2020s|

* Bryce Dessner – The Two Popes (2020)
* Nainita Desai – The Reason I Jump (2021)
* Eiko Ishibashi – Drive My Car (2022)
* Simon Franglen – Avatar: The Way of Water (2023)
* Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things (2024)

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* Germany
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* France
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* Czech Republic
* Spain
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