Dan Romer is an American music producer, singer-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] He is set to compose the upcoming Pixar animated feature film, Luca.[4]
Discography[]
Music producer[]
| Year | Song | Artist | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Director | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Easy | Joe Swanberg | Episodes "Controlada" and "Chemistry Read"[5] | |
| 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 | ||
| 2021 | Superman & Lois | Various |
Video game scores[]
| Year | Title | Publisher | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Far Cry 5 | Ubisoft | [6] |
References[]
- ↑ Dan Romer Keeps it Simple with the Portico 5012. Rupertneve.com (October 22, 2009). Archived from the original on January 14, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wacey, Rob. "Dan Romer Biography", AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ↑ ‘No Time to Die’: Hans Zimmer Takes Over as Composer on Bond Movie (EXCLUSIVE)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/sketchcrawl/status/1377789977019310081 (en).
- ↑ "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[]
- Dan Romer's official site
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