REPRESENTATION ︎ ︎︎︎Bradley Rainey | WME
PUBLICITY ︎ ︎︎︎Thomas Mikusz | White Bear PR
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︎︎︎THE ECHO SOCIETY ︎
Rob Simonsen is a composer, solo artist and co-founder of composer collective The Echo Society. Simonsen has paved his own musical path, and through years of study and experimentation, crafted a voice that both respects music traditions and explores new bounds.
Simonsen’s journey began when his score for indie film Westender caught the attention of composer Mychael Danna. Through subsequent collaborations with Danna, Simonsen contributed additional music to features Moneyball and Life of Pi, and co-composed the score for 500 Hundred Days of Summer. This, along with his own growing body of work, prompted The Hollywood Reporter to list him as one of the “Composers primed to take their place on the A-list.”
Since then, Simonsen has collaborated with directors Darren Aronofsky (The Whale), Shawn Levy (The Adam Project), Jason Reitman (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Tully), The Duffer Bros (Stranger Things), Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon), Gavin O’Connor (The Way Back), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), Julia Hart (Stargirl, Fast Color), Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, Gifted), and Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Nerve). His music has been called “perfectly calibrated” by the New York Times, “Sensitive” and “Sophisticated” by Variety, and “rich” by Hollywood Reporter.
Simonsen’s dedication to artistic expression extends beyond film work. Surrounding himself with a network of dedicated artists, he co-founded The Echo Society to connect and inspire the Los Angeles community with site-specific live and interactive audiovisual performances.
In 2019, Rob released a solo album on Sony Masterworks entitled Rêveries.
Full credits: ︎︎︎IMDb ︎︎︎IMDbPro
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SELECT PRESS:
︎︎︎Variety: “'‘Stranger Things’: How an Orchestral Version of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill’ Made The Most of Max’s Moment”
︎︎︎Right On Cue Podcast: “Rob Simonsen on The Adam Project and Finding Intellectual Truth in Film Music”
︎︎︎Forbes: “‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Composer Rob Simonsen on Bridging the Spiritual Gap Between 1984 and Today”
︎︎︎Under The Radar Magazine: “Keeping Score - Rob Simonsen Gets Open About His Process and Latest Score for ‘The Way Back’”
︎︎︎Atwood Magazine: “Premiere: Rob Simonsen Captures Echoes of Family in ‘Refraction’”
︎︎︎Vice: “The Echo Society is Pushing Classical Music into the Future”
︎︎︎The LA Times: “The Echo Society Celebrates Local Music by Local Composers Through One-of-a-Kind Live Experiences”
︎︎︎Variety: “For Composer Rob Simonsen, ‘Less Becomes More’ With ‘Foxcatcher‘ Score”
Simonsen’s journey began when his score for indie film Westender caught the attention of composer Mychael Danna. Through subsequent collaborations with Danna, Simonsen contributed additional music to features Moneyball and Life of Pi, and co-composed the score for 500 Hundred Days of Summer. This, along with his own growing body of work, prompted The Hollywood Reporter to list him as one of the “Composers primed to take their place on the A-list.”
Since then, Simonsen has collaborated with directors Darren Aronofsky (The Whale), Shawn Levy (The Adam Project), Jason Reitman (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Tully), The Duffer Bros (Stranger Things), Greg Berlanti (Love, Simon), Gavin O’Connor (The Way Back), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), Julia Hart (Stargirl, Fast Color), Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, Gifted), and Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Nerve). His music has been called “perfectly calibrated” by the New York Times, “Sensitive” and “Sophisticated” by Variety, and “rich” by Hollywood Reporter.
Simonsen’s dedication to artistic expression extends beyond film work. Surrounding himself with a network of dedicated artists, he co-founded The Echo Society to connect and inspire the Los Angeles community with site-specific live and interactive audiovisual performances.
In 2019, Rob released a solo album on Sony Masterworks entitled Rêveries.
Full credits: ︎︎︎IMDb ︎︎︎IMDbPro
︎
SELECT PRESS:
︎︎︎Variety: “'‘Stranger Things’: How an Orchestral Version of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill’ Made The Most of Max’s Moment”
︎︎︎Right On Cue Podcast: “Rob Simonsen on The Adam Project and Finding Intellectual Truth in Film Music”
︎︎︎Forbes: “‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Composer Rob Simonsen on Bridging the Spiritual Gap Between 1984 and Today”
︎︎︎Under The Radar Magazine: “Keeping Score - Rob Simonsen Gets Open About His Process and Latest Score for ‘The Way Back’”
︎︎︎Atwood Magazine: “Premiere: Rob Simonsen Captures Echoes of Family in ‘Refraction’”
︎︎︎Vice: “The Echo Society is Pushing Classical Music into the Future”
︎︎︎The LA Times: “The Echo Society Celebrates Local Music by Local Composers Through One-of-a-Kind Live Experiences”
︎︎︎Variety: “For Composer Rob Simonsen, ‘Less Becomes More’ With ‘Foxcatcher‘ Score”