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Bob Thiele Jr. (born July 3, 1955) is an American composer, musician and music producer. He has worked with many musical artists and on several soundtracks for TV shows and films. He is the son of producer
Bob Thiele Robert "Bob" Thiele (July 27, 1922 – January 30, 1996) was an American record producer who worked on numerous classic jazz albums and record labels. Early life and career Bob Thiele was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United Sta ...
and singer
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.


Career

Bob Thiele Jr. has worked with many artists, such as
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and
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. He was part of the Royal Macadamians ensemble, collaborating with Davitt Sigerson and
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, also known as Phil Shenale. They released the ''Experiments in Terror'' album in 1990.


Television

Bob Thiele Jr. has worked for the music department of many TV series. Thiele led and founded ''Sons of Anarchy'''s house band The Forest Rangers.
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(guitar/banjo),
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(keyboards),
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(guitar), Dave Way (recording Engineer and Sergeant at Arms),
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(bass), Brian Macleod (drums) and
Velvet Revolver Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of pu ...
guitarist
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. The band released three EPs: ''Sons of Anarchy: North Country'' (2009), ''Sons of Anarchy: Shelter and Sons of Anarchy: The King Is Gone.'' Four soundtrack albums followed along with numerous singles: ''Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4'', ''Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol.2'', ''Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol.3'', '' Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. 4.'' The band also created an album titled ''Land Ho!'' in 2015, which was funded by a
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campaign for its recording and release. Thiele's songs from ''Mayans M.C.'' were released as albums and singles such as ''Señor rom "Mayans M.C."' (2020, producer), ''En Mi Camino rom "Mayans M.C."' (2020, composer, producer), ''Black Is Black rom "Mayans M.C."' (2020, producer), ''I Say a Little Prayer (Rezo una Oración por Ti) rom "Mayans M.C."' (2020, producer).


Motion pictures

Bob Thiele Jr. has worked for motion pictures such as:
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(1991, songwriter, Robert Townsend/Director),
I still know what you did last Summer ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' is a 1998 slasher film directed by Danny Cannon and written by Trey Callaway. It is the sequel to '' I Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1997), and the second installment in the ''I Know What You Did L ...
(1998, songwriter,
Danny Cannon Daniel John Cannon (born 5 October 1968) is a British film and television producer, director and writer, known for executive producing the 15-season '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' series franchise (and directed multiple episodes including ...
/Director), The Waiting Game (1999, songwriter, Ken Liotti/Director), Boys and Girls (2000, songwriter,
Robert Iscove Robert Iscove is a Canadian film and television director, television producer and a choreographer. Filmography Film * '' She's All That'' (1999) * '' Boys and Girls'' (2000) * '' From Justin to Kelly'' (2003) * '' Love N' Dancing'' (2009) Minis ...
/Director), Out of Line (2001, songwriter, Johanna Demetrakas/Director),
Bernard and Doris ''Bernard and Doris'' is a 2006 film directed by Bob Balaban. The teleplay by Hugh Costello is a semi-fictionalized account of the relationship that developed between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke and her self-destructive Ir ...
(2006, additional music, songwriter,
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/Director),
Bad Country ''Bad Country'' (also known as ''Whiskey Bay'') is a 2014 American crime drama film based on a true story starring Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Neal McDonough, Amy Smart, and Tom Berenger. The film started shooting in Baton Rouge and Angola, Louis ...
(2014, songwriter, Chris Brinker/Director), There's Always Woodstock (2014, music supervisor, Rita Merson/Director), Bad Hurt (2015, music supervisor, songwriter, Mark Kemble/Director), A Boyfriend For My Wife (2016, songwriter, Julia Rezende/Director).


Awards and nominations

Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated once for a daytime Emmy Award and 3 times for a Prime Time Emmy Award. He has won the
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twice and an ASCAP Film and Television Music award three times. In 2009, Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on ''
Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American Action film, action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX (TV channel), FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-k ...
''. The song " This Life", written by him, guitarist
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,
Curtis Stigers Curtis Stigers (born October 18, 1965) is an American jazz singer. He achieved a number of hits in the early 1990s, most notably the international hit " I Wonder Why" (1991), which reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 9 in the US. Career S ...
and show creator
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, was nominated at the category "Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music" while it was performed by Curtis Stigers and The Forest Rangers. Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated for an OFTA television award for " This Life" at Best New Theme Song in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries category. In 2014, he was nominated again for a
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for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his song "Day is Gone", which was on the soundtrack of the ''
Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American Action film, action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX (TV channel), FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-k ...
'' episode "A Mother's Work" (
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, Episode 13).
Noah Gundersen Noah Gundersen (born May 31, 1989) is an American indie folk singer-songwriter from Seattle. Early life Born in Olympia, Washington, Gundersen is the oldest of five biological and three adopted siblings, in a family that moved to Centralia, Was ...
and
Kurt Sutter Kurt Leon Sutter (born May 5, 1960) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He worked as a writer, director, and executive producer on ''The Shield,'' and appeared on the show as hitman Margos Dezerian. Sutter is also the cr ...
co-wrote the song which was performed by Noah Gundersen and The Forest Rangers. In 2015, Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated for a third time for a Primetime Emmy Award for his song "Come Join the Murder" from the ''
Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American Action film, action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX (TV channel), FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-k ...
'' episode "Papa's Goods" ( Season 7, episode 13). Jake Smith and
Kurt Sutter Kurt Leon Sutter (born May 5, 1960) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He worked as a writer, director, and executive producer on ''The Shield,'' and appeared on the show as hitman Margos Dezerian. Sutter is also the cr ...
co-wrote the song which was performed by The White Buffalo and The Forest Rangers.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thiele, Bob Jr. 1955 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Sons of Anarchy ASCAP composers and authors 21st-century American multi-instrumentalists American record producers American male songwriters American people of German descent