Dan Romer is an American film composer,

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and songwriter based in

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Career

As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominated ''

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'', '' Beasts of No Nation'', '' Chasing Coral'', '' Gleason'', '' The Good Doctor'' and the Emmy-winning '' Jim: The James Foley Story''.Wacey, Rob
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AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2017. His score for the HBO miniseries '' Station Eleven'' was also nominated for an Emmy in 2022. Romer scored the Ubisoft video game '' Far Cry 5'' released on March 27, 2018. He has produced music for numerous artists including

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, 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

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chart and No. 3 on the US Top 40 pop radio charts in September 2016. Romer composed the score to the

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animated feature film, ''

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'', which was the most-watched streaming film of 2021, with over 10.6 billion minutes watched. He worked with Justin Paul on the incidental underscore for Stephen Chbosky's 2021 film adaptation of Broadway musical ''

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''. He scored the

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television series '' Superman & Lois'' (2021–24)."Dan Romer Scoring The CW’s ‘Superman & Lois’,"
''Film Music Reporter''.

Discography

As composer

Film

Television

Video games

Music producer

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romer, Dan Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians American film score composers American male film score composers American male songwriters American male television composers American television composers Living people Musicians from Los Angeles Record producers from Los Angeles State University of New York at Purchase alumni