Dan Romer is an American film composer, music producer and songwriter based in

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Career

As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominated '' Beasts of the Southern Wild'', ''

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'', '' 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 iTunes 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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'', 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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Discography

As composer

Film

Television

Video games

Music producer

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romer, Dan Living people 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 television composers Male television composers Musicians from New York (state) Record producers from New York (state) Songwriters from New York (state) State University of New York at Purchase alumni American male songwriters