Tim Simonec (born June 11, 1951) is a composer, orchestrator, conductor, and arranger.[1][2] He is known for his work in film music, composing for movies such as Whiplash and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He has a long-term partnership with Michael Giacchino conducting and orchestrating for Zootopia, Lost, and The Incredibles, among many others.[3][4][5] He is also known for scoring the video games The Incredibles and Ratatouille. He was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, alongside Giacchino, for his work on Up.[6]
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| Born | June 11, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, US |
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References
edit- ^ Goldwasser, Dan (September 21, 2019). "ASMAC Presents a Master Class with Tim Simonec". American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ Sapiro, Ian (2016). Scoring the Score: The Role of the Orchestrator in the Contemporary Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-93488-2.
- ^ Begley, Robert (Spring 2015). "The Symbolic Clash of Whiplash" (PDF). Reason Papers. 37 (1): 179–181.
- ^ "Award-Winning Composer Michael Giacchino Scoring Zootopia". Moviefone. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ Ross, Alex (May 17, 2010). "The Spooky Fill: Onward and Upward with the Arts". The New Yorker. Vol. 86, no. 13.
- ^ "Grammy Awards: List of Winners". The New York Times. January 31, 2010.
External links
edit- Tim Simonec at IMDb
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