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Rob Mathes(I)

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Rob Mathes was born on 10 September 1970 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. He is a composer, known for The Greatest Showman (2017), In the Heights (2021) and The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2011).
BornSeptember 10, 1970
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Radu Spinghel, Ilia Jessica Castro, Zac Efron, Martha Nichols, Christina Glur, Shannon Holtzapffel, Zendaya, Keala Settle, Jonathan Redavid, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Luciano Acuna Jr., Daniel Everidge, Skylar Dunn, Timothy Hughes, Cameron Seely, Sam Humphrey, Yusaku Komori, and Danial Son in The Greatest Showman (2017)
    The Greatest Showman
    7.5
    • Music Department
    • 2017
    Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Corey Hawkins, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, and Anthony Ramos in In the Heights (2021)
    In the Heights
    7.2
    • Music Department
    • 2021
    The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
    The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
    5.5
    TV Special
    • Music Department
    • 2011
    Billy Bob Thornton in The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
    The Astronaut Farmer
    6.3
    • Music Department
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • A Capitol Fourth (2004)
      A Capitol Fourth
      6.2
      TV Series
      • musical arrangement
      • 2019–2023
    • Javier Bardem, Scoot McNairy, Constance Wu, Shawn Mendes, and Winslow Fegley in Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
      Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
      6.1
      • song arranger
      • song conductor
      • song orchestrator
      • 2022
    • Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Corey Hawkins, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, and Anthony Ramos in In the Heights (2021)
      In the Heights
      7.2
      • orchestral song arrangements
      • 2021
    • Western Stars (2019)
      Western Stars
      7.6
      • music director & arranger
      • musician: keyboards & piano
      • 2019
    • Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Radu Spinghel, Ilia Jessica Castro, Zac Efron, Martha Nichols, Christina Glur, Shannon Holtzapffel, Zendaya, Keala Settle, Jonathan Redavid, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Luciano Acuna Jr., Daniel Everidge, Skylar Dunn, Timothy Hughes, Cameron Seely, Sam Humphrey, Yusaku Komori, and Danial Son in The Greatest Showman (2017)
      The Greatest Showman
      7.5
      • New York orchestra conducted by
      • 2017
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
      The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
      7.2
      TV Special
      • musical director
      • 2014
    • Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (2013)
      Sting: When the Last Ship Sails
      8.7
      • music producer
      • 2013
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
      The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
      8.0
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2012
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
      The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
      5.5
      TV Special
      • musical director
      • 2011
    • All Together Now: A Celebration of Service
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2011
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
      The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
      6.9
      TV Special
      • conductor
      • 2010
    • Sting: Live in Berlin (2010)
      Sting: Live in Berlin
      8.1
      TV Special
      • music producer
      • 2010
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2009)
      The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
      7.0
      TV Special
      • musical director
      • 2009
    • The Smell of Success (2009)
      The Smell of Success
      5.2
      • composer: additional music
      • conductor
      • orchestrator
      • 2009
    • We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
      We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
      5.5
      TV Special
      • music arranger
      • musical director
      • orchestrator
      • 2009

    Composer

    • Herblock: The Black & the White (2013)
      Herblock: The Black & the White
      7.5
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • Rob Mathes: Beyond the Music (2011)
      Rob Mathes: Beyond the Music
      TV Movie
      • original music by
      • 2011
    • Thurgood (2011)
      Thurgood
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2011
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
      The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
      8.0
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
      The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
      6.4
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • Vanessa Williams: What Child Is This?
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1992

    Soundtrack

    • The Voice Generations (2023)
      The Voice Generations
      TV Series
      • writer: "This Is Me"
      • 2023
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)
      The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
      8.0
      TV Special
      • performer: "Moby Dick"
      • 2012
    • My Brother (2006)
      My Brother
      5.2
      • arranger: "His Eye on the Sparrow"
      • performer: "His Eye on the Sparrow"
      • writer: "His Eye on the Sparrow"
      • 2006
    • Jim Cummings and John Fiedler in Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
      Piglet's Big Movie
      6.2
      • arranger: "Comforting to Know"
      • producer: "If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)", "Mother's Intuition", "With a Few Good Friends", "The More I Look Inside", "Comforting to Know"
      • 2003
    • Jim Cummings and John Fiedler in Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
      Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
      6.6
      Video
      • arranger: "Winnie the Pooh", "Auld Lang Syne"
      • 2002
    • Pavarotti & Friends for Cambodia and Tibet
      8.4
      TV Special
      • arranger: "There Must Be an Angel", "I Knew I Loved You"
      • 2000
    • Vanessa Williams and Chayanne in Dance with Me (1998)
      Dance with Me
      6.0
      • writer: "Want You, Miss You, Love You"
      • 1998
    • Silver Bullet (1985)
      Silver Bullet
      6.4
      • lyrics: "Joyride"
      • performer: "Joyride"
      • writer: "Joyride"
      • 1985

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Born
      • September 10, 1970
      • Waterloo, Iowa, USA

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