---
name: "Rob Simonsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-simonsen"
fi1m_id: "rob-simonsen"
imdb_id: "nm1387379"
tmdb_id: 1042699
wikidata_id: "Q7340551"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 March 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-09-27T08:56:29.933674+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rob Simonsen

## Identity

Rob Simonsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-simonsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-simonsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1387379
- **TMDB ID:** 1042699
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7340551
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Simonsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7340551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1387379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1042699

Composer. Born 11 March 1978 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 March 1978, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ari Handel](https://film.one/person/ari-handel.md), [Darren Aronofsky](https://film.one/person/darren-aronofsky.md), [Jeremy Dawson](https://film.one/person/jeremy-dawson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 59 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 65 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Adventure 2, Science Fiction 2, Sport 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,268m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Simonsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7340551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1387379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1042699

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Elio*](https://film.one/film/elio.md) (64), [*Deadpool & Wolverine*](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md) (60), [*Ghostbusters: Afterlife*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md) (55), [*It Ends with Us*](https://film.one/film/it-ends-with-us.md) (54)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Foxcatcher*](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Caught Stealing*](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md) (68)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Whale*](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rob Simonsen is an American film composer and conductor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he studied music at Southern Oregon University, the University of Oregon and Portland State University. His first feature credit was the independent film *Westender* (2003); he later provided additional music and arrangements for composer Mychael Danna on several projects including *Moneyball* (2011) and *Life of Pi* (2012).

Simonsen is known for his scores to * (500) Days of Summer* (2009), *The Age of Adaline* (2015), *Gifted* (2017), *Love, Simon* (2018), *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021), *The Adam Project* (2022), *The Whale* (2022), *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024) and *It Ends with Us* (2024). He has collaborated frequently with directors Marc Webb, Jason Reitman and Shawn Levy, and composed the score for the Pixar film *Elio* (2025). He is also credited on *Caught Stealing* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Caught Stealing* (2025), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), Fi1m 60, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *It Ends with Us* (2024), Fi1m 54, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/it-ends-with-us.md)
- *The Whale* (2022), Fi1m 54, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md)
- *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021), Fi1m 55, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md)
- *Foxcatcher* (2014), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md)
- *Moneyball* (2011), Fi1m 83, Additional Soundtrack — [page](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Monster: The Ed Gein Story* (2025), series, Additional Music
- *Caught Stealing* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *Elio* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *It Ends with Us* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/it-ends-with-us.md)
- *Deadpool & Wolverine* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/deadpool-and-wolverine.md)
- *Leading Man* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Good Grief* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Whale* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md)
- *Hollywood Stargirl* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *The Adam Project* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md)
- *Stargirl* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Way Back* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Our Friend* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The House of Tomorrow* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *In the Time It Takes to Get There* (2019), Music
- *Fast Color* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Captive State* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Poem About All Different Things* (2019), Music
- *The Upside* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Front Runner* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Tully* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Love, Simon* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Father Figures* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Only Living Boy in New York* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Gifted* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Going in Style* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Two Is a Family* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Miss Stevens* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Nerve* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Viral* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Burnt* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Stonewall* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Age of Adaline* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Foxcatcher* (2014), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md)
- *Wish I Was Here* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Chu and Blossom* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Spectacular Now* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Way Way Back* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Mistresses* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *The English Teacher* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best* (2012), Music
- *Girl Most Likely* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Seeking a Friend for the End of the World* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *LOL* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Moneyball* (2011), Additional Soundtrack — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md)
- *Love Etc.* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *All Good Things* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *(500) Days of Summer* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Management* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *8* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *How Can It Be* (2008), Music
- *Westender* (2004), as Glim

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