Daniel Rojas (film composer)

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Daniel Rojas
Born1988 [1]
Heredia, Costa Rica [2]
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
Genres Film score
Occupation(s)Composer, producer, arranger, guitarist
Years active2009–present
Associated acts Klaus Badelt, Demi Lovato
Website http://danielrojas.com/
https://www.506music.com/

Daniel Rojas (born 1988) [1] is a Costa Rican musician and composer primarily working in the fields of film and television.

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Biography

Born in Heredia, Costa Rica into a musical family, [2] [3] Rojas studied Jazz Arranging & Composition at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas on scholarship. [4] [5] After graduating in 2010, he moved full-time into session player work, primarily as a guitarist. His film and television work has included working as an assistant composer, arranger, and music team member for composers such as Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, and Alan Menken. [3] [6] Rojas also performed as a member of Demi Lovato's band, [3] and also worked as a guitarist on recordings by artists such as Bryan Adams and Jason Mraz, among others.

Session work eventually gave way to composing and arranging scores and songs for movies and television shows. His film projects have included songwriting for Money Monster (2016), directed by Jodie Foster amd starring Foster and George Clooney, [1] [7] and Downsizing (2017), directed by Alexander Payne and starring Matt Damon. [8] Television composition work has included scores for The Demon Files featuring Sean Astin (2015, Destination America), and True Nightmares featuring Tim Robbins (2015–2018, Investigation Discovery). [3] [9]

Currently, Rojas is the series composer for Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts , a DreamWorks Animation television series. [10] He composes both score music and songs for the series, which stars the voices of Karen Fukuhara, Deon Cole, Coy Stewart, Sydney Mikayla, and Dee Bradley Baker. [3] [11] The first season of Kipo debuted on Netflix on January 14, 2020, with the Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Season 1 Mixtape) soundtrack album debuting a few days earlier on January 10. [12] [13] Both his music composition and production company, 506 Music, and his music library production company, Nimble Music (co-owned with Jack Gravina), are based out of Culver City, California. [3]

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorRole
201230º CouleurLucien Jean-Baptiste et Philippe LarueAdditional music, assistant to Klaus Badelt
2012The Philly KidJason ConneryAdditional music, guitarist
2013Beyond All BoundariesSushrut JainMusician, featured soloist
2015 Room Lenny Abrahamson Co-songwriter & co-performer: "Bag Fight"
2016 Money Monster Jodie Foster Song arrangements
2017 Downsizing Alexander Payne
  • Songwriter:
    • "Manjing Jam" (also performer)
    • "Green Emerald" (also performer)
    • "Extraordinary" (also performer)
    • "Billy-Jane Doe"
    • "Avago"
    • "Un Reve"
    • "My Belo Horizonte"
  • Performer: "Monday Monday"

Television

YearTitleNetworkRole
2012 Transporter: The Series RTL (Germany)
M6 (France)
HBO Canada (Canada, English)
Super Écran 1 (Canada, French)
Music team (4 episodes)
2015The Demon Files Destination America Music by (6 episodes)
2015True Nightmares Investigation Discovery Music by (6 episodes)
2020 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Netflix Original score and songs
2021 M.O.D.O.K. Hulu Music by (10 episodes)

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