Tim Simonec

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Tim Simonec
Born (1951-06-11) June 11, 1951 (age 74)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Occupations
  • Composer
  • conductor
  • orchestrator
  • arranger

Tim Simonec (born June 11, 1951) is an American 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, orchestrating and conducting for Jurassic World , 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]

References

  1. ↑ Goldwasser, Dan (September 21, 2019). "ASMAC Presents a Master Class with Tim Simonec". American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers . Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ Sapiro, Ian (2016). Scoring the Score: The Role of the Orchestrator in the Contemporary Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-317-93488-2.
  3. ↑ Begley, Robert (Spring 2015). "The Symbolic Clash of Whiplash" (PDF). Reason Papers. 37 (1): 179–181.
  4. ↑ "Award-Winning Composer Michael Giacchino Scoring Zootopia". Moviefone. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ Ross, Alex (May 17, 2010). "The Spooky Fill: Onward and Upward with the Arts". The New Yorker . Vol. 86, no. 13.
  6. ↑ "Grammy Awards: List of Winners". The New York Times . January 31, 2010.
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