The Wonderful World of Wendy


Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW - what a ride!!

Monday, July 07, 2008

"Birds" music

The music to the Washington Lottery ad "Every bird should get to fly" really caught my attention. Other people's as well, and on YouTube someone answered the question, who created the music?

This is from the composer's MySpace page. His name is Rob Simonsen.

About Rob Simonsen
Since his first foray into film with the orchestral score for the indie feature Westender (2003), which won praises of "...unusually rich" (Variety), "resonant" (Combustible Celluloid), "vibrant and powerful" (dvdtalk.com), Rob Simonsen has written and worked on the scores for numerous Hollywood films. From quirky, Sundance award-winning films to major studio releases, Rob's writing range has spanned from small, eclectic ensembles to full 85-piece orchestras with choir.

It was the premiere of Westender at the 2003 Seattle International Film Festival where Rob met and befriended Mychael Danna. A year later, both of them relocated from their respective homes to Los Angeles, and Rob began orchestrating, composing, and producing music with Mychael and on his own. Since then he has gained experience working on such titles as Little Miss Sunshine, Capote, Surf's Up, Fracture, Breach, The Nativity Story, Eve and the Fire Horse, Lonely Hearts, and Fox Television's New Amsterdam, among others.

Rob lives in Los Angeles, and works out of the Awesome Power Worldwide Inc. Studios in Hollywood.

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