Rob Mathes was born on September 10, 1970 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. He is known for his work on The Astronaut Farmer (2006), Northfork (2003) and We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009).
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2009
TV Special musical director
The Smell of Success
2009
composer: additional music / conductor / orchestrator
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
TV Special music arranger / musical director / orchestrator
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2008
TV Special orchestrator
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2007
TV Special orchestrator
The Astronaut Farmer
2006
composer: additional music / conductor / music arranger / orchestrator
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2005
TV Special musical director
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2004
TV Special musical director
Vanessa Williams Christmas: Live by Request
2004
TV Special musical director
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2003
TV Special musical director
Piglet's Big Movie
2003
orchestrator
The Score
2003
TV Movie documentary musical director
Northfork
2003
conductor / musician: harpsichord and organ / orchestrator
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Kennedy Center Honors
2012
TV Special performer: "Moby Dick"
My Brother
2006
arranger: "His Eye on the Sparrow" / performer: "His Eye on the Sparrow" / writer: "His Eye on the Sparrow"
Piglet's Big Movie
2003
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"
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002
arranger: "Winnie the Pooh", "Auld Lang Syne"
Pavarotti & Friends for Cambodia and Tibet
2000
TV Special documentary arranger: "There Must Be an Angel", "I Knew I Loved You"
Dance with Me
1998
writer: "Want You, Miss You, Love You"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Herblock: The Black & the White
2013
Documentary
Rob Mathes: Beyond the Music
2011
TV Movie original music by
Thurgood
2011
TV Movie
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2010
TV Special
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2008
TV Special
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2007
TV Special
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sting: When the Last Ship Sails
2013
Documentary
Himself - piano, keyboards, acoustic guitars, background vocals
The Kennedy Center Honors
2012
TV Special
Himself - Performer (uncredited)
Rob Mathes: Beyond the Music
2011
TV Movie
Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2010
TV Special
Himself
Pavarotti & Friends 2002 for Angola
2002
TV Special documentary
House Band
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2011)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
The Kennedy Center Honors (2014)
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Herblock: The Black & the White (2013)
2013
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
The Kennedy Center Honors (2012)
2011
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010)
2011
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Thurgood (2011)
2010
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2009)
2009
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2008)
2006
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2005)
Known for movies
The Astronaut Farmer (2006) as Music Department
Northfork (2003) as Music Department
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009) as Music Department
$1.7 Million
