It’s been up a busy Autumn. I spent most of November working on Roman Coppola’s film, “A Glimpse Inside The Mind of Charles Swan III. It has a great cast. Charlie Sheen is our star, alongside Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Winnock, Bill Murray, and Patricia Arquette. Charlie dances and sings.
I’ve had he chance to work with some of my favorite composer-collaborators. Mark Isham brought me on board the hit ABC series “Once Upon a Time.” It’s a full-orchestra action fantasy score, every week! And I’ve been working with one of the best game composers in the business, Jesper Kyd.
Mike Mill’s feature film, Beginners, which opened in June and is now playing world-wide to critical and popular acclaim, was been tearing up the films awards circuit, including a big win for Best Feature at the Gotham Independent Film awards. Another feature, Tanner Hall, starring Rooney Mara from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, was released theatrically in September. The AXE/Sexy Boy commercial campaign, with Roger’s operatic arrangement of the Air classic, is airing internationally. “Mongo Wrestling Alliance” is being broadcast on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network, joining all those King of the Hill re-runs. And after three feature collaborations, Jed Weintrob and Roger are working together again on the new series, “Experience 3D,” for Discovery channel’s flagship 3D network.
Here’s some biographical information on who I am and what I do:
This fall’s premieres are among many milestones for Roger Neill, a Harvard doctorate whose award-winning music-writing catalog spans hundreds of television episodes, TV commercials, more than 20 major motion pictures and even an operetta.
As an arranger, orchestrator, conductor and collaborator, Roger has worked with a who’s who in the recording industry, including Beck, Mellow, Spoon, David Sylvian, Jason Falkner, Natalie Merchant, Stereolab, Sondre Lerche and Stars of Track & Field.
These join Roger’s ongoing highlight reel, a canon that includes work on Sofia Coppola’s kaleidoscopic Marie-Antoinette, for which he adapted and conducted the music of Antonio Vivaldi and Siouxsie and the Banshees with equal vigor.
You can hear more of Roger’s signature sound on Ed Stone’s romantic comedy Griffin & Phoenix; the crime drama Take starring Minnie Driver and Jeremy Renner; and the documentary The Killer Within, featuring the renowned Kronos String Quartet.
The ubiquitous artist is perhaps best-known for his 13 seasons scoring the Fox prime-time animated series King of the Hill; Roger’s other television credits include Chicago Hope, Michael Hayes and The Simple Life.
A Southern California native, Roger hails from El Cajon, a cultural backwater of eastern San Diego County where gun racks outnumber surf racks. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Southern California, and a PhD in music composition from Harvard University.
Roger is the recipient of many ASCAP and BMI awards, an Emmy for his work on King of the Hill, and an LA Weekly Theater Critics Musical of the Year Award for his operetta The Beastly Bombing.
Roger is represented by the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency: (818) 260-8500.
