Zach Robinson

Zach Robinson

History

Zach Robinson is an LA based composer, arranger, music producer, and electronic musician. After receiving his degree in music composition from Northwestern University, Zach worked closely as a collaborator with film composer Christophe Beck, writing additional music for feature films such as Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, Ant-Man, Sisters, and The Peanuts Movie. In 2016, Zach co-composed and oversaw all music production of YouTube’s first developed sitcom, “Sing It!” created by YouTube superstars, The Fine Brothers. He also composed the music for the Fine's first feature film, F!@# The Prom, and the score for USA's "NFL Football Fanatic." Zach's passion lies in the fantastic. He is a mega-fan of classic B-film horror, space epics, lounge exotica, smokey noir, buddy cop movies, and 1980's retro-futures. Since 2009, Zach has created 1980's inspired electronic music under the pseudonym D/A/D (DEE-AY-DEE). His most recent album The Construct (2013) was named one of the best cassette releases of 2013 by NPR and received critical acclaim from numerous online publications including Pitchfork, Ad Hoc, and FACT Magazine.

Profile

Zach Robinson

Movies

Trouble
Music
Set in 1952, this musical thriller is what happens when a traveling salesman shows up on the doorstep of a dying old man and can't contain the song within his heart. A dark riff on a classic musical.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Original Music Composer
Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.
Long Flat Balls III
Original Music Composer
It's been 14 years and Petter has not kept his promise to marry Laila. Petter wants to get married. The problem is that he can't. The solution is in Lithuania. Old friendship, the relationship with Laila and Edgarasjen's existence are put to the test when Petter takes the rest of the friends on Edgarasjen to Lithuania to solve his own problem. There they end up with a trailer full of alcohol from Lithuania. Everything would have gone well if the guys had not started to borrow some...
Shelter in Place
Music
When a global pandemic limits the possibility of travel, a honeymooning couple gets stranded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel where a skeleton staff of two employees tend to them. As tensions escalate amidst a forced lockdown, it becomes apparent there is more to fear at the storied hotel than just cabin fever.
Thumb
Music
When the daughter of a controversial performance artist inherits her late mother's home archive, an unexpected visitor comes to claim the most notorious artwork...as they discover an artistic legacy can be more of a curse.
Josie & Jack
Music
Raised in a decaying old Pennsylvania mansion and home schooled by their tyrannical professor father, Josie and Jack Raeburn have never had anyone but each other to depend on. Set in the 1990s.
Herman
Original Music Composer
A daytime horror about the earthly forces around us that impact our lives but we aren't aware of - or choose to ignore. The story concerns a young boy who discovers a strange figurine. Its mysterious effect on his family suggests it could be a harbinger of larger consequence.
Larry
Original Music Composer
Larry lives behind a window. He can see you through the glass. Will you be Larry's friend?
F*&% the Prom
Original Music Composer
Maddy and Cole were inseparable friends until high school started and Maddy became the most popular girl on campus. When she starts feeling lonely and heartbroken, she reconnects with Cole and the duo conspire to destroy the ultimate teen popularity contest
The Peanuts Movie
Additional Music
Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest.
Bad Exorcists
Music
A trio of awkward teens intend to win a horror festival by making their own movie, but wind up getting their actress possessed in the process.
Edge of Tomorrow
Additional Music
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
Edge of Tomorrow
Music Coordinator
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
Telescope
Music
A cosmic archaeologist journeys through space and time to capture evidence of a forgotten Earth.
A Head Shorter
Music
A Head Shorter is a 2D animated documentary short narrated by Naftali Deutsch. The film begins in the spring of 1944 when Naftali and his entire family are forced to leave their home in Kimyat, a village in the Carpatho-Ukraine region, and sent to Auschwitz. Naftali recounts his harrowing journey as a 12 year old boy in the Holocaust and how he survived multiple concentration camps.