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Dan Romer is a New York born and raised music producer,writer,mixer and film composer based out of his studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Dan’s first major credit was performing on and mixing/mastering Ingrid Michaelson’s debut album ‘Girls and Boys’. He went on to produce her subsequent albums ‘Be Ok’ & ‘Everybody’.

Dan has produced albums for an array of exciting artists such as a Jenny Owen Youngs, Ian Axel, He Is We, April Smith, Lelia Broussard, Cara Salimando and Jukebox The Ghost. He is quickly establishing a name for himself as an in demand producer/writer and one of the leading up and coming production talents in New York.

In addition to his prolific production work Dan is an accomplished film composer having scored two award winning short films ‘Death To The Tinman’ & ‘Glory At Sea’ as well as ‘Beasts of The Southern Wild’ - his first feature film which was winner of the Grand Jury prize at Sundance as well as the Caméra d’Or award at Cannes 2012. The film is being released by Fox Searchlight in the US on June 27th 2012.

Current / Recent Projects July 2012

  • Beasts of The Southern Wild - Composer (Fox Searchlight)
  • Jukebox The Ghost - ‘Safe Travels’ production (Yep Roc) 


Selected production discography:

  • Ingrid Michaelson - ‘Be Ok’ ‘Everybody’ ‘Girls & Boys’ 
  • Lelia Broussard - ‘Masquerade’ 
  • Jenny Owen Youngs - ‘An Unwavering Band of Light’
  • Ian Axel - ‘This is the New Year’ 
  • April Smith - ‘Songs for a Sinking Ship’ 


Selected TV / Film Placements

Artist: Ingrid Michaelson

  • Grey’s Anatomy (7 + episodes) 
  • My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (film) 
  • Ramona & Beezus (film trailer) 
  • Nestle Baci Perugina (commercial) 
  • Old Navy (Commercial) 
  • Taking the Stage (MTV series) 
  • Tough Love (VH1 series) 
  • Castro (Israel commercial) 
  • House Bunny (film)

Artist: Ian Axel

  • Keeping up with the Kardashians - 2 placements (E! series) 
  • The Real World DC (MTV series) 
  • Private Practice (ABC series) 
  • The Hills (MTV series)

Artist: April Smith

  • Tesco Commercial 
  • Macys Commercial 
  • Weeds Season Six Trailer 
  • Colgate Wisp advert

Artist: Jenny Owen Youngs

  • Weeds (2 placements)
  • Nurse Jackie trailer