Awards 

2019 - ASCAP award for NBC’s "Will & Grace"
2018 - ASCAP award for NBC’s "Will & Grace"

BIO

Lior Rosner is an award-winning composer of music for film, television and the concert hall who has been recognized for his masterful command of an enormous range of genres, styles and forms. After studying composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Rosner’s passion for film music brought him to Los Angeles where and the prestigious graduate program in Film Music at UCLA’s School of Music.

Rosner’s recent television work includes Netflix’s cheeky adult animated series Q-Force starring Sean Hayes and Wanda Sykes, Netflix dramedy series AJ and the Queen, starring RuPaul (created with Sex and The City writer/director Michael Patrick King) and NBC’s hit revival of Will and Grace (his work on the show was recognized with the ASCAP Award). Other credits of note include the iconic theme for The Ellen DeGeneres Show as well as AMC’s Heroes and Villains: The Secret History of Comics.

Rosner’s film work includes collaborations with Oscar Winner, John Ottman on scores for the X-Men franchise, Valkyrie (featuring his choral piece They’ll Remember You which was nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards and has become part of the contemporary choral cannon), Superman Returns, Fantastic 4: The Rise of the Silver Surfer. Other movie and TV work includes Little Fockers, The Losers, CNN’s The History of Comedy, Battle Creek, and ABC’s Forever, The Geography Club and Sins of Our Youth.

Equally at home in the concert hall as in the studio, Rosner’s recent concert music engagements include writing/arranging for the San Francisco Symphony’s holiday concerts and as well as the upcoming premiere of his song cycle, Metamorphosis, written for countertenor Andrew Watts and the BBC Symphony.

His latest release, on Sony Classical, Sugar Plum On The Run, is a fresh new sequel to The Nutcracker. This holiday treat features a thrilling performance by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a whimsical narration by Jeremy Irons. Praise by critics, it has delighted holiday concert audiences and been streamed by millions. His album Awake and Dream, on Bridge records, is a collection of modern art songs deftly handled by world-renowned vocalist Janai Brugger.

Rosner’s music has also been featured in countless advertising campaigns and film trailers.

In addition to the work mentioned above, Rosner is one of the founders of the electronic music collective, Kummerspeck, which collaborated on recording projects with artists such as Philip Glass, Blondie, and RuPaul.