ROBBIE TEEHAN
An award-winning Canadian composer of music for film, TV, and video games, Robbie Teehan has written music for major TV series Elementary and Jessica Jones, and scored independent dramas and documentaries such as Scarborough, The Babushkas of Chernobyl, and Bottle Conditioned.
SCARBOROUGH wins 8 Canadian Screen Awards including “Best Motion Picture”
ROBBIE TEEHAN
is an award-winning Canadian composer of music for film, TV, and video games. He has written music for major TV series Elementary and Jessica Jones, and scored independent dramas and documentaries such as Scarborough, The Babushkas of Chernobyl, and Bottle Conditioned.
SCARBOROUGH wins 8 Canadian Screen Awards including “Best Motion Picture”
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“Robbie’s wonderful score lifted our film considerably; his work was emotional, fresh, intelligent & authentic. And Robbie himself? – an amazingly hard-working colleague who cared about the film as much as I did.”
-Holly Morris, director: The Babushkas of Chernobyl
Featured Project: SCARBOROUGH
Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Catherine Hernandez, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s debut narrative feature follows three interwoven families fighting an uphill struggle against debt, addiction, and job insecurity.
The score threads a delicate needle, balancing the tender innocence of the three young leads - represented by violin, piano, and a plucky synth respectively - with the brutal oppressiveness of the system they’re trapped in, represented by vintage synths inspired by the city’s late 20th century brutalist concrete architecture.
“Heartbreaking without being manipulative, compassionate without being overbearing and authentic without being sentimental, Scarborough stands as a shining example of how, when everything lines up just so, our country’s film industry can produce truly powerful works of art that can transform the way that you see the world.”
-Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail
8x Canadian Screen Award winner including Best Motion Picture
Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Runner-Up; Tastemaker Award; Canada’s Top Ten List
Nominated: Best Canadian Film (Toronto Film Critics Association; Vancouver Film Critics Circle
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“A collaborator in the truest sense. I continue to work with Robbie not only for his strong work ethic and unwavering commitment to his projects, but because I can relate with him as an artist.”
-Rich Williamson, director: Scarborough, Frame 394, The Sugar Bowl
ABOUT
Robbie Teehan is a JUNO-award nominated Canadian composer, known for his nuanced and melodic scores to film, TV, and video games, and broad musical experience. He scored the critically-acclaimed Canadian film SCARBOROUGH, hailed by NOW Magazine as “A New Canadian Cinema”, and winner of 8 Canadian Screen Awards including “Best Motion Picture”; BELOW THE BELT, which recently premiered in New York City with Executive Producer Hillary Rodham Clinton in attendance; and BOTTLE CONDITIONED directed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Franck.
Robbie’s scoring credits include additional music on three seasons of hit TV series ELEMENTARY and two seasons of JESSICA JONES alongside his mentor, 4-time Emmy Award-winning composer Sean Callery (24, HOMELAND, BONES, THE MEDIUM, HALO, etc.), with whom he apprenticed for five years in Los Angeles. Robbie created a heartfelt orchestral score for the animated short LOVE LETTERS FROM EVEREST, which received two Canadian Screen Award nominations, and a Ukrainian-folk inspired score for the feature documentary THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL, lauded by the Chicago Tribune as “provocative, powerful, poignant, and frankly, unforgettable” and award-winner at nine film festivals including the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Classically-trained, Robbie has composed and arranged for artists and ensembles across North America including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Toronto, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. His orchestral composition, “Dreams of Flying,” was hailed as “fresh and tuneful” by MacLean’s Magazine and nominated for a JUNO award for “Classical Composition of the Year.” Robbie has performed around the world with a diverse array of musical projects, and his work as a composer, arranger, band member, session musician, and record producer has earned him four JUNO and eight Canadian Folk Music Award nominations.
Robbie is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents and the Canadian Film Centre’s Slaight Music Residency. From his studio in Toronto, he collaborates with heart-led filmmakers from around the world.
“Robbie’s sense of loyalty and dedication is matched only by his insane talent as a musician and composer. I was very lucky to have met Robbie, and I hope you will benefit as much from his energy and enthusiasm as I did.”
-Sean Callery, 4-time Emmy Award-winning composer:
24, Homeland, Jessica Jones, Elementary, The Beast in Me
CONTACT
General Inquiries
use this form or email robteehan@gmail.com
Agency Contact
for professional inquiries related to Film, TV, or Video Game scoring:
Ari Wise, agent
Core Music Agency
Vancouver: 604.708.1967
Toll-Free: 1-866-784-3222