Robert Elhai is an award-winning composer, film orchestrator, and arranger. As an orchestrator, he is the recipient of Tony and Drama Desk nominations for his work for the Broadway production of The Lion King. He has also orchestrated over 150 film scores including Iron Man 3, Thor 2, the third, fourth, and fifth Fast and Furious movies, the third and fourth Batman movies, Across The Universe, The Sixth Sense, and the first Robert Elhai is an award-winning composer, film orchestrator, and arranger.

As an orchestrator, he is the recipient of Tony and Drama Desk nominations for his work for the Broadway production of The Lion King. He has also orchestrated over 150 film scores including Iron Man 3, Thor 2, the third, fourth, and fifth Fast and Furious movies, the third and fourth Batman movies, Across The Universe, The Sixth Sense, and the first Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as the Oscar-winning score for Frida. He has also done arrangements for Metallica’s Grammy Award-winning S&M. He often collaborates with composers Elliot Goldenthal, Brian Tyler, Michael Kamen, Klaus Badelt, Ilan Eshkeri, Edward Shearmur, James Newton Howard, and many others. Robert has also been involved in projects that have won Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Tony Awards.

As a theatre composer, his projects include music for the Winesburg Trilogy Project (Untold Lies, Twisted Apples, and Answered Prayers) presented by Nautilus Music Theater at the Minnesota Fringe Festival successively in 2010, 2011, and 2012. He also wrote C., a musical theatre adaption of Cyrano de Bergerac produced in the 2015-2016 season at Theater Latté Da, as well as Persephone’s Sister, the final piece in Nautilus’ Ivey-Award-winning Sister Stories. He also holds degrees from Yale University, the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, and Carleton College.

• Ivey Award, Outstanding Production, Glensheen (2015)

• Ivey Award, Best Performance, Sun Standing Still from Sister Stories (2009)

• Jackie White Memorial National Children’s Play Writing Contest, First Place, Understood Betsy (2009)

• Emmy Award Citation, Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games (2002)

• Annie Award Citation, Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production, The Iron Giant (1999)

• Grammy Award Citation, Best Rock Instrumental, “Call of Kthulu” from S&M” by Metallica (1999)

• Certificate of Achievement in Recognition of Orchestration for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996)