Robert Lydecker

From a Vin Diesel blockbuster to a collaboration between Charlie Kaufman and DreamWorks Animation, Robert Lydecker’s work is broad and varied. He is an Emmy-winning, classically trained composer who grew up playing drums in punk bands.

Credits include DreamWorks' Orion and the Dark (written by Charlie Kaufman) and the Emmy-winning score for Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (starring Jack Black), xXx: Return of Xander Cage (Paramount), Iron Fist season two (Marvel/Netflix), Lethal Weapon seasons two and three (Fox/Warner Bros) and Laika Animation's first short film ParaNorman: The Thrifting. Lydecker co-scored two seasons of ABC's Designated Survivor alongside Sean Callery and co-scored four seasons of the Fox series Sleepy Hollow with Brian Tyler, earning an Emmy nomination for their main title theme.

Some of Lydecker’s other credits include composing additional music for Avengers II: Age of Ultron, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Iron Man 3, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, The Expendables II & III, Olympus Has Fallen, SMITE, Rogue Company, and The Crazies. He scored New Deal Studio's VR experience, Kaiju Fury, set in the world of Pacific Rim, and created the music for the Wonder Buffalo VR experience, which debuted at Sundance and SXSW.

His independent work is varied as well. In 2020 he composed a work for the chamber ensemble FiveByFive in collaboration with photographer James Welling and the George Eastman Museum, and he’s collaborated on a variety of indie film projects, including “Love Simply", a rom-com shot, produced and distributed entirely in China, and “And Then There Was Eve", a drama exploring motifs of gender, mental health and love. His latest indie project, “A Cow In The Sky", is based on true events surrounding the murder of Mulegata Seraw and the takedown of the White Aryan Resistance. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars the Grammy-nominated Aminé.

Alongside his work in music and film, Lydecker has stayed active with other interests. He’s spent many years cooking and serving free food in downtown LA at Pershing Square, Skid Row, and Exposition Park, and he worked with friends and neighbours to turn an abandoned lot in East Hollywood into a community garden. He also volunteers at state parks in Los Angeles to restore habitat with native plants and hopes he can continue doing positive work through music, film, and personal time.

FILM:

Orion and the Dark
Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Director: Sean Charmatz
Producer: Peter McCown

Aloft the Flames
Director: Jonathan Jimin
Producers: Jonathan Jimin, Daven Luc

Chinese Chocolate Made in China
Director: Yan Cui

Northern Shade
Director: Christopher Rucinski
Producers: Lauren Bates, Christopher Rucinski

XXX: The Return of Xander Cage
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: D.J. Caruso
Producers: Joe Roth, Vin Diesel, Samantha Vincent, Jeff Kirschenbaum

And Then There Was Eve
Studio: Metamorfic Productions
Director: Savannah Bloch
Producers: Jen Price, Jhennifer Webberly
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Truth (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics / RatPac Entertainment
Director: James Vanderbilt
Producers: Antonia Barnard, Mikkel Bondesen, James Packer, Steven Silver, Neil Tabatznik.

Love, Simply
Studio: A Voice Films
Director: Yan Cui
Producers: Qiang Gao, Jian Zhen Qi, Wang Ying Qing, Scott M. Rosenfelt, Fenglin Wang, Frank Wu, Bolin Xu

The Avengers II: Age of Ultron (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: Marvel Studios / Prime Focus
Director: Joss Whedon
Producers: Victoria Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, Jon Favreau, Alan Fine, Jeremy Latcham, Stan Lee, Patricia Whitcher

The Expendables III (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: Lionsgate / Millennium Films / Nu Image
Director: Patrick Hughes
Producers: Guymon Casady, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Basil Iwanyk, Lonnie Ramati, Trevor Short, David Varod

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Producers: Eric J. Crown, Jason Reed, Denis L. Stewart

Standing Up (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: AR Films / Aldamisa Entertainment
Director: D.J. Caruso
Producers: Ken Aguado, Sergei Bespalov, James D. Brubaker, Mark C. Manuel, John McAdams, Boris Teterev
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Enemies Closer (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: After Dark Films / Signature Entertainment
Director: Peter Hyams
Producers: Christopher Milburn, Joel Silver

Iron Man III (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: Marvel Studios / Paramount Pictures
Director: Shane Black
Producers: Victoria Alonso, Stephen Broussard, Louis D’Esposito, Jon Favreau, Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Dan Mintz, Charles Newirth, Bing Wu, Wenge Xiao
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Olympus Has Fallen (Additional Music)
Studio: Millennium Films / Nu Image
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Producers: Guy Avshalom, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Will French, Zygi Kamasa, Avi Lerner, Heidi Jo Markel, Christine Otal, Lonnie Ramati, Stephen Roberts, Trevor Short, John Thompson

The Expendables II (Musical Arrangements)
Studio: Millennium Films / Nu Image
Director: Simon West
Producers: Guymon Casady, Jason Constantine, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Jon Feltheimer, Basil Iwanyk, Eda Kowan, Lonnie Ramati, Trevor Short, David Varod

The Crazies (Additional Music)
Studio: Overture Films / Participant Media
Director: Breck Eisner
Producers: Jonathan King, George A. Romero, Jeff Skoll

TELEVISION:

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
Studio: DreamWorks Animation / Netflix
Producers: Peter Hastings. Shaunt Nigoghossian, Jack Black

Life Below Zero: Next Generation
Studio: National Geographic / BBC
Producers: Joseph Litzinger, Travis Shakespeare, Kevin Tao Mohs

Lethal Weapon
Studio: Fox
Producers: Dan Lin, McG, Jennifer Gwartz, Matthew Miller

Iron Fist
Studio: Marvel / Netflix
Producers: Jeph Loeb, Raven Metzner, Stan Lee, Jim Chory, Alan Fine, Karim Zreik, David Dobkin

Designated Survivor
Studio: ABC
Producers: Mark R. Gordon, Nicholas Pepper, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzan Bymel, Aditya Sood, Simon Kinberg, David Gugenheim, Jon Harmon Feldman, Jeff Melvoin, Keith Eisner, Amy B. Harris, Paul McGuigan

Sleepy Hollow
Studio: Fox
Producers: Albert Kim, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Len Wiseman, Damian Kindler, Mark Goffman, Raven Metzner, Ken Olin, Jose Molina, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Paul A. Edwards, Clifton Campbell, Russell Lee Fine, Howard Griffith

Scorpion (Additional Music)
Studio: CBS
Producers: Paul Grellong, Scooter Braun, Danny Rose, Heather Kadin, Justin Lin, Nick Santora, Danielle Woodrow, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Nicholas Wootton, Elizabeth Beall, Walter O’Brien, David Foster, Sam Hill

Just Seen It
Studio: PBS
Producers: David Freedman, Amy Taylor, Liz Manashil
Showrunner: David Freedman

Terra Nova (Additional Music)
Studio: Fox
Producers: Brannon Braga, Jon Cassar, Peter Chernin, Rene Echevarria, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Aaron Kaplan, Kelly Marcel, Katherine Pope, Craig Silverstein, Steven Spielberg, Jose Molina, David Fury, Alex Graves

Hawaii Five-O (Additional Music)
Studio: CBS
Producers: Alex Kurtzman, Peter M. Lenkov, Roberto Orci, Jeffrey Downer, Bryan Spicer, Paul Zbyszewski, Ken Solarz, Bryan Wynbrandt, John Dove, Steven Lilien, J.R. Orci, Brad Turner, Steve Boyum, Moira Kirland, Elwood Reid, Stephanie Sengupta, Turi Meyer, Sarah Goldfinger, Al Septien, Courtney Kemp Agboh, Len Wiseman

Transformers Prime (Additional Music)
Studio: The HUB
Producers: Duane Capizzi, Jeff Kline, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Stephen Davis