SCORES AND COMMISIONS
Bob is such a true and gifted musician. I always feel like the energy of his music is so robust and full, and it is very kinetic, so it has a kind of physical excitement about it.
- Meredith Monk
Robert Een scores extensively for narrative and documentary film, theater and dance.
EXQUISITE CORPS
AND SO SAY ALL OF US
PARADISE POND
Paradise Pond was composed for PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER and was commissioned for the Bates College Dance Festival’s 25th Anniversary. It is a site-specific piece staged around a central pond on the campus in Lewiston, Maine.
THROUGH POSITIVE EYES
Through Positive Eyes is a series of twelve short films about individuals living in Los Angeles with HIV/AIDS. Producer David Gere and director Gideon Mendel commissioned music for each of these intimate portraits.
SLEEP DISORDER
Filmmaker Mitchell Rose commissioned music for this significant scientific (but fake) investigation of sleep disorder.
Watch full film: www.mitchelrose.com
MR. JEALOUSY
Een scored this feature film written and directed by Noah Baumbach.
HIROSHIMA MAIDEN
Dan Hurlin commissioned music for his theater/puppet piece Hiroshima Maiden. Een was recognized with an Obie Award for the score.
THE PARTNER PROJECT/ SCENE IN PUBLIC
New Music America supported this commissioned from choreographer Risa Jaroslow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCyWIXqPdy8&list=UU6H41BoYfA8I9Ud9aDjYpHQ
WORLD FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC
From the 1999 edition of the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles, cellist/composer Robert Een performs in this documentary by filmmaker Mitchell Rose.