ABOUT
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Bobby Tahouri comes from a musical family, and began playing piano at the age of seven. He studied piano and composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and at the California Institute of the Arts, where he received his bachelor's degree in Music Composition. Upon graduation, Tahouri continued his studies with notable film composer Ira Newborn, who was an important mentor in honing his musical craft in film.
In 2005, Tahouri started assisting composer Geoff Zanelli at Remote Control Productions, which quickly led to work as an additional music composer and arranger, working alongside Zanelli and other composers, including Ramin Djawadi and Heitor Pereira, contributing to such scores as Into The West, Disturbia, Hitman, Iron Man, Game of Thrones, and Despicable Me 2, among many others.
Since then, Tahouri has gone on to establish himself as a composer in his own right, composing scores across many genres, ranging from award-winning documentaries Best Worst Movie and The American Scream, to the bold and dramatic video game scores, Marvel’s Avengers and Rise of the Tomb Raider. In the television space, Tahouri scored Nickelodeon’s highly rated animated series Shimmer and Shine, and composed the main title theme for the Biography Channel/LMN show The Haunting Of, which aired for seven seasons. He also scored the Netflix original comedy feature Girlfriend’s Day, produced by and starring Bob Odenkirk, and composed additional music for the CBS procedural The Code.
Tahouri has also made a name for himself in advertising, winning a Clio Award for his 2023 Super Bowl ad for Tubi, as well as composing commercials for Acura, Audi, AT&T, Bud Light, Old Spice as well as countless other brands. His music has been heard on Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, The Grand Tour, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The Goldbergs, Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live, NBC News, Shark Tank, Survivor, among many other programs and networks.
Alongside his solo work, Tahouri has collaborated with various recording artists, providing synth programming for Joey McIntyre, and orchestral arrangements for Rodney Jerkins on the Nickelodeon musical Rags. In 2019, he co-produced a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” with the band Evanescence for the Gears of War 5 video game trailer.
In January, 2023, Tahouri released his debut contemporary classical album The Abandoned, recorded in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Tahouri’s latest project was Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, providing additional music for composer Lorne Balfe.
