Charlie Rosen

Charlie Rosen (born July 20, 1990 ) is an American musician, composer, arranger, orchestrator, musical director, and music producer. He is best known for his work on Broadway, where he has worked on Be More Chill, Prince of Broadway, American Psycho, and, along with Bryan Carter, won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Some Like It Hot. He is also the leader of the 8-Bit Big Band, a jazz orchestra specializing in video game music.

Early life Rosen was born in Los Angeles, California, as the son of a bassoonist and organist. He was taught piano by his mother, starting from the age of three. At the age of fifteen, he joined the onstage band for the Los Angeles production of 13. He moved to New York at the age of seventeen to make his Broadway debut in 13, where he was a swing. He later attended Berklee College of Music for four semesters. he was the bandleader of Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band, where he arranged classic musical theater numbers into music that could be performed by a jazz orchestra with Broadway performers as the vocalists. The band have won two Grammy Award for arrangements for the songs "Meta Knight's Revenge", from the game Kirby Super Star(1996), in 2022 and "Super Mario Praise Break" in 2026, and were also nominated in 2024.

Rosen is also the composer on 2021 comedy film Here Today.

Credits

Theater

Film Year(s)TitleRole 2021Here TodayComposer

Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult 2015 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations Honeymoon in Vegas 2018 Miss You Like Hell 2019 Be More Chill 2020 Obie Award Special Citation A Strange Loop Tony Award Best Orchestrations Moulin Rouge! 2022 Grammy Award Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella "Meta Knight's Revenge (From Kirby Super Star)" Tony Award Best Orchestrations A Strange Loop 2023 Tony Award Best OrchestrationsSome Like It Hot 2024 Grammy Award Best Musical Theater Album Laurence Olivier AwardOutstanding Musical ContributionGuys and Dolls (with Tom Brady for Musical Supervision & Arrangements) 2025 Grammy AwardBest Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals"Last Surprise" (From "Persona 5") 2026 Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella "Super Mario Praise Break" Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Orchestrator Emulator