David Robidoux

David Robidoux is an American score composer. He writes film scores for various sporting films and networks, and primarily composes for NFL Films.

Career Robidoux is originally from Reading, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Berklee College of Music with degrees in audio engineering and film scoring, he began working for NFL Films in 1991 as an audio engineer, and began composing alongside music director Tom Hedden, who had joined the company the year before. Their first score, 75 Seasons: The History of the NFL, earned them the Emmy Award for Best Musical Score. They would win four more Emmys for 75 Seasons, along with the productions Favre 4ever, Emmitt Smith: Run With History, NFL Century: In Their Own Words and Unitas. In 2000, Robidoux worked with vocal group Boyz II Men on the song So Amazing. The theme would also be used in EA Sports' NASCAR video games starting with that year's NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup (which uses a rock version of the theme). The following year, a modified version of the music was used in the film Herbie: Fully Loaded (which mixes the “Thunder” theme with the Herbie theme) Also in 2005, Robidoux created The Lombardi Trophy Theme, which became the official theme of the Super Bowl. After the launch of NFL Network, Robidoux worked on the thematic branding of the network, and composed the theme music for Thursday Night Football, and also composed for the NFL's Major League Baseball network counterpart's Thursday Night Baseball. He also composed the score for the EA Sports video games NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup and Madden NFL 08. Robidoux again worked with HBO on the documentary Lombardi. Another television series he worked on is Nicktoons' NFL Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core. In 2011, Robidoux, coordinated by NFL Senior Vice President of Events Frank Supovitz (who had worked with Robidoux to create a presentation theme for the Lombardi Trophy presentation for Super Bowl XL in 2006), wrote a musical score for NFL Films dubbed by company president Steve Sabol as Echoes of Eternity, which was played at the Pro Football Hall of Fame bust unveilments.

Honors In 1992 and 1995, Robidoux was awarded the SESAC Television Award Composer of the Year. In 1999, Robidoux received an International Monitor Award for the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema trailer score. He also won Monitor awards for the documentary Harley Davidson and television show Grunt & Punt in engineering and sound design. He has also won Telly Awards and Aurora Awards.

Original film scores Namath: From Beaver Falls to Broadway Lombardi Championship Chase The Season Super Six Boxing Classic Fight Camp 360 Hard Knocks (2001–2010) America's Game: The Missing Rings Truth in 24 Michael Irvin – Road To Canton Super Bowl Journey America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions Road To The Super Bowl (1996–2012) Favre 4-Ever Blood From A Stone Super Bowl I – A Wild Ride Emmitt Smith: Run With History Monday Night Football Unitas NFL Century History Of The U.S. Navy Football Summer Camp The Bravest Team: Rebuilding FDNY Vermiel Road To The Super Bowl Football America Big Game America Six Days To Sunday 75 Seasons Jolly Roger WWE Unreal

Opening themes Turning Point A Football Life Echoes Of Eternity NFL Draft Football Freakonomics The Season Showtime Sports Super Bowl Journey Hot Stove Inside NASCAR Thursday Night Baseball Inside The NFL NFL Films Presents Super Six Boxing Classic Fight Camp 360 The Lombardi Trophy Super Bowl Theme Thursday Night Football Thunder (NASCAR – used for international broadcasts and all disclaimers) NFL Under The Helmet NFL Total Access NFL Films Presents Game of the Week in HD Football America Tailgate

Video games Madden NFL (2008–2013) EA Sports NASCAR series