Multi-instrumentalist Nathan Lanier is a composer for film, television, and games who is known for his music in Jon M. Chu’s Apple TV+ Emmy Award winning mystery/drama series, Home Before Dark. In addition, Lanier is well known for his signature cinematic dance music on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With The Stars, and the High Strung dance franchise, as well as his epic sci-fi action score for Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. He recently finished scoring, Falling For Christmas, a new Netflix holiday film starring Lindsay Lohan which will include Lanier’s new cover of the holiday classic Jingle Bell Rock, sung by Lohan and rapper Ali Tomineek. He is currently teaming up with Lohan again for the Netflix romantic comedy Irish Wish – coming in 2023.
Lanier has scored over 20 feature films, including, Justin Bieber’s Believe, Jem & The Holograms, Max Steel, High Strung and High Strung: Free Dance. His music has also been featured on Live To Dance, Conan, Ellen, Glee Live Tour, So You Think You Can Dance Live Tour, ISU World Figure Skating Championships, the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, and 2017 Carnival On Ice. In addition, he has written music for brands including Microsoft, American Express, T-Mobile, LG, McDonalds, Ducati, the LA Clippers, and Korean Air.
Lanier holds a Master of Arts Degree in Composition and Film Scoring from NYU and a Bachelor of Music Degree in Violin Performance from Mannes College of Music in New York. In addition to composing, producing and conducting, Lanier is also proficient in viola, piano, and guitar. He has performed with Kanye West, Stevie Wonder, John Williams, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Isaac Hayes, Smokey Robinson, Frank Sinatra Jr. and on such shows as Dancing With The Stars and The Tonight Show.
