Robert ToTeras
Music for Film & Television
Philadelphia-born, New York-bred, Los Angeles-based, Robert ToTeras is one of the most versatile composers working in television and feature films.
Forbes Magazine cited ToTeras’ “diverse portfolio” as one of the reason “he stands out” amongst his peers. Robert is equally comfortable scoring a high-end docuseries, irreverent comedy or scripted dramas.
about Robert ToTeras
Philadelphia-born, New York-bred, Los Angeles-based, Robert ToTeras is one of the most versatile composers working in television and feature films.
Forbes Magazine cited ToTeras’ “diverse portfolio” as one of the reason “he stands out” amongst his peers. Robert is equally comfortable scoring a high-end docuseries, irreverent comedy or scripted dramas.
Since 2013, Robert has scored TNT and Oxygen’s hit series Cold Justice produced by legendary Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf. Cold Justice recently aired its 100th episode in 2023.
Robert has also scored multiple shows for Netflix including the nominated series Sugar Rush (for which Robert won a 2020 BMI Award) and its spin-offs Sugar Rush: Christmas & Sugar High.
Current scores by Robert include the Discovery ID/MAX docuseries Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals and the PBS documentary The Niagara Movement - The Early Battle for Civil Rights directed by Emmy winning, Academy Award Nominee Lawrence Hott.
Other projects score by Robert have included TV series for NBC, CBS, TNT, Bravo and TeenNick, documentaries for Showtime.
One of Robert’s songs “Break Out The Boom Boom”, became a viral sensation when it was used in a promo for the HBO series Girls. As a result, the song was profiled in over 50 publications, including E! Online who proclaimed the song “addictive” and Cosmopolitan who called it a “ra-ra anthem… which I want to play every time I walk into a room.”
In a previous life outside of Hollywood and music, Robert ToTeras spent three years as a professional blackjack gambler, and member of a card-counting team in Las Vegas. He has been politely escorted (by well-dressed security teams with earpieces) out of numerous and well-known gaming establishments.
press & news
"The Girls Season 3 Teaser Video .....
it's set to Robert ToTeras' ra-ra anthem "Break Out the Boom-Boom," which I want to play every time I walk into a room."
"The Teaser for Season 3 of Girls is......
Set to Robert ToTeras’ catchy-as-hell Break Out The Boom-Boom, everyone's looking good and feeling better..."
Girls Season Three Promo:..
Take a look at the full video above to see all of the fun on-set pictures from Girls' third season. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, that addictive song in the promo is Robert ToTeras' "Break Out the Boom Boom."
Cold Justice turns 100. Meet the person behind its ‘suspense twang’ music.
“It was really a pleasure to do, and an honor to do. Most TV shows don’t actually help people—TV’s great, I’ve devoted my life to it,” ToTeras said. “But most TV shows don’t actually help people in the real world, and I happen to work for one that does. That’s sort of amazing.”
"BMI announced the winners of the performing rights organization’s annual Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on Monday...
BMI pointed to the large number of first-time honorees — Robert ToTeras “Sugar Rush.”
"The winners of BMI’s 36th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards were announced Monday (June 15) across the organization’s social and digital platforms...
Honorees -- who were awarded for their work on the top-performing films, TV shows and other visual media from the previous year -- include composers... Robert ToTeras (Sugar Rush)."