Orr Rebhun is an award winning, classically trained composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, based out of Hollywood, California. He is perhaps best known for his work on the CBS show, “The Crazy Ones,” which starred Robin Williams (for which Orr was awarded an ASCAP award for Top Television Series Music two years in a row). Some of his other notable television credits include the ABC single-camera comedy, “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23,” starring Krysten Ritter”; NBC’s comedy “1600 Penn,” staring Josh Gad, Jenna Elfman and Bill Pullman; FOX’s comedy “Enlisted,” (created by “Cougar Town” creator Kevin Biegel), as well as Yahoo’s Paul Feig- (Ghostbusters, Bridesmaids) directed sci-fi comedy, “Other Space,” to name a few.
Orr also wrote the underscore to some notable independent films, such as “Bride Wars” co-writers Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael’s Sundance premiered “A– Backwards,” (2013), as well as more recently, comedian Demetri Martin’s debut feature film (and this year’s Tribeca Film Festival’s 2016 winner), “Dean” (2016). In 2014, Orr wrote an original score for Oscar-winning director, Adam McKay’s “The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas!” short, which was part of Paul G. Allen and Morgan Spurlock’s partnership to produce “WE THE ECONOMY, 20Short Films You Can’t Afford to Miss.”
Orr also enjoys his work as a songwriter. In 2008, he wrote two original songs for Sony Picture’s 2008 film, “Step Brothers,” starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. He later wrote 3 original songs for the Jeremy Piven-starred “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard,” (2009), and five original songs for Sony’s 2010 smash hit “The Other Guys,” staring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. In 2011, Orr returned to collaborate with Adam McKay, co-writing 2 original songs for director Marc Forster’s (World War Z, Quantum of Solace) film, “Machine Gun Preacher.”
Ultimately, what distinguishes Orr’s abilities and sets him apart is his broad musical background and experience, which allows him to write in many different musical genres such as orchestral music, guitars or electronic-based productions, as well as musical theater. He also feels equally comfortable writing the score of a film, as he does writing original songs for it, threading both with common musical motifs that provide a sense of uniformity and consistency. Orr writes, records, and produces primarily from the studio he designed and built in Hollywood, California.