Bob Thiele Jr.

Bob Thiele Jr. (born July 3, 1955)^[1] is an American composer, musician and music producer. He has worked with many musical artists^[2] and on several soundtracks for TV shows and films.^[3][4][5] He is the son of producer Bob Thiele^[6][7] and singer Jane Harvey.^[8]

Bob Thiele Jr.
Born	Robert Thiele Jr. (1955-07-03) July 3, 1955 (age 70)
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, composer, music supervisor
Known for	The Office, Sons of Anarchy
Notable work	The Forest Rangers
Television	Sons of Anarchy, Mayans M.C.
Children	Owen Thiele
Parents	Bob Thiele (father) Jane Harvey (mother)

Career

Bob Thiele Jr. has worked with many artists, such as Bette Midler and Ray Charles.^[9]

He was part of the Royal Macadamians ensemble, collaborating with Davitt Sigerson and John Philip Shenale, also known as Phil Shenale. They released the Experiments in Terror album in 1990.^[10][11]

Television

Bob Thiele Jr. has worked for the music department of many TV series.^[12]

Year	Title	Role
2000-2004	Boston Public	music producer
2003-2007	The O.C.
2005-2006	The Buzz on Maggie	main theme composer
2005	Three Wishes
2005-2013	The Office	theme, musician, creator of the band The Scrantones[13][14]
2006	Bernard and Doris	composer, original songs and additional music
2008-2014	Sons of Anarchy	main title composer (This Life), music supervisor,[15] seven seasons
2010-2011	Detroit 1-8-7	music supervisor
2012	Alcatraz
2013-2014	Lucky 7
2014-2016	Manhattan	music supervisor
2015	Sin City Saints
	The Bastard Executioner
2016-2017	Chance	music supervisor
2017-2021	Genius
2017-2018	Superior Donuts	theme music composer
2018-2023	Mayans M.C.	music supervisor, main title composer [16][17]

Thiele led and founded Sons of Anarchy's house band The Forest Rangers.^[18][19] Greg Leisz (guitar/banjo), John Philip Shenale (keyboards), Lyle Workman (guitar), Dave Way (recording Engineer and Sergeant at Arms), Davey Faragher (bass), Brian Macleod (drums) and Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner.^[20][21] The band released three EPs: Sons of Anarchy: North Country (2009), Sons of Anarchy: Shelter and Sons of Anarchy: The King Is Gone. Four soundtrack albums followed along with numerous singles: Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4, Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol.2, Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol.3, Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. 4. The band also created an album titled Land Ho! in 2015, which was funded by a PledgeMusic campaign for its recording and release.^[22][23]

Thiele's songs from Mayans M.C. were released as albums and singles such as Señor [From "Mayans M.C."] (2020, producer), En Mi Camino [From "Mayans M.C."] (2020, composer, producer), Black Is Black [From "Mayans M.C."] (2020, producer), I Say a Little Prayer (Rezo una Oración por Ti) [From "Mayans M.C."] (2020, producer).^[9]

Motion pictures

Bob Thiele Jr. has worked for motion pictures such as: The Five Heartbeats (1991, songwriter, Robert Townsend/Director), I still know what you did last Summer (1998, songwriter, Danny Cannon/Director), The Waiting Game (1999, songwriter, Ken Liotti/Director), Boys and Girls (2000, songwriter, Robert Iscove/Director), Out of Line (2001, songwriter, Johanna Demetrakas/Director), Bernard and Doris (2006, additional music, songwriter, Bob Balaban/Director), Bad Country (2014, songwriter, Chris Brinker/Director), There's Always Woodstock (2014, music supervisor, Rita Merson/Director), Bad Hurt (2015, music supervisor, songwriter, Mark Kemble/Director), A Boyfriend For My Wife (2016, songwriter, Julia Rezende/Director).^[24]

Awards and nominations

Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated once for a daytime Emmy Award^[25] and 3 times for a Prime Time Emmy Award.^[26] He has won the Hollywood Music in Media Award twice and an ASCAP Film and Television Music award three times.^{[27][28][29][30]}

In 2009, Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on Sons of Anarchy. The song "This Life", written by him, guitarist Dave Kushner,^[31] Curtis Stigers and show creator Kurt Sutter, was nominated at the category "Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music" while it was performed by Curtis Stigers and The Forest Rangers.^[32] Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated for an OFTA television award for "This Life" at Best New Theme Song in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries category.

In 2014, he was nominated again for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his song "Day is Gone", which was on the soundtrack of the Sons of Anarchy episode "A Mother's Work" (Season 6, Episode 13). Noah Gundersen and Kurt Sutter co-wrote the song which was performed by Noah Gundersen and The Forest Rangers.

In 2015, Bob Thiele Jr. was nominated for a third time for a Primetime Emmy Award for his song "Come Join the Murder" from the Sons of Anarchy episode "Papa's Goods" (Season 7, episode 13). Jake Smith and Kurt Sutter co-wrote the song which was performed by The White Buffalo and The Forest Rangers.

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result[6]
2006	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Original Song	"Just the Way I Am"[33]	Nominated
2009	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: "This Life"	Sons of Anarchy	Nominated
	OFTA Television Award	Best New Theme Song in a Series, Motion Picture or Miniseries		Nominated
2011	Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)	Best Music Supervision		Won
2013	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award	Top Television Series[34]		Won
2014	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for Song: "Day is Gone", Episode: "A Mother's Work"		Nominated
	Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)	Best Music Supervision - Television		Won
	OFTA Television Award	Best Music in a Series		Nominated
2015	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Music and Lyrics for Song "Come Join the Murder". Episode: "Papa's Goods"		Nominated
2019	ASCAP Screen Music Awards	Top Television - Network	Superior Donuts	Won
		Top Television - Cable	Mayans M.C.	Won