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Education
- Ph.D. in Music Composition, Harvard University, 1994
- A.M. in Music Composition, Harvard University, 1992
- B.M. in Music Composition, cum laude, University of Southern California, 1986
Roger Neill is associate professor of music in composition: music scoring for visual media at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
He is an acclaimed composer, conductor, and recording artist whose work spans film, television, video games, musical theater, and the concert hall, recognized for its expressive range and stylistic versatility.
His film scores include 20th Century Women, Beginners, Don’t Think Twice, and Marie Antoinette, and his television work includes Amazon’s Golden Globe-winning series Mozart in the Jungle as well as Fox’s long-running, Emmy-winning animated series King of the Hill. A significant presence in video game music, Neill has contributed to numerous AAA titles, frequently in collaboration with Danish composer Jesper Kyd. His work appears in major franchises such as Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Borderlands 2, Darksiders 2, State of Decay, Heroes & Generals, and Warhammer.
Neill is also widely recognized as an arranger, orchestrator, and conductor. Recent highlights include a September 2025 concert at the Hollywood Bowl with the French electronic duo AIR, with whom he has maintained a long-standing collaborative relationship. His broad collaborative career also includes work with artists such as Beck, Michael Jackson, John Legend, Spoon, Stereolab, and the Kronos Quartet.
A dedicated educator and scholar, Neill studied composition and flute at the University of Southern California before earning the A.M. and Ph.D. in Music Composition from Harvard University, where he studied with Earl Kim, Donald Martino, Bernard Rands, and Ivan Tcherepnin. He is deeply committed to curriculum development in film and game music and to mentoring emerging composers through interdisciplinary collaboration across music, technology, and media.
Neill has received numerous honors from ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2020 and the Recording Academy in 2023.
Articles, playlists, and more information may be found at rogerneill.com.