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Robert Folk is a graduate and former faculty member of the famed Juilliard School in New York City. Since completing his Doctorate, Mr. Folk has composed and conducted the musical scores for over 65 feature films. His extensive credits include Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, _Nothing To Lose (1997) Tremors... See full bio »

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Many Thanks to The International Film Music Critics Association for my Nomination today, for Best Dramatic Score for THERE BE DRAGONS.
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2014 Havana Heat (pre-production)
 
2014 Police Academy (pre-production)
 
2014 Silent Life (filming)
 
2013 The Secret Village (completed)
 
2011/I Underground
 
2011 Elephant White
 
2011 There Be Dragons (re-edited version / as Rob Folk)
 
2008 Beethoven's Big Break (video)
 
2006 Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
 
2005 American Pie Presents Band Camp (video)
 
2005 Back in the Day
 
2004 Police Academy 3: Back in Training - All Washed Up: Floating Memories (video documentary short) (uncredited)
 
2004 El sol de los venados
 
2004 In the Shadow of the Cobra
 
2003 Thanksgiving Family Reunion (TV movie)
 
2002 Boat Trip
 
2002 40 (short)
 
2002 Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
 
2001 All the Queen's Men
 
1999 Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle (TV short)
 
1999 Held Up
 
1999 You're Dead...
 
1999 The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy'
 
1998 The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (video)
 
1998 Major League: Back to the Minors
 
1997 Nothing to Lose
 
1997 Boys Life 2 (segment "Nunzio's Second Cousin")
 
1997 Booty Call
 
1996 Maximum Risk
 
1996 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
 
1996 Rule of Three
 
1995 Theodore Rex (video)
 
1995 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
 
1995 Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (TV movie)
 
1994 Trapped in Paradise
 
1994 Nunzio's Second Cousin (short)
 
1994 A Troll in Central Park
 
1994 In the Army Now
 
1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
 
1994 Search and Rescue (TV movie)
 
1994 State of Emergency (TV movie)
 
1994 Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent (TV movie)
 
1993 Sworn to Vengeance (TV movie)
 
1993 Shadowhunter (TV movie)
 
1993 Loaded Weapon 1
 
1993 The Princess and the Cobbler
 
1992 Mario and the Mob (TV movie)
 
1991 Rock-A-Doodle
 
1991 A Climate for Killing
 
1991 Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
 
1991 Toy Soldiers
 
1990 The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter
 
1990 To Dream of Roses
 
1989 Honeymoon Academy (video)
 
1989 Happy Together
 
1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
 
1989 Wicked Stepmother
 
1989 Jesse Hawkes (TV series)
– Pilot (1989)
 
1988 Miles from Home
 
1988 Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
 
1984-1987 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series)
– The Dancing Princesses (1987)
– The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
– The Princess and the Pea (1984)
 
1987 Can't Buy Me Love
 
1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
 
1987 The Room Upstairs (TV movie)
 
1986 Combat High (TV movie)
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness (1986)
– Profile in Silver/Button, Button (1986) (segment "Button, Button")
 
1986 Stewardess School
 
1986 Odd Jobs
 
1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training
 
1986 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– 2 1/2 Dads (1986)
 
1986 Prince of Bel Air (TV movie)
 
1985 Tall Tales & Legends (TV series)
– The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1985)
 
1985 Thunder Alley
 
1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
 
1984 Bachelor Party
 
1984 Purple Hearts
 
1984 Police Academy
 
1983-1984 Falcon Crest (TV series)
– Queen's Gambit (1984)
– The Betrayal (1983)
 
1982-1983 Hart to Hart (TV series)
– A Lighter Hart (1983)
– Hunted Harts (1983)
– In the Hart of the Night (1982)
– Harts at High Noon (1982)
 
1982-1983 Knots Landing (TV series)
– A New Family (1983)
– The Best Kept Secret (1982)
 
1983 The Planets (TV documentary)
 
1982 The Slayer
 
1981 Savage Harvest
 
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2003 Daddy Day Care (writer: "Rob's Reggaeride" / performer: "Rob's Reggaeride")
 
2002 Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (writer: "Les Aliens")
 
1992-1998 Tohuwabohu (TV series)
– Blasts from the Past (1998) (writer: "Police Academy Theme" - uncredited)
– 3x9+2 (1996) (writer: "Police Academy Theme" - uncredited)
– Reg. Nr. 27 (1996) (writer: "Police Academy Theme" - uncredited)
– Thirtyone (1996) (writer: "Police Academy Theme" - uncredited)
– Montreux-Mix II (1995) (writer: "Police Academy Theme" - uncredited)
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1997 Nothing to Lose (producer: "Route 66")
 
1996 Maximum Risk (writer: "Without You" / producer: "Without You")
 
1994 A Troll in Central Park (music: "Queen of Mean", "Welcome to My World")
 
1993 Shadowhunter (TV movie) (music: "On the Rays of the Sun")
 
1986 Stewardess School (music: "Stew School" / producer: "Stew School")
 
1986 Odd Jobs (music: "Prime Time" / producer: "Prime Time")
 
1985 Stitches (music: "Sometimes You Win" / producer: "Sometimes You Win")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (19 titles)
2003 Thanksgiving Family Reunion (TV movie) (orchestrator)
 
1999 You're Dead... (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1997 Police Academy: The Series (TV series) (composer: original theme - 1 episode)
– Two Men and a Baby (1997) (composer: original theme)
 
1996 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1994 A Troll in Central Park (orchestrator)
 
1994 In the Army Now (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1994 State of Emergency (TV movie) (musical score performer)
 
1993 The Princess and the Cobbler (conductor)
 
1991 Rock-A-Doodle (music arranger)
 
1991 Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1991 Toy Soldiers (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (orchestration)
 
1990 Tremors (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1988 Miles from Home (conductor)
 
1987 Can't Buy Me Love (conductor)
 
1987 High Mountain Rangers (TV series) (composer: title theme)
 
1984 Bachelor Party (conductor)
 
1982 The Slayer (conductor)
 
1981 Savage Harvest (conductor)
 
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2011/I Underground (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1991 The Making of 'Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time' (video documentary short)
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