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Robbie Robertson
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Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician. He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist an…
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Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician. He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and songwriter with the Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist. Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Band, and into Canada's Walk of Fame, with the Band and on his own. He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He wrote "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", and "Up on Cripple Creek" with the Band and had solo hits with "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", and many others. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters. Robertson collaborated on film and TV soundtracks, usually with director Martin Scorsese, beginning in the rockumentary film The Last Waltz (1978) and continuing through dramatic films including Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), The Color of Money (1986), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
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2025
Mr. Scorsese
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2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie Original Music Composer
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2022
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
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2021
The Dancing Man of L.A.
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- 2021
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2020
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
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- 2020
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2019
The Irishman
Movie Original Music Composer
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2019
Native America
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- 2019
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2018
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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2017
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
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2014
Lennon or McCartney
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2014
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Movie Guitar
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie Executive Music Producer
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- 2013
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2013
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
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2012
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
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2012
Curse of the Axe
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2010
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
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2010
Reel Injun
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2010
Shutter Island
Movie Music Supervisor
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2009
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Movie Creative Consultant
- 2007
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2006
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
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2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
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- 2005
- 2004
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2003
Festival Express
Movie Self - The Band
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2003
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
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2002
Gangs of New York
Movie Executive Music Producer
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2002
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
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- 2002
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2001
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson
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2000
Sunset Strip
Movie Executive Music Producer
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1999
Wolves
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1999
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Movie Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
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1997
Classic Albums: The Band - The Band
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1997
Classic Albums
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