Zach Robinson (composer)
Zach Robinson is an American composer and music producer. He is known for co-composing the score for the Netflix series Cobra Kai and Roku’s film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2023 for Outstanding Music in a Limited Series, TV Movie, or Anthology Series, alongside collaborator Leo Birenberg. The duo were also nominated for a 2024 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and, in 2025, for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for their Cobra Kai score.
Life and career
Robinson earned a degree in music composition from Northwestern University in 2012. After graduating, he worked under the film composer Christophe Beck, contributing additional music to films such as Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, Ant-Man, Hot Pursuit, and The Peanuts Movie.Robinson has collaborated with composer Leo Birenberg on several projects. Their notable works include composing the score for the Netflix series Cobra Kai, set in The Karate Kid universe, as well as Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the Peacock series Twisted Metal, and Marvel's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Independently, he has composed for the CBS series Matlock, the Netflix docu-series America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Wrestlers, Hulu’s Fright Krewe and more.