Background
Morsberger was born in Ohio, raised in Oxford, England and studied composition at the University of Edinburgh.
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Rob Morsberger
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University of Edinburgh.
Career
As a sideman/arranger, his credits include Patti Smith, the Grammy-winning Boardwalk Empire soundtrack album, My Morning Jacket, Crash Test Dummies, Marshall Crenshaw, Willie Nile, Jules Shear, Loudon Wainwright III, and more. He composed music for Public Broadcasting Service programs including Masterpiece Theatre, NOVA and Frontline. He was composer for the award-winning Public Broadcasting Service series NOVAscienceNOW for its first five seasons.
Morsberger was diagnosed with grade 4 Glioblastoma in September 2011.
He had been working on a documentary about living with terminal brain cancer. Death
He died on June 2, 2013 at age 53.
Prior to his death, he lived with his family in the Hudson Valley, just north of New York City.
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