Robertson scored several of Martin Scorsese’s films.
Robertson poses for a portrait circa November 1994 at The National Museum of the American Indian in NYC.Robertson was known for writing some of the group’s classic songs, including “The Weight,” “Up On Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “The Shape I’m In,” and “It Makes No Difference.”
Robertson and Janet Zuccarini attend the “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band” premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.Ronnie Hawkins and Robertson perform on stage at The Band’s “The Last Waltz” concert at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco in 1976.He also joined Canada’s Walk of Fame as a solo act in 2003 and with The Band in 2014.
Robertson of The Band during the grand opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland in 1995.Robertson and Scorsese became collaborators after the famed director captured The Band’s farewell concert in 1976 forStarting in 1980, Robertson scored many of Scorsese’s films, including “Raging Bull,” “The King of Comedy,” “The Color of Money,” “Gangs of New York,” “The Departed,” “Shutter Island,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Silence,” “The Irishman,” and “Killers of The Flower Moon.
At the time of his death, Robertson was writing his follow-up memoir and had just finished scoring Scorsese’s “Killers of The Flower Moon” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro, which is due out Oct. 6.
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