Cody Westheimer (COMPOSER). When he’s not racking up diverse and interesting credits, Cody can be found riding his bike, running or exploring the wilderness.
His iconic theme for the Tour de France has been airing each July since 2011 on NBC. He has become a sought after force for sports and news themes including Major League Soccer, The National Dog Show, The America’s Cup and NBC Swimming (to name a few!) His themes have played side by side his hero, composer John Williams on “Meet the Press” and the Olympics.
A nature junkie, Cody has focused on scoring nature and wildlife documentaries. Credits include “H is for Hawk: A New Chapter” (BBC/Nature) which won a NaturVision award for best score, “America’s Badlands” (Smithsonian Channel), “Midway: Edge of Tomorrow” (Tandem) and “Laws of the Lizard” (Smithsonian Channel) The latter recently won the coveted Helix Award for best science show.
A multi-instrumentalist, Cody plays dozens of instruments. Back in his ‘gigging days’ he was primarily a jazz trombonist and classical tuba player. Today he spends most of his time on the piano, shakuhachi (the Japanese bamboo flute he started studying in college) and the 5 string banjo. An adventurer, Cody regularly documents his journeys via short films. He of course scores them as well.