Biography
Ali Dee Theodore has over 3 decades of experience in the entertainment industry as a songwriter, producer, composer, artist and Executive Music Producer. In 1989, Dee signed a recording deal with Chysalis Records for his group The Next School, which was the first African American & White rap duo. Dee would go onto joining the famed Hip Hop production juggernaut, The Bomb Squad, from 1990 to 1993. During the Golden Era of Hip Hop, Dee wrote and produced for Big Daddy Kane, Eric B & Rakim, YBT, Arron Hall, Slick Rick, Dana Dane, Mary J Blige, Natasha Bedingfield, Kool G Rap, and M.O.P, among many others.
In 2002, Dee saw tremendous opportunity in music for film and television and migrated from working with recording artists to creating songs & music for film & television. He has written songs and produced music for over 250 feature films and is the #3 highest grossing Executive Music Producer on Worldwide box office receipts.
Songs that Dee has written and produced have garnered in excess of one billion streams on Spotify & two billion views on YouTube.
In 2008, Dee won the American Music Award for his original songwriting and production for the blockbuster franchise film, Alvin & The Chipmunks. Dee went on to Executive Music Produce the second and third films in the franchise, The Squeakquel and Chipwrecked.
Dee has written and produced songs for countless hit Disney franchises and films, including Z-O-M-B-I-E-S, Descendants, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Shake It Up, Kickin' It, Teen Beach Musical, and Hannah Montana. In 2013, Dee produced the triple-platinum #1 Billboard chart single "Cups", by Anna Kendrick. In 2015, Dee was brought on by Nick Jr to write and produce 52 original songs for the animated series ALVINNN!!! And the Chipmunks. featured Dee's 52 original songs for seasons 1 & 2.
Highlights of Dee's three-decade career in entertainment include producing the cast of NBC's RISE in an epic cover of Macklemore's smash hit "Glorious", which was a featured commercial in Super Bowl LII; producing Rachen Platten's single "Wonder" for the feature film Wonder Park; writing and producing JoJo Siwa's single "D.R.E.A.M.", which became the title song for her album and first national tour; Executive Music Producer for the latest SpongeBob Squarepants feature film, Sponge On The Run for which he also co-wrote and produced the Snoop Dogg / MonstaX single "How We Do"; writing and producing five songs for the hit Netflix series Julie & The Phantoms; writing and producing the theme song for the new "He-Man: Masters of the Universe" reboot for Mattel/Netflix; writing and producing original music for Nickelodeon's "Bubble Guppies" and "Noggin"; and acting as producer and co-writer for Atlantic Records and NBC's new primetime show "American Song Contest".
