Theater work Sonnenblick wrote the lyrics for
Independents, a musical performed at the
New York International Fringe Festival in 2012. He also wrote the music for the musical
Midnight at the Never Get, which was staged
off-Broadway at the
York Theatre in 2018. It was additionally nominated in the category of
Outstanding Musical at the 2019
Lucille Lortel Awards. Sonnenblick served as an additional lyricist to
Shaina Taub for
The Devil Wears Prada, which has music by
Elton John and a book by
Kate Wetherhead. Based on both the
2003 novel and
2006 film adaptation, the musical premiered in Chicago in 2022 before starting a
West End run in 2024. Taub asked Sonnenblick to join the creative team, in order to revise and write additional lyrics for the West End production. As of 2025, Sonnenblick is working on a stage adaptation of the film
Weekend (2011).
Film and television work Sonnenblick was nominated for a
Primetime Emmy Award in the category of
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "Beautiful Things Can Grow" from the documentary
Song of Parkland (2019). Sonnenblick co-wrote "All That" with
Benj Pasek, Taub, and
Hannah Friedman for the
COVID-19 pandemic fundraiser
Saturday Night Seder in 2020. Sonnenblick joined as one of the songwriters working with
Pasek and Paul for
the soundtrack of
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, the 2022 film adaptation of the
children's book of the same name. He was also a songwriter for
the soundtrack of
Spirited (2022), a modern musical film adaptation of
A Christmas Carol (1843). One of the songs he co-wrote was "Good Afternoon", which was nominated at the 2023
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards and shortlisted for
Best Original Song at the
96th Academy Awards. For the musical film
Theater Camp (2023), Sonnenblick co-wrote the songs and score, and was also responsible for arrangement and production of
its soundtrack. One of its songs, "Camp Isn't Home", earned Sonnenblick nominations at the
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (for
Best Song Written and/or Recording Created for a Film) and at the
Astra Film Awards (Best Original Song
in 2024). The music team behind the animated film
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) brought on Sonnenblick as a collaborator to write lyrics incorporating the narrative. He is credited as a songwriter on most of the
film's songs, including "
Golden" and "
Your Idol". The songs were commercially and critically successful, with "Golden" topping the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and receiving four
Grammy Award nominations for the
ceremony in 2026; as a songwriter, Sonnenblick was nominated in two of the categories:
Song of the Year and
Best Song Written for Visual Media, winning in the latter. ==Awards and nominations==