Harry Gregson-Williams
born on 13/12/1961 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Harry Gregson-Williams
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Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He has regularly written for films, as has his brother Rupert.
Education
Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to St John's College at the University of Cambridge at the age of seven, where he was a child chorister, and later attended Stowe School, a boarding independent school in the civil parish of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, where he was a music scholar, followed by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[1]
Filmography
Film
1990s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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1994 | White Angel | Chris Jones | Living Spirit Pictures | |
Broken Heart | Matt McConaghy | ITV Yorkshire | short film | |
1995 | Hotel Paradise | Nicolas Roeg | Westdeutscher Rundfunk | short film |
Three Miles Up | Lesley Manning | TV movie | ||
Full Body Massage | Nicolas Roeg | Paramount Television Showtime Networks |
TV movie | |
1996 | The Whole Wide World | Dan Ireland | Sony Pictures Classics | with Hans Zimmer |
Witness Against Hitler | Betsan Morris Evans | BBC | TV movie | |
1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | Fox Searchlight Pictures | with Hans Zimmer |
Deceiver | Jonas Pate Josh Pate |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
The Borrowers | Peter Hewitt | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | ||
1998 | The Replacement Killers | Antoine Fuqua | Columbia Pictures | |
Antz | Eric Darnell Tim Johnson |
DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
with John Powell | |
Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | Touchstone Pictures | with Trevor Rabin | |
1999 | Swing Vote | David Anspaugh | Columbia TriStar Television ABC |
TV movie |
The Match | Mick Davis | Gramercy Pictures | ||
Light It Up | Craig Bolotin | 20th Century Fox | ||
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Peter Hewitt | Intermedia Films |
2000s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2000 | The Tigger Movie | Jun Falkenstein | Walt Disney Pictures DisneyToon Studios |
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The Magic of Marciano | Tony Barbieri | Outrider Pictures | ||
Chicken Run | Peter Lord Nick Park |
DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
with John Powell | |
King of the Jungle | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Urbanworld Films | ||
2001 | Shrek | Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson |
DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
with John Powell |
The Hire | Alejandro González Iñárritu | BMW Films | segment: "Powder Keg" | |
Spy Game | Tony Scott | Universal Pictures | ||
2002 | Passionada | Dan Ireland | Samuel Goldwyn Films | |
Phone Booth | Joel Schumacher | 20th Century Fox | ||
The Hire | Tony Scott | BMW Films | segment: "Beat the Devil" | |
2003 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Tim Johnson Patrick Gilmore |
DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
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Veronica Guerin | Joel Schumacher | Touchstone Pictures | ||
The Rundown | Peter Berg | Universal Pictures | ||
2004 | Man on Fire | Tony Scott | 20th Century Fox | with Lisa Gerrard |
Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson Kelly Asbury Conrad Vernon |
DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
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Return to Sender | Bille August | DEJ Productions | ||
Team America: World Police | Trey Parker | Paramount Pictures | ||
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Beeban Kidron | Universal Pictures | ||
2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | 20th Century Fox | |
Domino | Tony Scott | New Line Cinema | ||
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
2006 | The Uninvited | Louise Runge | Logo TV | short film |
Seraphim Falls | David Von Ancken | Destination Films Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Flushed Away | Sam Fell David Bowers |
Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
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Déjà Vu | Tony Scott | Touchstone Pictures | ||
2007 | The Number 23 | Joel Schumacher | New Line Cinema | |
Shrek the Third | Chris Miller Raman Hui |
Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
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Gone Baby Gone | Ben Affleck | Miramax Films | ||
2008 | Em | Tony Barbieri | SnagFilms Vanguard Cinema |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
Jolene | Dan Ireland | E1 Entertainment | ||
2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Gavin Hood | 20th Century Fox | |
The Taking of Pelham 123 | Tony Scott | Columbia Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
2010s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2010 | Twelve | Joel Schumacher | Hannover House | |
Shrek Forever After | Mike Mitchell | Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Mike Newell | Walt Disney Pictures | ||
The Town | Ben Affleck | Warner Bros. Pictures | with David Buckley | |
Unstoppable | Tony Scott | 20th Century Fox | ||
2011 | Life in a Day | Kevin Macdonald | National Geographic Films | |
Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau | Universal Pictures | ||
Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation |
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2012 | Prometheus | Ridley Scott | 20th Century Fox | Two tracks ("Life" and "We Were Right") Main score by Marc Streitenfeld |
I Am Bad | David Rackoff | OneZero Productions | ||
Total Recall | Len Wiseman | Columbia Pictures | ||
2013 | The East | Zal Batmanglij | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Themes Main score by Halli Cauthery |
Mister Pip | Andrew Adamson | Olympus Pictures | ||
2014 | The Equalizer | Antoine Fuqua | Columbia Pictures |
Television
Year | Title | Notes |
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1992 | Champion Children | |
1999 | The Hunger | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
2002 | AFP: American Fighter Pilot | |
2007-2008 | The Riches | |
2007 | Shrek the Halls | TV special |
Video games
Year | Title | Notes |
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2001 | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | with Norihiko Hibino |
2004 | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | with Norihiko Hibino |
2006 | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | Main themes and samples only (uncredited) |
2007 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | with Stephen Barton, composer (Main Theme) and producer |
2007 | Plasma Pong | |
2008 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | with various others |
2010 | Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | Main themes and samples only (uncredited) |
2014 | Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | with Ludvig Forssell and Akihiro Honda |
2014 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | with Ludvig Forssell and Akihiro Honda |
2014 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare |
Rides
Year | Title | Notes |
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2001 | Shrek 4-D | At various theme parks around the world. Based on the Shrek film franchise. |
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 1999 ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films - Antz (with John Powell)
- 1999 BMI Film & TV Awards - Antz (with John Powell)
- 1999 BMI Film & TV Awards - Enemy of the State (with Trevor Rabin)
- 2001 ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films - Chicken Run (with John Powell)
- 2001 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Feature Production - Shrek (with John Powell)
- 2001 BMI Film & TV Awards - Chicken Run (with John Powell)
- 2002 BMI Film & TV Awards - Shrek (with John Powell)
- 2005 BMI Film & TV Awards - Shrek 2
- 2005 BMI Film & TV Awards - Man on Fire
- 2005 Hollywood Film Award for Composer of the Year
- 2006 BMI Film & TV Awards - BMI Richard Kirk Award for Outstanding Career Achievement
- 2005 Satellite Award for Outstanding Original Score - Kingdom of Heaven
- 2009 BMI Film & TV Awards - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- 2009 BMI Film & TV Awards - Eleventh Hour (with Graeme Revell and David E. Russo)
- 2009 Brooklyn International Film Festival Certificate of Excellence - Em (with Jim Jermanok, Jesse Biltz and Britt Napier)
Nominations
- 1997 Saturn Award for Best Music - The Rock (with Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer)
- 1999 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production - Antz (with John Powell)
- 2001 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score - Chicken Run (with John Powell)
- 2002 Saturn Award for Best Music - Shrek (with John Powell)
- 2002 Golden Satellite Award for Best Original Score - Spy Game
- 2002 BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Shrek (with John Powell)
- 2004 Annie Award for Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production - Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
- 2004 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Soundtrack of the Year - Shrek 2
- 2004 World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year - Shrek 2
- 2005 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Feature Production - Shrek 2
- 2006 Golden Globe for Best Original Score - Motion Picture - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 2006 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written for Film - "Can't Take It In" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (with Imogen Heap)
- 2007 Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 2007 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year - Shrek the Third
- 2007 World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year - Déjà Vu, Shrek the Third, The Number 23 and Flushed Away
References
- Stowe School - Harry Gregson-Williams Publisher: Stowe School. Retrieved: 24 August 2013.
External links
- Harry Gregson-Williams at the Internet Movie Database
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Harry Gregson-Williams at MusicBrainz
- An interview with Harry Gregson-Williams
- Epicenter Games Interviews Harry Gregson-Williams, an interview with Harry Gregson-Williams regarding Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, from EpicenterGames
- Harry Gregson-Williams at scorereviews.com
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