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

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
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
2000 The Tigger Movie Jun Falkenstein Walt Disney Pictures
DisneyToon Studios
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
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
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
Flushed Away Sam Fell
David Bowers
Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Animation
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
Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck Miramax Films
2008 Em Tony Barbieri SnagFilms
Vanguard Cinema
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
2010 Twelve Joel Schumacher Hannover House
Shrek Forever After Mike Mitchell Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Animation
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
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
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
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
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

  1. Stowe School - Harry Gregson-Williams Publisher: Stowe School. Retrieved: 24 August 2013.

External links

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