Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 December 1961 Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Movie score, video game music |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is an English composer, orchestrator, conductor and record producer.[1] He has regularly written for video games, television and movies, such as Metal Gear Solid series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Martian, and the Shrek franchise. He is the brother of composer Rupert Gregson-Williams.
Discography
Film
1990s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Revenge | Tony Scott | Rastar | additional music, director's cut |
| 1991 | Cold Heaven | Nicolas Roeg | Hemdale | music associate |
| 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 | |
| The Rock | Michael Bay | Hollywood Pictures | Music producer with Hans Zimmer Score composed by Hans Zimmer and Nick Glennie-Smith | |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | Det Danske Filminstitut Bavaria Film Constantin Film Fox Searchlight Pictures (US) |
with Hans Zimmer |
| Deceiver | Jonas Pate Josh Pate |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | — | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Mel Smith | Sega Paramount Pictures |
— | |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | Antoine Fuqua | Brillstein Entertainment Partners Columbia Pictures |
— |
| Antz | Eric Darnell Tim Johnson |
Pacific Data Images DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
with John Powell First score for an animated film | |
| The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner Simon Wells |
DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
with Hans Zimmer for the song number "All I Ever Wanted" | |
| Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions 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 | — |
2000s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Tigger Movie | Jun Falkenstein | DisneyToon Studios Walt Disney Pictures |
— |
| The Magic of Marciano | Tony Barbieri | Outrider Pictures | — | |
| Chicken Run | Peter Lord Nick Park |
Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures (International) Pathé (Europe) |
With John Powell | |
| King of the Jungle | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Urbanworld Films | — | |
| 2001 | Spy Kids | Robert Rodriguez | Troublemaker Studios Dimension Films |
with John Debney, Danny Elfman, Los Lobos, Robert Rodriguez, Heitor Pereira, and Gavin Greenaway |
| Shrek | Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson |
PDI/DreamWorks DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
with John Powell | |
| The Hire | Alejandro González Iñárritu | BMW Films | Segment: "Powder Keg" | |
| Spy Game | Tony Scott | Beacon Pictures Universal Pictures |
— | |
| 2002 | Passionada | Dan Ireland | Samuel Goldwyn Films | — |
| Phone Booth | Joel Schumacher | Zucker/Netter 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 Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
— |
| Veronica Guerin | Joel Schumacher | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures |
— | |
| The Rundown | Peter Berg | Strike Entertainment WWE Films Universal Pictures (North America and Japan) Columbia Pictures (International) |
— | |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Tony Scott | Scott Free Productions Regency Enterprises 20th Century Fox |
with Lisa Gerrard |
| Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson Kelly Asbury Conrad Vernon |
PDI/DreamWorks DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
— | |
| Return to Sender | Bille August | DEJ Productions | — | |
| Team America: World Police | Trey Parker | Paramount Pictures | Replaced Marc Shaiman | |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Beeban Kidron | StudioCanal Working Title Films Miramax Films Universal Pictures |
— | |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | Studio Babelsberg Scott Free Productions 20th Century Fox |
As composer and conductor Replaced Hans Zimmer |
| Domino | Tony Scott | Scott Free Productions Davis Films New Line Cinema |
— | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Walden Media Walt Disney Pictures |
— | |
| 2006 | The Uninvited | Louise Runge | Logo TV | Short film |
| Seraphim Falls | David Von Ancken | Icon Productions Samuel Goldwyn Films Destination Films |
— | |
| Flushed Away | Sam Fell David Bowers |
Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
— | |
| Déjà Vu | Tony Scott | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions Touchstone Pictures |
— | |
| 2007 | The Number 23 | Joel Schumacher | New Line Cinema | — |
| Shrek the Third | Chris Miller Raman Hui |
Pacific Data Images DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
— | |
| Gone Baby Gone | Ben Affleck | The Ladd Company Miramax Films |
— | |
| Slipstream | Anthony Hopkins | Strand Releasing Destination Films |
Music producer Score composed by Anthony Hopkins | |
| 2008 | Em | Tony Barbieri | SnagFilms Vanguard Cinema |
— |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | Rob Minkoff | Lionsgate Relativity Media Casey Silver Productions Huayi Brothers |
Score producer Score composed by David Buckley | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | Walden Media Walt Disney Pictures |
Also voiced Patterwig the Squirrel | |
| Jolene | Dan Ireland | E1 Entertainment | Also music producer | |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Gavin Hood | Seed Productions Marvel Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
As composer and conductor Additional music by Hybrid and Halli Cauthery |
| Astro Boy | David Bowers | Escape Artists Scott Free Productions Relativity Media Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures |
2010s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Twelve | Joel Schumacher | Radar Pictures Hannover House Gaumont |
— |
| Shrek Forever After | Mike Mitchell | DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
— | |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Mike Newell | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures |
Additional music by Halli Cauthery and David Buckley As composer and conductor | |
| The Town | Ben Affleck | GK Films Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
with David Buckley | |
| Unstoppable | Tony Scott | Scott Free Productions Dune Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
Additional music by Justin Caine Burnett | |
| 2011 | Life in a Day | Kevin Macdonald | National Geographic Films | — |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau | Platinum Studios Fairview Entertainment Imagine Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures (North America) Paramount Pictures (International) |
Additional music by Halli Cauthery Hybrid provided sound design textures[2] | |
| Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith | Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Pictures |
Also music producer Replaced Michael Giacchino and Adam Cohen | |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Ridley Scott | Scott Free Productions Brandywine Productions Dune Entertainment 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 | Original Film Columbia Pictures |
Additional music by Hybrid As composer and music producer Orchestra conducted by Gavin Greenaway | |
| 2013 | The East | Zal Batmanglij | Scott Free Productions Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Themes Main score by Halli Cauthery |
| Mr. Pip | Andrew Adamson | Olympus Pictures | — | |
| 2014 | Hate from a Distance | Dan Ireland | Privarte Pictures | Co-composed with Tom Howe |
| The Equalizer | Antoine Fuqua | Escape Artists Village Roadshow Pictures Columbia Pictures |
Additional music by Hybrid | |
| 2015 | Blackhat | Michael Mann | Legendary Pictures Universal Pictures |
with Atticus Ross, Ryan Amon, and Leo Ross |
| Monkey Kingdom | Mark Linfield Alastair Fothergill |
Disneynature | — | |
| The Martian | Ridley Scott | Genre Films TSG Entertainment Scott Free Productions 20th Century Fox |
as composer and conductor | |
| Miss You Already | Catherine Hardwicke | Lionsgate (US) Entertainment One (UK) |
— | |
| 2016 | Confirmation | Rick Famuyiwa | HBO | TV movie, additional music by Stephanie Economou |
| Live by Night | Ben Affleck | Warner Bros. Pictures Appian Way Productions Pearl Street Films |
Additional music by Stephanie Economou As composer and conductor | |
| 2017 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Niki Caro | Focus Features | Additional music by Stephanie Economou As composer and conductor |
| Breath | Simon Baker | See Pictures Windalong Gran Via FilmRise |
Additional music by Stephanie Economou | |
| 2018 | Early Man | Nick Park | StudioCanal Aardman Animations |
with Tom Howe Additional music by Paul Mounsey Orchestra conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams and Gavin Greenaway |
| The Equalizer 2 | Antoine Fuqua | Columbia Pictures Escape Artists |
Additional music by Stephanie Economou | |
| The Meg | Jon Turteltaub | Warner Bros. Pictures | Additional music by Stephanie Economou As composer and conductor | |
| 2019 | Penguins | Alastair Fothergill Jeff Wilson |
Disneynature | — |
2020s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mulan | Niki Caro | Walt Disney Pictures | Themes by Jerry Goldsmith Additional music by Stephanie Economou and Tom Howe |
| 2021 | Infinite | Antoine Fuqua | Paramount+ | — |
| The Last Duel | Ridley Scott | 20th Century Studios | — | |
| House of Gucci | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Creative United Artists Releasing |
— | ||
| Al Kameen | Pierre Morel | AGC Studios Image Nation Abu Dhabi |
[3] | |
| 2022 | Return to Space | Jimmy Chin Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi |
Netflix | with Mychael Danna |
| Polar Bear | Alastair Fothergill Jeff Wilson |
Disneynature | [4] |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | G.B.H. | 2 episodes music coordinator |
| 1992 | Champion Children | |
| 1999 | The Hunger | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2002 | AFP: American Fighter Pilot | |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | 3 episodes |
| 2007–2008 | The Riches | |
| 2007 | Shrek the Halls | TV special |
| 2017–2018 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | |
| 2019 | Whiskey Cavalier | Composed with Tom Howe |
| 2019 | Catch-22 | Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2020 | Manhunt | Composed season 2 with Stephanie Economou |
| 2020 | Amazing Stories | Episode: "Signs of Life" |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age | Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams |
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 |
| 2007 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Main theme only and music producer With Stephen Barton |
| 2008 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | With various others |
| 2014 | Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | With Ludvig Forssell |
| 2014 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Main title and themes only With audiomachine (Paul Dinletir and Kevin Rix) |
| 2015 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Music producer Score composed by Ludvig Forsell, Justin Burnett and Daniel James |
Rides
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Shrek 4-D | At various theme parks around the world. Based on the Shrek film franchise. |
References
- ↑ "Harry Gregson-Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ↑ "Cowboys & Aliens". Hybrid Scores website. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ "Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring Pierre Morel's 'Al Kameen' ('The Ambush')". filmmusicreporter.com. 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ↑ "Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring Disneynature's 'Polar Bear'". Film Music Reporter. January 19, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
Other websites
- Harry Gregson-Williams on IMDb
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Harry Gregson-Williams discography 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