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Harry Gregson-Williams
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| Born | 13 December 1961 |
| Origin | Sussex, England |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Wavecrest |
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the Metal Gear series, Spy Game, Phone Booth, Man on Fire, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, Déjà Vu, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Martian, Team America: World Police, Gladiator II, Antz, The Tigger Movie, Chicken Run and its sequel, the Shrek franchise, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas, Early Man, and Catch-22. He is also the older brother of fellow composer Rupert Gregson-Williams.
Gregson-Williams worked with several film directors such as Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, Joel Schumacher, Antoine Fuqua, Niki Caro, Nick Park, and Dan Ireland.
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Education
Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to St John's College School in Cambridge at the age of seven. He was a child chorister at the school and later attended Stowe School, an independent boarding school in the civil parish of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, where he was a music scholar. He next went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
He learned to play the piano as a child on a Broadwood piano which his father had bought with the winnings from a hundred-to-one bet during the Grand National.
Discography
Film
1990s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 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 | N/A |
| Broken Heart | Matt McConaghy | ITV Yorkshire | Short film | |
| 1995 | Hotel Paradise | Nicolas Roeg | Westdeutscher Rundfunk | Short film |
| Three Miles Up | Lesley Manning | N/A | TV movie | |
| Full Body Massage | Nicolas Roeg | Paramount Television Showtime Networks |
TV movie | |
| 1996 | The Whole Wide World | Dan Ireland | Sony Pictures Classics | Co-composed 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 |
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| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | Det Danske Filminstitut Bavaria Film Constantin Film Fox Searchlight Pictures (US) |
Co-composed with Hans Zimmer |
| Deceiver | Jonas Pate Josh Pate |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | N/A | |
| The Borrowers | Peter Hewitt | Working Title Films PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Gramercy Pictures |
N/A | |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | Antoine Fuqua | Brillstein Entertainment Partners Columbia Pictures |
N/A |
| Antz | Eric Darnell Tim Johnson |
Pacific Data Images DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
Co-composed with John Powell First score for an animated film |
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| The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner Simon Wells |
DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
As conductor Co-composed with Hans Zimmer for the song number "All I Ever Wanted" |
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| Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions Touchstone Pictures |
Co-composed with Trevor Rabin | |
| 1999 | Swing Vote | David Anspaugh | Columbia TriStar Television ABC |
TV movie |
| The Match | Mick Davis | Gramercy Pictures | N/A | |
| Light It Up | Craig Bolotin | 20th Century Fox | N/A | |
| Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Peter Hewitt | Intermedia | N/A |
2000s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 2000 | The Tigger Movie | Jun Falkenstein | DisneyToon Studios Walt Disney Pictures |
N/A |
| The Magic of Marciano | Tony Barbieri | Outrider Pictures | N/A | |
| Chicken Run | Peter Lord Nick Park |
Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures (International) Pathé (Europe) |
Co-composed with John Powell | |
| King of the Jungle | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Urbanworld Films | N/A | |
| 2001 | Spy Kids | Robert Rodriguez | Troublemaker Studios Dimension Films |
Co-composed 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 |
Co-composed with John Powell | |
| The Hire | Alejandro González Iñárritu | BMW Films | Segment: "Powder Keg" | |
| Spy Game | Tony Scott | Beacon Pictures Universal Pictures |
N/A | |
| 2002 | Passionada | Dan Ireland | Samuel Goldwyn Films | N/A |
| Phone Booth | Joel Schumacher | Zucker/Netter 20th Century Fox |
N/A | |
| 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 |
N/A |
| Veronica Guerin | Joel Schumacher | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Touchstone Pictures |
N/A | |
| The Rundown | Peter Berg | Strike Entertainment WWE Films Universal Pictures (North America and Japan) Columbia Pictures (International) |
N/A | |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Tony Scott | Scott Free Productions Regency Enterprises 20th Century Fox |
Co-composed with Lisa Gerrard |
| Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson Kelly Asbury Conrad Vernon |
PDI/DreamWorks DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
N/A | |
| Return to Sender | Bille August | DEJ Productions | N/A | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Walden Media Walt Disney Pictures |
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| 2006 | The Uninvited | Louise Runge | Logo TV | Short film |
| Seraphim Falls | David Von Ancken | Icon Productions Samuel Goldwyn Films Destination Films |
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| Flushed Away | Sam Fell David Bowers |
Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
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| Déjà Vu | Tony Scott | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions Touchstone Pictures |
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| 2007 | The Number 23 | Joel Schumacher | New Line Cinema | N/A |
| Shrek the Third | Chris Miller Raman Hui |
PDI/DreamWorks DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
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| Gone Baby Gone | Ben Affleck | The Ladd Company Miramax Films |
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| Slipstream | Anthony Hopkins | Strand Releasing Destination Films |
Music producer Score composed by Anthony Hopkins |
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| 2008 | Em | Tony Barbieri | SnagFilms Vanguard Cinema |
N/A |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | Rob Minkoff | Lionsgate Relativity Media Casey Silver Productions Huayi Brothers |
Score producer Score composed by David Buckley |
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| 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 |
| The Taking of Pelham 123 | Tony Scott | Escape Artists Scott Free Productions Relativity Media Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures |
Additional music by Hybrid |
2010s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 2010 | Twelve | Joel Schumacher | Radar Pictures Hannover House Gaumont |
N/A |
| Shrek Forever After | Mike Mitchell | DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
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| 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 |
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| The Town | Ben Affleck | GK Films Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
Co-composed 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 | N/A |
| 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 |
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| Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith | Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Pictures |
Also music producer Replaced Michael Giacchino and Adam Cohen |
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| 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 | N/A | |
| Total Recall | Len Wiseman | Original Film Columbia Pictures |
Additional music by Hybrid As composer and music producer Orchestra conducted by Gavin Greenaway |
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| 2013 | The East | Zal Batmanglij | Scott Free Productions Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Themes Main score by Halli Cauthery |
| Mr. Pip | Andrew Adamson | Olympus Pictures | N/A | |
| 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 |
Co-composed with Atticus Ross, Ryan Amon, and Leo Ross |
| Monkey Kingdom | Mark Linfield Alastair Fothergill |
Disneynature | N/A | |
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | TSG Entertainment Scott Free Productions Brandywine Productions 20th Century Fox |
Two tracks ("Life" and "We Were Right") Main score by Jed Kurzel |
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| 2018 | Early Man | Nick Park | StudioCanal Aardman Animations |
Co-composed with Tom Howe Additional music by Paul Mounsey Orchestra conducted with 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 |
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| 2019 | Penguins | Alastair Fothergill Jeff Wilson |
Disneynature | N/A |
2020s
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 2020 | Mulan | Niki Caro | Walt Disney Pictures | Themes by Jerry Goldsmith Additional music by Stephanie Economou and Tom Howe |
| 2021 | Infinite | Antoine Fuqua | Paramount+ | N/A |
| The Last Duel | Ridley Scott | 20th Century Studios | N/A | |
| House of Gucci | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Creative United Artists Releasing |
N/A | ||
| Al Kameen | Pierre Morel | AGC Studios Image Nation Abu Dhabi |
N/A | |
| 2022 | Return to Space | Jimmy Chin Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi |
Netflix | Co-composed with Mychael Danna |
| Polar Bear | Alastair Fothergill Jeff Wilson |
Disneynature | N/A | |
| 2023 | Meg 2: The Trench | Ben Wheatley | Warner Bros. Pictures | N/A |
| Retribution | Nimród Antal | Lionsgate Roadside Attractions |
N/A | |
| Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Sam Fell | Netflix Aardman Animations |
N/A | |
| 2024 | Gladiator II | Ridley Scott | Paramount Pictures | N/A |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 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" |
| 2022-2023 | The Gilded Age | Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams |
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 |
| 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 Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori and Kazuma Jinnouchi |
| 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 |
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| 2001 | Shrek 4-D | At various theme parks around the world. Based on the Shrek film franchise. |
Awards and nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2018 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Electric Dreams: The Commute | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special | Return to Space | Nominated |
See also
In Spanish: Harry Gregson-Williams para niños
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