Age: 63
Harry Gregson-Williams
Age: 63
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He has regularly written for television and films, such as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Martian, and the Shrek franchise.
Gregson-Williams has also composed music for several video games, having notably helped score every main entry in the Metal Gear series since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
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.
Discography
Film
1990s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | TV movie | N/A | |
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 |
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 |
with John Powell | |
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 | N/A | |
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Gary Halvorson | Jim Henson Productions Children's Television Workshop Columbia Pictures |
with John Debney | |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | The Tigger Movie | Jun Falkenstein | DisneyToon Studios Walt Disney Pictures |
|
The Magic of Marciano | Tony Barbieri | Outrider Pictures | N/A | |
Chicken Run | Peter Lord Nick Park |
Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures Pathé |
With John Powell | |
King of the Jungle | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Urbanworld Films | N/A | |
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 |
Pacific Data Images 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 |
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 Columbia Pictures |
N/A | |
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 |
DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Pictures |
N/A | |
Return to Sender | Bille August | DEJ Productions | N/A | |
Team America: World Police | Trey Parker | Paramount Pictures | with Marc Shaiman (songs only; Shaiman's score was rejected) | |
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Beeban Kidron | StudioCanal Working Title Films Miramax Films Universal Pictures |
N/A | |
2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | Studio Babelsberg Scott Free Productions 20th Century Fox |
N/A |
Domino | Tony Scott | Scott Free Productions Davis Films New Line Cinema |
N/A | |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Walden Media Walt Disney Pictures |
N/A | |
2006 | The Uninvited | Louise Runge | Logo TV | Short film |
Seraphim Falls | David Von Ancken | Icon Productions Samuel Goldwyn Films Destination Films |
N/A | |
Flushed Away | Sam Fell David Bowers |
Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
N/A | |
Déjà Vu | Tony Scott | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions Touchstone Pictures |
N/A | |
2007 | The Number 23 | Joel Schumacher | New Line Cinema | N/A |
Shrek the Third | Chris Miller Raman Hui |
DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
N/A | |
Gone Baby Gone | Ben Affleck | The Ladd Company Miramax Films |
N/A | |
Slipstream | Anthony Hopkins | Strand Releasing Destination Films |
Music Producer Score composed by Anthony Hopkins |
|
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 |
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | Walden Media Walt Disney Pictures |
N/A | |
Jolene | Dan Ireland | E1 Entertainment | Also music producer | |
2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Gavin Hood | Seed Productions Marvel Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
N/A |
The Taking of Pelham 123 | Tony Scott | Escape Artists Scott Free Productions Relativity Media Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures |
N/A |
2010s
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Twelve | Joel Schumacher | Radar Pictures Hannover House Gaumont |
N/A |
Shrek Forever After | Mike Mitchell | DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures |
N/A | |
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Mike Newell | Jerry Bruckheimer Films Walt Disney Pictures |
N/A | |
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 |
N/A | |
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 Paramount Pictures |
N/A | |
Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith | Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Pictures |
N/A | |
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 |
N/A | |
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 | The Equalizer | Antoine Fuqua | Escape Artists Village Roadshow Pictures Columbia Pictures |
N/A |
2015 | Blackhat | Michael Mann | Legendary Pictures Universal Pictures |
with Atticus Ross |
Monkey Kingdom | Mark Linfield Alastair Fothergill |
Disneynature | N/A | |
The Martian | Ridley Scott | Genre Films TSG Entertainment Scott Free Productions 20th Century Fox |
N/A | |
Miss You Already | Catherine Hardwicke | Lionsgate Entertainment One |
N/A | |
2016 | Live by Night | Ben Affleck | Warner Bros. | N/A |
2017 | Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | TSG Entertainment Scott Free Productions 20th Century Fox |
N/A |
TBA | Alien 5 | Neill Blomkamp | Scott Free Productions 20th Century Fox |
N/A |
Television
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 | 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. |
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