Henry Jackman
| Henry Jackman | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Henry Pryce Jackman |
| Born |
1974 (age 43–44) Hillingdon, London, England |
| Genres | Film score, EDM, big beat, synthpop, pop rock, hard rock, classical, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Remote Control Productions |
Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1974) is an English composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for composing music for major hit films such as Kong: Skull Island, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It Ralph, Puss in Boots, Captain Phillips, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, Big Hero 6 and The Interview, as well as the video games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Disney Infinity 2.0.
Life and career
Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London.[1] He studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College, Framlingham College and University of Oxford.
Jackman has done programming and production work with artists including Mike Oldfield (Voyager), Sally Oldfield (Flaming Star), Trevor Horn/Art of Noise (The Seduction of Claude Debussy), Elton John and Gary Barlow. He co-produced Seal's unreleased 2001 album Togetherland.[2] "This Could Be Heaven", released from the album, was also co-written by Jackman and used on the movie The Family Man[3] and included on the deluxe edition of Seal's compilation album Hits.
Jackman has released three albums, Utopia (2003), Transfiguration (2005) and Acoustica (2007; with Augustus Isadore).
Jackman had various minor roles on film scores since 2006, generally working with mentor Hans Zimmer, including for The Da Vinci Code (music programmer), The Dark Knight (music arranger) and additional music for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, The Simpsons Movie, Kung Fu Panda and Hancock. In 2009, Jackman, Zimmer and John Powell won the 2008 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for their work on DreamWorks Animation's Secrets of the Furious Five (a sequel to Kung Fu Panda).[4] He has since composed soundtracks for Monsters vs. Aliens, Henri IV, Gulliver's Travels, X-Men: First Class, Winnie the Pooh, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Wreck-It Ralph and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. His first major video game score was Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
Family
Henry Pryce Jackman is the son of keyboardist and arranger Andrew Pryce Jackman, who was a member of The Syn and worked for many years with Chris Squire of Yes. His uncle Gregg Jackman is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with the King's Singers and Barclay James Harvest;[5] Henry and his uncle both worked on Moa's 1999 album Universal.[6] His grandfather, Bill Jackman, played clarinet on "When I'm Sixty-Four" on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[7]
Discography
Singles
- Mike Oldfield, "Women of Ireland" (1997): co-produced, programming
- Elton John & LeAnn Rimes, "Written in the Stars" (1999): programming
- Jocelyn Brown, "I Believe" (1999): programming, mixing
- Seal, "This Could Be Heaven" (2000): co-written, co-produced, programming
Albums
- Mike Oldfield, Voyager (1997): co-produced, programming
- Sally Oldfield, Flaming Star
- Conner Reeves, Earthbound (1998): programming
- Michael Gordon, Weather (1998): production, sound design
- Art of Noise, The Seduction of Claude Debussy (1999): "Born on a Sunday" co-produced, co-written
- Moa, Universal (1999): writing, producing, mixing
- Maryanna Matiss, Time to Fly (2001): writing, producing, mixing
- Seal, Togetherland (2001/unreleased): producing, programming
- Hans Zimmer, The Holiday OST (2006): co-writing
- Vantage Point OST (2008): co-writing
- various artists, Monsters vs. Aliens OST (2009): writing
Solo albums
- Utopia (WestOneMusic, 2003)
- Transfiguration (KPM Music, 2005)
- Acoustica (KPM Music, 2007)
Film scores
Main Composer
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Secrets of the Furious Five | Raman Hui | Composed with Hans Zimmer & John Powell Short film |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Conrad Vernon Rob Letterman |
Replaced Mark Mothersbaugh Additional Music By Ryeland Allison & Marc Bonilla |
| 2010 | Henri 4 | Jo Baier | Composed with Hans Zimmer |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Matthew Vaughn | Composed with Marius de Vries, Ilan Eshkeri & John Murphy |
| 2010 | Gulliver's Travels | Rob Letterman | Additional Music By Christopher Willis & Dominic Lewis |
| 2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Stephen J. Anderson Don Hall |
Additional Music By Christopher Willis Also score producer |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Matthew Vaughn | Additional Music by Christopher Willis, Noah Sorota, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Chris Miller | Additional Music By Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson |
| 2011 | Small Fry | Angus MacLane | Short film |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Asger Leth | Additional Music By Stephen Hilton, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson |
| 2012 | Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos | Raman Hui | Composed with Matthew Margeson Short film |
| 2012 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Timur Bekmambetov | Additional Music By Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore | Replaced Thomas Newman Additional Music By Dominic Lewis |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jon M. Chu | Additional Music By Dominic Lewis, Junkie XL & Matthew Margeson |
| 2013 | This Is the End | Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg |
Additional Music By Marc Bonilla, Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson |
| 2013 | Turbo | David Soren | Additional Music By Paul Mounsey & Halli Cauthery |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Jeff Wadlow | Composed with Matthew Margeson Additional Music By Jason Soudah Also score producer |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips[8] | Paul Greengrass | Additional Music By Al Clay & Jack Dolman |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony Russo Joe Russo |
Additional Music Provided By Dominic Lewis & Matthew Margeson |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6[9] | Don Hall Chris Williams |
Additional Music By Dominic Lewis & Paul Mounsey |
| 2014 | The Interview | Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg |
Additional Music Provided By Dominic Lewis |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Matthew Vaughn | Composed with Matthew Margeson Additional Music Provided By Alex Belcher, Dominic Lewis & Jason Soudah |
| 2015 | Pixels | Chris Columbus | Additional Music By Halli Cauthery |
| 2016 | The 5th Wave[10] | J Blakeson | Additional Music By Alex Belcher & Andrew Kawczynski |
| 2016 | The Birth of a Nation | Nate Parker | Additional Music By Anthony Willis |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Anthony Russo Joe Russo |
Additional Music By Alex Belcher & Halli Cauthery |
| 2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Edward Zwick | Additional Music By Alex Belcher & Paul Mounsey |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Additional Music By Alex Belcher, Halli Cauthery & Stephen Hilton |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn | Composed with Matthew Margeson |
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Jake Kasdan | Replaced James Newton Howard Additional Music by Halli Cauthery & Paul Mounsey |
| 2018 | The Predator | Shane Black | |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore Phil Johnston |
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Other
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Ron Howard | Synthesizer programmer Main score composed by Hans Zimmer |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Gore Verbinski | Additional Music composed with Lorne Balfe, Klaus Badelt, Tom Grie & Nick Glennie-Smith Main score composed by Hans Zimmer |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Nancy Meyers | Additional Music composed with Atli Örvarsson, Lorne Balfe, Tansy Aked, Ryeland Allison & Heitor Pereira Main score composed by Hans Zimmer |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski | Additional Music composed with Lorne Balfe, Tom Grie, Nick Glennie-Smith, Geoff Zanelli, Heitor Pereira & Atli Örvarsson Main score composed by Hans Zimmer |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | Additional Music composed with Jim Dooley, Heitor Pereira, Ryeland Allison, Lorne Balfe, Michael A. Levine, & Atli Örvarsson Main score composed by Hans Zimmer Title Theme composed by Danny Elfman |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | John Stevenson Mark Osborne |
Additional Music composed with James McKee Smith Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & John Powell |
| 2008 | Hancock | Peter Berg | Additional Music composed with James McKee Smith & James Ashton Thomas Main score composed by John Powell |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | Synthesizer programmer & arranger Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Pete Travis | Additional Music composed with Clay Duncan & Ryeland Allison Main score composed by Atli Örvarsson |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | Nancy Meyers | Additional Music Main score composed by Hans Zimmer & Heitor Pereira |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Jodie Foster | Score producer Main score composed by Dominic Lewis |
Television scores
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space | Television special |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Television special |
| 2013–present | Turbo FAST | N/A |
Video game scores
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rinth Island | Mobile Game |
| 2012 | Disney Infinity 2.0 | First console game to be composed by Jackman, also the first game in the series to be composed by him. |
| 2016 | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End[11] | First game in the series to be scored by Jackman, also features some music by Greg Edmonson, the previous composer in the series |
| 2017 | Uncharted: The Lost Legacy[12] | Followup standalone expansion to Uncharted 4, also scored by Jackman |
Awards and nominations
References
- ↑ "Henry Jackman biography". Billboard.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ The Greatest Music Never Sold. Hal Leonard. 2007. p. 15. ISBN 9780879309053.
- ↑ "The Family Man soundtrack review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients". Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Gregg Jackman biography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Universal album credits". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Andrew Price Jackman biography". Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Henry Jackman Scoring Paul Greengrass' 'Captain Phillips'". FilmMusicReporter.com.
- ↑ "Henry Jackman to Score Disney's 'Big Hero 6′". Film Music Reporter. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ↑ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/04/16/henry-jackman-to-score-the-5th-wave/
- ↑ "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End game director confirming Jackman as composer". Bruce Straley. twitter.com. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Uncharted: The Lost Legacy game director confirming Jackman as composer". Kurt Margenau. twitter.com. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "41st Annual Annie Awards Live Blog: 'Frozen' Wins Best Animated Feature". 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ↑ "Baftas 2014: full list of winners". The Guardian. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ↑ "Winners List for the British Academy Games Awards in 2017". 6 April 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ↑ "NAVGTR Awards (2016)". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.
