Harry Gregson-Williams

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Genre = Film scores
Occupation = Composer, Conductor, Music producer
Instrument = Piano and Percussion
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Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961) is a Golden Globe- and Grammy-nominated British film score composer, conductor, and music producer.

Biography

Early in his career, Harry Gregson-Williams held a position in the 1980s as a music teacher to pupils at the Amesbury School in Hindhead, Surrey, England (his brother Rupert Gregson-Williams, also a film composer, also taught at Amesbury School during this period).

He later taught music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he had been a pupil, and also for a short period in both Egypt and Africa.

In addition to scoring a number of motion pictures including "Kingdom of Heaven", ', ', "The Rock", "Shrek", "Chicken Run", "Antz", "Spy Game", "Man on Fire", "Domino", and ', Gregson-Williams has also worked on the video games ', ', and '. His arrangement of the original Metal Gear Solid Main Theme was one of many works he created for the Metal Gear Solid productions that involved both orchestral and electronic textures.

In his score to the Ridley Scott film "Kingdom of Heaven", he introduced a mix of operatic and Middle Eastern themes. One track, "Ibelin", was reprised as the closing credits theme with singer Natacha Atlas performing Arabic lyrics.

He scored ', as well as the second installment in the series, '. (David Arnold is under contract for .) He also will compose the next film in the X-Men film series, "".

His studio is called Wavecrest Music. Gregson-Williams was a member of Hans Zimmer's "Remote Control Productions" (formerly known as "Media Ventures") along with John Powell, Klaus Badelt, and Mark Mancina.

Discography

1993
* "White Angel"1995
* "Full Body Massage"
* "Hotel Paradise"1996
* "The Rock" (with Hans Zimmer and Nick Glennie-Smith)
* "The Whole Wide World"1997
* "The Borrowers"
* "Deceiver"
* "Smilla's Sense of Snow" (with Hans Zimmer)1998
* "Enemy of the State" (with Trevor Rabin)
* "Antz" (with John Powell)
* "Armageddon" (with Trevor Rabin)
* "The Replacement Killers"1999
* "Light It Up"
* "The Match"
* "Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?"2000
* "Chicken Run" (with John Powell)
* "King of the Jungle"
* "The Tigger Movie"
* "The Magic of Marciano" 2001
* "" (With Norihiko Hibino)
* "Shrek" (with John Powell)
* "Spy Kids"2002
* "Phone Booth"
* "Spy Game"2003
* ""
* "The Rundown", also called "Welcome to the Jungle"
* "Veronica Guerin"2004
* "" (With "Norihiko Hibino")
* ""
* "Shrek 2"
* "Man on Fire"
* ""
* "Return to Sender"2005
* ""
* "Kingdom of Heaven"
* "Domino"2006
* "Déjà Vu" (With "Hybrid")
* "Flushed Away"
* "Seraphim Falls"
* "I Choose Noise" (producer, along with Kirsty Hawkshaw & Hybrid)2007
* "Gone Baby Gone"
* "Jolene"
* "Shrek the Third"
* "The Number 23"
* "The Riches"
* "Shrek the Halls"
* " (Main Theme and Music Production, Original Score By Stephen Barton) [ [http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/14703/Harry-GregsonWilliams-to-Produce-Call-of-Duty-4-Score/ Harry Gregson-Williams to Produce Call of Duty 4 Score] ] 2008
* "" (With "Nobuko Toda")
* "The Forbidden Kingdom" (score producer, music composed by David Buckley)
* ""
* "Jolene"
* ""2009
* ""
* ""
* "The Taking of Pelham 123"

2010
* "" (main themes, producer, music composed by David Arnold)

Trivia

*In 2006, Harry teamed up with Kirsty Hawkshaw & Hybrid for Hybrid´s third album: I Choose Noise
* In 2004, he produced a track called: The Drop (Man On Fire Edit) along with Hybrid. The song appeared on Hybrid Present Y4K

Notes

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004581/ Harry Gregson-Williams] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.vgmrush.com/artists-details.php?id=44 Comprehensive Harry Gregson-Williams Profile at VGM Rush]
* [http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/65/harry-gregson-williams/ Composer profile] at OverClocked ReMix
* [http://www.steinbergusers.com/vids/harrygw/index.php An interview with Harry Gregson-Williams]
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* [http://www.epicentergames.com/backdrop/Specal/harryGwillems.htm Epicenter Games Interviews Harry Gregson-Williams] , an interview with Harry Gregson-Williams regarding Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, from EpicenterGames
* [http://www.scorereviews.com/composers/composer.aspx?id=84 Harry Gregson-Williams] at scorereviews.com
* [http://www.harry-gregson-williams.ch Harry Gregson Williams - Unofficial Website in English & Deutsch ]
* [http://www.manuelmora.es/musica/compositores-favoritos/harry-gregson-williams/ Harry Gregson-Williams Studio]