Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961 in England ) is a British film composer , music producer and conductor .
Live and act
After studying music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London , Gregson-Williams gave music lessons to needy children in Cairo and Alexandria . Gregson-Williams then moved to London, where he met Stanley Myers . With him he worked as an orchestra conductor and arranger for various films. At Remote Control Productions (formerly Media Ventures ) he worked with his brother Rupert , Hans Zimmer , and numerous other composers. He now works as a freelance composer and is a regular composer for directors such as Tony Scott , Joel Schumacher , Ben Affleck and Andrew Adamson .
His best-known settings include the soundtracks of Antz , Chicken Run , Shrek - The daredevil hero (together with John Powell ), Shrek 2 - The daredevil hero returns , Spy Game - The final countdown , Kingdom of Heaven , X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia . For the latter, Gregson-Williams was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 2005.
He also composed large parts of the music for the two PlayStation 2 games Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 . Harry Gregson-Williams worked with composer Stephen Barton on the soundtrack for the first-person shooter Call of Duty 4 . He also composed the soundtrack for the PlayStation 3 game Metal Gear Solid 4 with the Japanese Nobuko Toda .
Filmography
Feature films
- 1993: White Angel
- 1995: Hotel Paradise
- 1996: The Rock - Rock of the decision (The Rock)
- 1996: The Whole Wide World
- 1997: A Case for the Borrowers
- 1997: Sharp Deception (Deceiver)
- 1997: Miss Smilla's sense of snow (Smilla's Sense of Snow) (with Hans Zimmer )
- 1998: The public enemy no. 1 (Enemy of the State) (with Trevor Rabin )
- 1998: Antz (with John Powell )
- 1998: Armageddon - The Last Judgment (Armageddon) (with Trevor Rabin)
- 1998: The Replacement Killers (The Replacement Killers)
- 1999: Light It Up
- 1999: The Match
- 1999: What Happened to Harold Smith? (Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?)
- 2000: Chicken Run (Chicken Run)
- 2000: King of the Jungle
- 2000: Tiggers Big Adventure (The Tigger Movie)
- 2000: The Magic of Marciano
- 2001: Shrek - The daredevil hero (Shrek) (with John Powell)
- 2002: Don't hang up! (Phone booth)
- 2002: Spy Game - The Final Countdown (Spy Game)
- 2002: Passionada
- 2003: Sinbad : Legend of the Seven Seas
- 2003: Welcome to the Jungle (The Rundown)
- 2003: The Journalist (Veronica Guerin)
- 2004: Team America: World Police
- 2004: Shrek 2 - The daredevil hero returns (Shrek 2)
- 2004: Man on Fire (Man on Fire)
- 2004: Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason
- 2004: Return to Sender
- 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
- 2005: Kingdom of Heaven (Kingdom of Heaven)
- 2005: Domino (Domino)
- 2006: Déjà Vu - race against time (Déjà Vu)
- 2006: Flushed Away (Flushed Away)
- 2006: Seraphim Falls
- 2007: Em
- 2007: Gone Baby Gone - No Child's Play (Gone Baby Gone)
- 2007: Shrek the Third (Shrek the Third)
- 2007: Number 23 (The Number 23)
- 2008: Jolene
- 2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
- 2009: The Taking of Pelham 123 (The Taking of Pelham 123)
- 2009: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- 2010: Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time
- 2010: Twelve
- 2010: The Town (The Town)
- 2010: Unstoppable - Out of Control (Unstoppable)
- 2010: Shrek Forever After (Shrek Forever After)
- 2011: Cowboys & Aliens
- 2011: Arthur Santa Claus (Arthur Christmas)
- 2012: Prometheus - Dark Signs (Prometheus)
- 2012: Total Recall
- 2014: The Equalizer
- 2015: Blackhat
- 2015: The Martian - Save Mark Watney (The Martian)
- 2016: Live by Night
- 2017: Breath
- 2017: The zoo director's wife
- 2018: Early Man - Stone Age Ready (Early Man)
- 2018: The Equalizer 2
- 2018: Meg (The Meg)
- 2020: Mulan
TV Shows
- 2004: A Lion in Las Vegas (Father of the Pride)
- 2007: The Riches (three episodes)
Video games
- 2001: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- 2004: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (with Norihiko Hibino)
- 2006: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Main Theme and Samples only)
- 2007: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (with Stephan Barton)
- 2008: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Main Theme and Samples only)
- 2008: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (with Nobuko Toda)
- 2010: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Main Themes and Samples only)
- 2014: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (with Ludvig Forssell and Akihiro Honda)
- 2014: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (with Ludvig Forssell and Akihiro Honda)
- 2014: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (with Audiomachine (Paul Dinletir, Kevin Rix))
Web links
- Harry Gregson-Williams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gregson-Williams, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | HGW |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film composer, music producer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |