John Debney

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John Debney

John C. Debney (born August 18, 1956 in Glendale , California ) is an American film composer .

Life

Debney, whose father Louis was employed as a producer at Disney Studios , grew up near Glendale and graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 1979 .

He is best known for his film scores , including a number of Walt Disney productions. Together with David Hartley and Sting, he wrote the soundtrack of the cartoon A Kingdom for a Lama ( The Emperor's New Groove , 2000). Debney was nominated for an Oscar for his music for The Passion of the Christ and won the Film & Television Music Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . He received the Emmy Award three times (including for the music for the TV series SeaQuest DSV ) and was nominated twice for this award.

In addition to numerous film soundtracks, John Debney also wrote or arranged some pieces of music for Disney theme parks around the world, for example for the haunted house attraction Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris and the Spectromagic light parade in Walt Disney World in Florida.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1990: Emmy nomination for The Young Riders (theme music)
  • 1991: Emmy for The Young Riders (background music)
  • 1991: ASCAP Award in the Most Performed Underscore category
  • 1992: ASCAP Award in the Most Performed Underscore category
  • 1994: Emmy for SeaQuest (theme music)
  • 1997: Emmy nomination for Countdown X - Alarm in Space (theme music)
  • 1997: Emmy for Countdown X - Alarm in Space (background music)
  • 1998: ASCAP Award for I know what you did last summer
  • 1998: ASCAP Award for The Stupid Chatterer
  • 2000: ASCAP Award for Inspector Gadget
  • 2001: Annie Award nomination for One Kingdom for a Lama
  • 2002: ASCAP Award for Cats & Dogs - like dog and cat
  • 2003: ASCAP Award for Spy Kids 2 - The Return of the Super Spies
  • 2003: ASCAP Award for The Scorpion King
  • 2004: ASCAP Award for Bruce Almighty
  • 2005: Oscar nomination for The Passion of the Christ
  • 2005: ASCAP Award for The Passion of Christ
  • 2005: ASCAP Award for Suddenly Princess 2
  • 2005: Henry Mancini Award
  • 2006: ASCAP Award for Heaven and Chicken
  • 2006: ASCAP Award for Sin City
  • 2006: ASCAP Award for The Babynator
  • 2007: Annie Award nomination for Lucas the Ant Fright
  • 2016: Hollywood Music In Media Award for The Jungle Book

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personal data
SURNAME Debney, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Debney, John C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Glendale , California, USA