Nick Glennie-Smith

Nick Glennie-Smith (born October 3, 1951 in London , England ) is a British film music composer.

Life

At the age of eight years was Nick Glennie-Smith a member of the Choir of New College in Oxford . He later became a keyboard player for Paul McCartney , Tina Turner , Pink Floyd and Phil Collins . The highlight of his stage career was his participation in the concert spectacle " The Wall " in Berlin . In the early 1990s, Glennie-Smith moved to Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures Studio , with whom he still works today. Both were for the best music in 2005 The Little Polar Bear 2 - The Mysterious Island with the price of the German Film Critics Award.

He also composed the music for several shows in the French amusement park Puy du Fou .

Anthem The Mansions of the Lord , which can be heard at the beginning of the credits for the film We Were Heroes , is by the director and screenwriter of the film Randall Wallace (text) and Nick Glennie-Smith (music). On June 11, 2004, the piece was sung by the United States Armed Forces Chorus at the end of the funeral service for Ronald Reagan in Washington National Cathedral .

Nick Glennie-Smith is married and has two children.

Filmography (selection)

As the main composer

• 1996: The Rock - Rock of the decision (The Rock)
• 1996: If by Sea (Two If by Sea)
• 1997: Fire Down Below
• 1997: Home Alone (Home Alone 3)
• 1998: The Man in the Iron Mask (The Man in the Iron Mask)
• 1998 - Simba's Pride The Lion King 2 (The Lion King II - Simba's Pride)
• 2001: Attila - The Hun (Attila)
• 2002: We Were Soldiers (We Were Soldiers)
• 2004: Ella - Darn & Magical (Ella Enchanted)
• 2004: Laura's star
• 2005: The little polar bear 2 - The mysterious island
• 2005: A Sound of Thunder
• 2006: Children of Glory (Szabadság, szerelem)
• 2010: Secretariat - A horse becomes a legend (Secretariat)
• 2014: The Sky's real (Heaven Is for Real)

Additional music

• 1991: K2 - The Last Adventure (K2)
• 1993: Code name: Nina (Point of No Return)
• 1993: Cool Runnings - Being there is everything (Cool Runnings)
• 1993: Calendar Girl
• 1994: Always Trouble About Dojo (Monkey Trouble)
• 1994: Mr. Bill (Renaissance Man)
• 1994: Drop Zone
• 1995: Bad Boys (Bad Boys)
• 1995: Rangoon - Beyond Rangoon
• 1995: Nine Months
• 1996: Rendezvous with an Angel (The Preacher's Wife)
• 1997: Miss Smilla's Sense of Snow (Smilla's Sense of Snow)
• 2001: Just Visiting - Full throttle into the future (Les visiteurs en Amérique)
• 2002: The New Guy
• 2002: D-Tox - In the Eye of Fear (D-Tox)
• 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
• 2004: King Arthur
• 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest
• 2006: The Da Vinci Code (The Da Vinci Code)
• 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End

Awards

• Nick Glennie-Smith received three ASCAP awards : 1997 for The Rock , 1999 for The Man in the Iron Mask and 2003 for We Were Heroes
• In 1997 he was nominated for The Rock for a Saturn Award .
• 2005: Prize of the German film critic for Der kleine Eisbär 2 - The mysterious island

Web links

• Nick Glennie-Smith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Nick Glennie-Smith at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nick Glennie-Smith - Biography. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Orchester Philharmonique de Prague une grande formation musicale de renown Internationale, évoluant en France et en Europe pour des concerts classiques, des concerts de musiques de films et l'accompagnement d'artistes chanteurs ou d'instrumentistes solistes. Prague Concert Philharmonic, accessed May 22, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Music program of the funeral service ( memento of the original from March 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf) 
4. ^ ^{A b} Nick Glennie-Smith Awards. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2011 .