Harry Gregson-Williams

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Harry Gregson-Williams

Background information
Birth name Harry Gregson-Williams
Born December 13, 1961 (1961-12-13) (age 46)
Origin Flag of England England
Occupation(s) Composer, Conductor, Music producer
Instrument(s) Piano and Percussion
Years active 1993-Present

Harry Gregson-Williams (born December 13, 1961) is a Golden Globe- and Grammy-nominated British film score composer, conductor, and music producer.

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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 Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, The Rock, Shrek, Chicken Run, Antz, Spy Game, Man on Fire, Domino, and Team America: World Police, Gregson-Williams has also worked on the video games Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. 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 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as well as the second installment in the series, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. (David Arnold is under contract for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.) He also will compose the next film in the X-Men film series, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

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

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Trivia

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (June 2007)

Notes

  1. ^ Harry Gregson-Williams to Produce Call of Duty 4 Score

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gregson-Williams"

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