Harry Gregson-Williams | |
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Born | 13 December 1961 |
Origin | Sussex, England |
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Years active | 1990–present |
Labels | Wavecrest |
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) [1] is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the Metal Gear series, Spy Game , Phone Booth , Man on Fire , The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian , Déjà Vu , X-Men Origins: Wolverine , The Martian , Team America: World Police , Antz , The Tigger Movie , Chicken Run and its sequel, the Shrek franchise, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas , Flushed Away , Arthur Christmas , Early Man , Catch-22 , and Gladiator II . He is also the older brother of fellow composer Rupert Gregson-Williams.
Gregson-Williams worked with several film directors such as Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Andrew Adamson, Ben Affleck, Joel Schumacher, Antoine Fuqua, Niki Caro, Nick Park, and Dan Ireland.
Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to St John's College School in Cambridge at the age of seven. He was a child chorister at the school and later attended Stowe School, an independent boarding school in the civil parish of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, where he was a music scholar. He next went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. [2]
He learned to play the piano as a child on a Broadwood piano which his father had bought with the winnings from a hundred-to-one bet during the Grand National. [3]
Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2020 | Mulan | Niki Caro | Walt Disney Pictures | Themes by Jerry Goldsmith Additional music by Stephanie Economou and Tom Howe |
2021 | Infinite | Antoine Fuqua | Paramount+ | — |
The Last Duel | Ridley Scott | 20th Century Studios | — | |
House of Gucci | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Creative United Artists Releasing | — | ||
Al Kameen | Pierre Morel | AGC Studios Image Nation Abu Dhabi | — | |
2022 | Return to Space | Jimmy Chin Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Netflix | Co-composed with Mychael Danna |
Polar Bear | Alastair Fothergill Jeff Wilson | Disneynature | — | |
2023 | Meg 2: The Trench | Ben Wheatley | Warner Bros. Pictures | — |
Retribution | Nimród Antal | Lionsgate Roadside Attractions | — | |
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Sam Fell | Netflix Aardman Animations | — | |
2024 | Gladiator II | Ridley Scott | Paramount Pictures | — |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1991 | G.B.H. | 2 episodes music coordinator |
1992 | Champion Children | |
1999 | The Hunger | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
2002 | AFP: American Fighter Pilot | |
2004 | Father of the Pride | 3 episodes |
2007–2008 | The Riches | |
2007 | Shrek the Halls | TV special |
2017–2018 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | |
2019 | Whiskey Cavalier | Composed with Tom Howe |
2019 | Catch-22 | Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams |
2020 | Manhunt | Composed season 2 with Stephanie Economou |
2020 | Amazing Stories | Episode: "Signs of Life" |
2022–2023 | The Gilded Age | Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams [5] |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2001 | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | With Norihiko Hibino |
2004 | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | With Norihiko Hibino |
2007 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Main theme only and music producer With Stephen Barton |
2008 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | With Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori and Kazuma Jinnouchi |
2014 | Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | With Ludvig Forssell |
2014 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Main title and themes only With audiomachine (Paul Dinletir and Kevin Rix) |
2015 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Music producer Score composed by Ludvig Forsell, Justin Burnett and Daniel James |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2001 | Shrek 4-D | At various theme parks around the world. Based on the Shrek film franchise. |
Year | Category | Work | Result |
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2018 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Electric Dreams: The Commute | Nominated |
2022 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special | Return to Space | Nominated |
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