Taurees Habib | |
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| Born | Taurees Habib 1988 (age 36–37) |
| Other names | Tauris Habib |
| Education | Berklee College of Music |
| Alma mater | American University |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Honours | Grammy Award (2025) [1] |
Taurees Habib is a Pakistani and American sound engineer and music producer. [2] He won a Grammy Award for his work in the film Dune: Part Two . [3]
He was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. [4] Habib has been involved in sound engineering and playing music since the age of 15. During his time in Karachi, Habib worked on the original play Karachi: The Musical, produced by Made For Stage Productions. [5] He moved to Los Angeles in 2012. [5] His younger brother, Ziyad Habib, is also involved in the Karachi indie music scene, having been a part of the band Mole and later founding Hear Now Records. [6]
He wrote, recorded, produced, and performed his own music under the name Bedlam Jackson. [3] He later studied Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He was a part of a underground heavy metal scene as a teenager, he has described playing guitar and screaming vocals in a metal band. [2]
After he graduated from Berklee College of Music then he started working as a sampling director for composer Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions. [4]
He worked over 13 years working with Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions. [4] He is the company's head of sampling, where he creates unique instrument sounds for movie scores. He scored music in films including Men of Steel , Interstellar , Dunkirk , Blade Runner 2049 , The Lion King , No Time to Die , and Top Gun: Maverick , Habib also contributed to the scores for Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two , and Kung Fu Panda 4 . [4] In 2017, he voiced a character named Nawar in the podcast series Rose Drive. [3] In 2025, He scored music for film F1 . [7]
In February 2025, Habib was awarded the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on the Dune: Part Two soundtrack. [8] He is the first Pakistani sound engineer to receive a Grammy but Habib is only the second Pakistani overall to win a Grammy, following vocalist Arooj Aftab, who won in 2022. [9]
Habib has also released his own music, including the project Cannibal Cathedral, which was released in October 2025. [4]
He lives in Los Angeles, California and his younger brother Ziyad is a singer. [5]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Men of Steel | Composer |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger | |
| 2013 | Rush | |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | |
| 2014 | Young Americans | |
| 2014 | Interstellar | |
| 2015 | Chappie | |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | |
| 2015 | Freeheld | |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | |
| 2016 | The Last Face | |
| 2016 | The Crown | |
| 2016 | Inferno | |
| 2017 | Rings | |
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | |
| 2018 | Believer | |
| 2018 | Icebox | |
| 2018 | Widows | |
| 2019 | Dark Phoenix | |
| 2019 | The Lion King | |
| 2020 | Rebuilding Paradise | |
| 2020 | The Rhythm Section | |
| 2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | |
| 2020 | Hillbilly Elegy | |
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | |
| 2021 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | |
| 2021 | Dune: Part One | |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | |
| 2021 | Army of Thieves | |
| 2021 | The Unforgivable | |
| 2022 | The Son | |
| 2022 | The Night Logan Woke Up | |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | |
| 2024 | Blitz | |
| 2025 | F1 |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rose Drive | Nawar | [3] |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari | Digital instrument |
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Grammy Awards | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Won | Dune: Part Two | [10] |