Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is an English composer, orchestrator, conductor and record producer. He has regularly written for video games, television and movies, such as Metal Gear Solid series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Martian, and the Shrek franchise. He is the brother of composer Rupert Gregson-Williams.

Discography

Film

1990s
 Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes 1990  Revenge  Tony Scott  Rastar  additional music, director's cut 1991  Cold Heaven  Nicolas Roeg  Hemdale  music associate 1994  White Angel  Chris Jones  Living Spirit Pictures   Broken Heart  Matt McConaghy  ITV Yorkshire  Short film 1995  Hotel Paradise  Nicolas Roeg  Westdeutscher Rundfunk  Short film Three Miles Up  Lesley Manning  TV movie   Full Body Massage  Nicolas Roeg  Paramount TelevisionShowtime Networks  TV movie 1996  The Whole Wide World  Dan Ireland  Sony Pictures Classics  with Hans Zimmer Witness Against Hitler  Betsan Morris Evans  BBC  TV movie The Rock  Michael Bay  Hollywood Pictures  Music producer with Hans ZimmerScore composed by Hans Zimmer and Nick Glennie-Smith 1997  Smilla's Sense of Snow  Bille August  Det Danske FilminstitutBavaria FilmConstantin FilmFox Searchlight Pictures (US)  with Hans Zimmer Deceiver  Jonas PateJosh Pate  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer   Sonic the Hedgehog  Mel Smith  SegaParamount Pictures   1998  The Replacement Killers  Antoine Fuqua  Brillstein Entertainment PartnersColumbia Pictures   Antz  Eric DarnellTim Johnson  Pacific Data ImagesDreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Pictures  with John PowellFirst score for an animated film The Prince of Egypt  Brenda ChapmanSteve HicknerSimon Wells DreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Pictures  with Hans Zimmer for the song number "All I Ever Wanted" Enemy of the State  Tony Scott  Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsScott Free ProductionsTouchstone Pictures  with Trevor Rabin 1999  Swing Vote  David Anspaugh  Columbia TriStar TelevisionABC  TV movie The Match  Mick Davis  Gramercy Pictures   Light It Up  Craig Bolotin  20th Century Fox   Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?  Peter Hewitt  Intermedia  

2000s
 Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes 2000  The Tigger Movie  Jun Falkenstein  DisneyToon StudiosWalt Disney Pictures   The Magic of Marciano  Tony Barbieri  Outrider Pictures   Chicken Run  Peter LordNick Park  Aardman AnimationsDreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Pictures (International)Pathé (Europe)  With John Powell King of the Jungle  Seth Zvi Rosenfeld  Urbanworld Films   2001  Spy Kids  Robert Rodriguez  Troublemaker StudiosDimension Films  with John Debney, Danny Elfman, Los Lobos, Robert Rodriguez, Heitor Pereira, and Gavin Greenaway Shrek  Andrew AdamsonVicky Jenson  PDI/DreamWorksDreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Pictures  with John Powell The Hire  Alejandro González Iñárritu  BMW Films  Segment: "Powder Keg" Spy Game  Tony Scott  Beacon PicturesUniversal Pictures   2002  Passionada  Dan Ireland  Samuel Goldwyn Films   Phone Booth  Joel Schumacher  Zucker/Netter20th Century Fox   The Hire  Tony Scott  BMW Films  Segment: "Beat the Devil" 2003  Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas  Tim JohnsonPatrick Gilmore  DreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Pictures   Veronica Guerin  Joel Schumacher  Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsTouchstone Pictures   The Rundown  Peter Berg  Strike EntertainmentWWE FilmsUniversal Pictures (North America and Japan)Columbia Pictures (International)   2004  Man on Fire  Tony Scott  Scott Free ProductionsRegency Enterprises20th Century Fox  with Lisa Gerrard Shrek 2  Andrew AdamsonKelly AsburyConrad Vernon  PDI/DreamWorksDreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Pictures   Return to Sender  Bille August  DEJ Productions   Team America: World Police  Trey Parker  Paramount Pictures  Replaced Marc Shaiman Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason  Beeban Kidron  StudioCanalWorking Title FilmsMiramax FilmsUniversal Pictures   2005  Kingdom of Heaven  Ridley Scott  Studio BabelsbergScott Free Productions20th Century Fox  As composer and conductorReplaced Hans Zimmer Domino  Tony Scott  Scott Free ProductionsDavis FilmsNew Line Cinema   The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  Andrew Adamson  Walden MediaWalt Disney Pictures   2006  The Uninvited  Louise Runge  Logo TV  Short film Seraphim Falls  David Von Ancken  Icon ProductionsSamuel Goldwyn FilmsDestination Films   Flushed Away  Sam FellDavid Bowers  Aardman AnimationsDreamWorks AnimationParamount Pictures   Déjà Vu  Tony Scott  Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsScott Free ProductionsTouchstone Pictures   2007  The Number 23  Joel Schumacher  New Line Cinema   Shrek the Third  Chris MillerRaman Hui  Pacific Data ImagesDreamWorks AnimationParamount Pictures   Gone Baby Gone  Ben Affleck  The Ladd CompanyMiramax Films   Slipstream  Anthony Hopkins  Strand ReleasingDestination Films  Music producerScore composed by Anthony Hopkins 2008  Em  Tony Barbieri  SnagFilmsVanguard Cinema   The Forbidden Kingdom  Rob Minkoff  LionsgateRelativity MediaCasey Silver ProductionsHuayi Brothers  Score producerScore composed by David Buckley The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian  Andrew Adamson  Walden MediaWalt Disney Pictures  Also voiced Patterwig the Squirrel Jolene  Dan Ireland  E1 Entertainment  Also music producer 2009  X-Men Origins: Wolverine  Gavin Hood  Seed ProductionsMarvel Entertainment20th Century Fox  As composer and conductorAdditional music by Hybrid and Halli Cauthery Astro Boy  David Bowers  Escape ArtistsScott Free ProductionsRelativity MediaMetro-Goldwyn-MayerColumbia Pictures

2010s
 Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes 2010  Twelve  Joel Schumacher  Radar PicturesHannover HouseGaumont   Shrek Forever After  Mike Mitchell  DreamWorks AnimationParamount Pictures   Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time  Mike Newell  Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsWalt Disney Pictures  Additional music by Halli Cauthery and David BuckleyAs composer and conductor The Town  Ben Affleck  GK FilmsLegendary PicturesWarner Bros. Pictures  with David Buckley Unstoppable  Tony Scott  Scott Free ProductionsDune Entertainment20th Century Fox  Additional music by Justin Caine Burnett 2011  Life in a Day  Kevin Macdonald  National Geographic Films   Cowboys & Aliens  Jon Favreau  Platinum StudiosFairview EntertainmentImagine EntertainmentDreamWorks PicturesUniversal Pictures (North America)Paramount Pictures (International)  Additional music by Halli CautheryHybrid provided sound design textures Arthur Christmas  Sarah Smith  Aardman AnimationsSony Pictures AnimationColumbia Pictures  Also music producerReplaced Michael Giacchino and Adam Cohen 2012  Prometheus  Ridley Scott  Scott Free ProductionsBrandywine ProductionsDune Entertainment20th Century Fox  Two tracks ("Life" and "We Were Right")Main score by Marc Streitenfeld I Am Bad  David Rackoff  OneZero Productions   Total Recall  Len Wiseman  Original FilmColumbia Pictures  Additional music by HybridAs composer and music producerOrchestra conducted by Gavin Greenaway 2013  The East  Zal Batmanglij  Scott Free ProductionsFox Searchlight Pictures  ThemesMain score by Halli Cauthery Mr. Pip  Andrew Adamson  Olympus Pictures   2014  Hate from a Distance  Dan Ireland  Privarte Pictures  Co-composed with Tom Howe The Equalizer  Antoine Fuqua  Escape ArtistsVillage Roadshow PicturesColumbia Pictures  Additional music by Hybrid 2015  Blackhat  Michael Mann  Legendary PicturesUniversal Pictures  with Atticus Ross, Ryan Amon, and Leo Ross Monkey Kingdom  Mark LinfieldAlastair Fothergill  Disneynature   The Martian  Ridley Scott  Genre FilmsTSG EntertainmentScott Free Productions20th Century Fox  as composer and conductor  Miss You Already  Catherine Hardwicke  Lionsgate (US)Entertainment One (UK)   2016  Confirmation  Rick Famuyiwa  HBO  TV movie, additional music by Stephanie Economou Live by Night  Ben Affleck  Warner Bros. PicturesAppian Way ProductionsPearl Street Films  Additional music by Stephanie EconomouAs composer and conductor 2017  The Zookeeper's Wife  Niki Caro  Focus Features  Additional music by Stephanie EconomouAs composer and conductor Breath  Simon Baker  See PicturesWindalongGran ViaFilmRise  Additional music by Stephanie Economou 2018  Early Man  Nick Park  StudioCanalAardman Animations  with Tom HoweAdditional music by Paul MounseyOrchestra conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams and Gavin Greenaway The Equalizer 2  Antoine Fuqua  Columbia PicturesEscape Artists  Additional music by Stephanie Economou The Meg  Jon Turteltaub  Warner Bros. Pictures  Additional music by Stephanie EconomouAs composer and conductor 2019  Penguins  Alastair FothergillJeff Wilson  Disneynature  

2020s
 Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes2020 Mulan  Niki Caro  Walt Disney Pictures  Themes by Jerry GoldsmithAdditional music by Stephanie Economou and Tom Howe2021 Infinite  Antoine Fuqua  Paramount+   The Last Duel Ridley Scott  20th Century Studios   House of Gucci  Metro-Goldwyn-MayerBron CreativeUnited Artists Releasing   Al Kameen Pierre Morel  AGC StudiosImage Nation Abu Dhabi 2022  Return to Space  Jimmy ChinElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi  Netflix  with Mychael Danna Polar Bear  Alastair FothergillJeff Wilson  Disneynature  

Television
 Year Title Notes 1991 G.B.H. 2 episodesmusic 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 The Gilded Age Composed with Rupert Gregson-Williams

Video games
 Year Title Notes 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 producerWith Stephen Barton 2008 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots With various others 2014 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes With Ludvig Forssell 2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Main title and themes onlyWith audiomachine (Paul Dinletir and Kevin Rix) 2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Music producerScore composed by Ludvig Forsell,Justin Burnett and Daniel James

Rides
 Year Title Notes 2001 Shrek 4-D At various theme parks around the world.Based on the Shrek film franchise.

 References 

 Other websites 

Facebook
Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix

An interview with Harry Gregson-Williams
Epicenter Games Interviews Harry Gregson-Williams, an interview with Harry Gregson-Williams regarding Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, from EpicenterGames
Harry Gregson-Williams at Scorereviews.com

Category:1961 births
Category:English composers
Category:Movie score composers
Category:British conductors
Category:Living people