Henry Jackman

Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1 June 1974) is an English film and television music composer, music conductor and music arranger. He composed music for films such as '' Kong: Skull Island'', '' X-Men: First Class'', ''Puss in Boots'', ''Monsters vs. Aliens'', '' Captain Phillips'', '' Kick-Ass'', '' Kick-Ass 2'', ''Turbo'', ''Pixels'', ''Ron's Gone Wrong'', '' Smurfs'', ''The Interview,'' '' Pokémon: Detective Pikachu'' and five Walt Disney Animation Studios films, as well as video games such as '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'', '' Uncharted: The Lost Legacy'' and ''Just Cause 3''. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Don Hall, Chris Miller, Rob Letterman, Matthew Vaughn, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Raman Hui, Edward Zwick, Russo brothers, Jake Kasdan, Sam Hargrave and Rich Moore.

Life and career

Jackman was born in Hillingdon, London. He studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School, Eton College, Framlingham College and New College, Oxford, University of Oxford.

Jackman has done programming and production work with artists including Mike Oldfield ('' Voyager''), Sally Oldfield (''Flaming Star''), Trevor Horn/Art of Noise (''The Seduction of Claude Debussy''), Elton John and Gary Barlow. He co-produced Seal's unreleased 2001 album '' Togetherland''. " This Could Be Heaven", released from the album, was also co-written by Jackman and used on the movie ''The Family Man'' and included on the deluxe edition of Seal's compilation album ''Hits''.

Jackman has released three albums, ''Utopia'' (2003), ''Transfiguration'' (2005), and ''Acoustica'' (2007; with Augustus Isadore).

Jackman had various minor roles on film scores since 2006, generally working with mentor Hans Zimmer, including for ''The Da Vinci Code'' (music programmer), ''The Dark Knight'' (music arranger) and additional music for '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', ''The Simpsons Movie'', ''Kung Fu Panda'' and '' Hancock''. In 2009, Jackman, Zimmer and John Powell won the 2008 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for their work on DreamWorks Animation's '' Secrets of the Furious Five'' (a spin-off to ''Kung Fu Panda''). Jackman has since composed soundtracks for films such as ''Monsters vs. Aliens'', '' Henri 4'', ''Gulliver's Travels'', '' X-Men: First Class'', ''Winnie the Pooh'', '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'', ''Wreck-It Ralph'', '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', '' Captain America: Civil War'' and ''Ron's Gone Wrong''. His most successful video game scores were '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'', '' Uncharted: The Lost Legacy'' and ''Just Cause 3''.

In March 2022, Reservoir Media acquired the rights to Jackman's catalog.

Family

Henry Jackman is the son of keyboardist and arranger Andrew Pryce Jackman, who was a member of The Syn and worked for many years with Chris Squire of Yes. His uncle Gregg Jackman is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with the King's Singers and Barclay James Harvest; Henry and his uncle both worked on Moa's 1999 album ''Universal''. His grandfather, Bill Jackman, played clarinet on "When I'm Sixty-Four" on The Beatles' ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''.

Discography

Albums

* '' Voyager'' (1996): additional music programming
* ''Earthbound'' (1997): drum programming
* ''The Seduction of Claude Debussy'' (1999): album co-producing
* ''Universal'' (1999): album producing
* ''Weather'' (1999): rhythm programming and sound designing
* '' Togetherland'' (2001): album producing
* ''Utopia'' (2003): album producing
* ''Transfiguration'' (2005): album producing
* ''Acoustica'' (2007): album producing

Songs

* "Flaming Star" (1992): remixing and remastering
* " At the Beginning" (1997): keyboarding, programming and string arranging
* " Women of Ireland" (1997): additional music programming
* "Weather (Henry Jackman Remix)" (1998): co-writing, co-producing and remixing
* " Written in the Stars" (1999): programming
* "I Believe" (1999): programming and mixing
* " This Could Be Heaven" (2001): co-writing, co-producing and programming
* "Time to Fly" (2001): co-writing, co-producing and co-mixing
* "A Grave Situation" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
* "Fate Is Fluid" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
* "The Crown Prince's Speech" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
* "Too Good For This World" (2015): co-writing and co-producing
* "Louisiana Hero" (2021): writing and producing
* "New Friends" (2021): co-writing and co-producing
* "The Comedown" (2021): writing and producing
* "The Future of Friendship / New Friends" (2021): co-writing and co-producing

Filmography

Films

Feature films

2000s

2010s

2020s

Short films

* '' Secrets of the Furious Five'' (2008) (music composer)
* ''B.O.B.'s Big Break'' (2009) (theme music composer)
* '' Toy Story Toons: Small Fry'' (2011) (music composer)
* ''Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity'' (2012) (additional music composer)
* '' Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos'' (2012) (music composer)
* ''Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction'' (2019) (music producer)
* ''The Loot'' (2025) (music composer)

Television

TV series

* ''HBO First Look'' (2009) (music composer) (1 episode only)
* ''Gravity Falls'' (2012–2016) (musician) (41 episodes only)
* '' Turbo FAST'' (2013–2016) (music composer) (49 episodes only)
* '' The Man in the High Castle'' (2015) (music composer and soundtrack album producer) (10 episodes only)
* '' Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' (2015–2019) (musician) (77 episodes only)
* ''Demon Force'' (2018) (music composer) (1 episode only)
* ''Amphibia'' (2019–2022) (musician) (58 episodes only)
* '' Hailey's On It!'' (2023) (musician) (19 episodes only)

TV miniseries

* '' The Comey Rule'' (2020) (music composer and soundtrack album producer)
* '' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' (2021) (music composer and soundtrack album producer)

TV specials

* '' Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space'' (2009) (music composer)
* '' Kung Fu Panda Holiday'' (2010) (music composer)

Video games

* ''Exile'' (1991) (title music composer)
* ''Zyconix'' (1992) (musician)
* ''M.C. Kids'' (1992) (music composer) (Commodore 64 version only)
* '' Cars Mater-National Championship'' (2007) (music composer)
* '' Colin McRae: Dirt'' (2007) (music composer) (one track "Stasis" only)
* ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' (2008) (music producer)
* ''Brütal Legend'' (2009) (music composer)
* '' SpongeBob's Truth or Square'' (2009) (music co-composer)
* '' Disney Infinity'' (2013) (theme music composer) (two tracks "Sugar Rush" and "Sugar Rush Showdown" only)
* ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes'' (2013) (theme music composer)
* '' Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes'' (2014) (main theme music composer) (one track "Sugar Rush Showdown" only)
* '' Disney Infinity 3.0: Star Wars - Starter Pack Edition'' (2015) (theme music composer) (one track "Sugar Rush Showdown" only)
* ''Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0'' (2015) (theme music composer) (one track "Sugar Rush Showdown" only)
* ''Just Cause 3'' (2015) (music composer and score producer)
* '' Lego Dimensions'' (2015) (music co-composer)
* ''Just Cause 3: Bavarium Sea Heist'' (2016) (music composer)
* ''Just Cause 3: Mech Land Assault'' (2016) (music composer)
* ''Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress'' (2016) (music composer)
* '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' (2016) (music composer, soundtrack album producer and score producer)
* '' Uncharted: The Lost Legacy'' (2017) (music composer, soundtrack album producer and score producer)
* '' Disney Dreamlight Valley'' (2022) (theme music composer) (two tracks "Best Friends" and "Wreck-It Ralph" only)
* ''Disney Dreamlight Valley: A Rift in Time'' (2023) (theme music composer) (two tracks "Best Friends" and "Wreck-It Ralph" only)
* '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X'' (2025) (music composer)

Awards and nominations

See also

* Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

References

External links

Henry Jackman
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1974 births
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20th-century English composers
20th-century English male musicians
21st-century English composers
21st-century English male musicians
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Animated film score composers
Annie Award winners
Composers from London
DreamWorks Animation people
English film score composers
English keyboardists
English male film score composers
English male television composers
English record producers
English television composers
English video game composers
People from Hillingdon
Pixar people
Skydance Media people
Walt Disney Animation Studios people