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'', '' Monsters vs. Aliens'', '' Captain Phillips'', '' Kick-Ass'', '' Kick-Ass 2'', '' Big Hero 6'', '' The Interview'' and '' Detective Pikachu'', as well as the video games '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' and '' Disney Infinity 2.0''.

Life and career

Jackman was born in

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. He studied classical music at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School,

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and

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. Jackman has done programming and production work with artists including

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('' Voyager''), Sally Oldfield (''Flaming Star''),

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('' The Seduction of Claude Debussy''), Elton John and

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. He co-produced

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'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

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, including for ''

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'' (music programmer), ''

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'' (music arranger) and additional music for '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'', '' At World's End'', ''

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''. 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 sequel to ''Kung Fu Panda''). He has since composed soundtracks for '' Monsters vs. Aliens'', ''

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'', '' Gulliver's Travels'', '' X-Men: First Class'', ''

'', '' Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'', ''

'', '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', and '' Captain America: Civil War''. His first major video game score was '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End''. In March 2022, Reservoir Media acquired the rights to Jackman's catalog.

Family

Henry Jackman is the son of keyboardist and arranger

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and worked for many years with

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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

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's 1999 album ''Universal''. His grandfather, Bill Jackman, played clarinet on "

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' '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''.

Discography

Singles

, "Women of Ireland" (1997): co-produced, programming * Elton John & LeAnn Rimes, " Written in the Stars" (1999): programming * Jocelyn Brown, "I Believe" (1999): programming, mixing *

, " This Could Be Heaven" (2000): co-written, co-produced, programming

Albums

, '' Voyager'' (1996): co-produced, programming * Sally Oldfield, ''Flaming Star'' * Conner Reeves, ''Earthbound'' (1998): programming * Michael Gordon, ''Weather'' (1998): production, sound design *

, '' The Seduction of Claude Debussy'' (1999): "Born on a Sunday" co-produced, co-written *Moa, ''Universal'' (1999): writing, producing, mixing *Maryanna Matiss, ''Time to Fly'' (2001): writing, producing, mixing *

, '' Togetherland'' (2001/unreleased): producing, programming *

, ''The Holiday'' OST (2006): co-writing *''Vantage Point'' OST (2008): co-writing *various artists, ''Monsters vs. Aliens'' OST (2009): writing

Solo albums

*''Utopia'' (WestOneMusic, 2003) *''Transfiguration'' (KPM Music, 2005) *''Acoustica'' (KPM Music, 2007)

Filmography

Main composer

Other

Television scores

Video game scores

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Life and career

Family

Discography

Singles

Albums

Solo albums

Filmography

Main composer

Other

Television scores

Video game scores

Awards and nominations

See also

References

External links