Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor,

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, and

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. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''

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'', '' Man on Fire'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', ''

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'', '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', '' The Martian'', ''

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'', the ''Shrek'' franchise, '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', ''

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'', '' Early Man'', and ''

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''. He is the older brother of composer

Rupert Gregson-Williams Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 12 October 1966) is a British composer, conductor, and record producer, best known for his film, video game, and television scores. His filmography includes ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which he was awarded the European ...

Education

Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to

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in Cambridge at the age of seven. He was a child

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at the school and later attended Stowe School, a boarding independent school in the

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in Buckinghamshire, where he was a music scholar. He next went to the

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in London. 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

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Discography

Film

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Television

Video games

Rides

Awards and nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

References

External links

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