Nickolas Glennie-Smith is an English

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, conductor, and

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who is a frequent collaborator with

Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars and four Grammys, and has been nominated for two Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living G ...

, contributing to scores including '' The Rock'' (nominated for the

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for Best Sound), the 2006

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'' and the 1993 spy thriller ''

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''. Glennie-Smith has also composed the scores for the films ''

Home Alone 3 ''Home Alone 3'' is a 1997 American family comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell in his directorial debut, produced by John Hughes, and starring Alex D. Linz and Haviland Morris. The film tells the story of an 8-year-old boy who defends his ho ...

'', '' The Man in the Iron Mask'', '' We Were Soldiers'', ''

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'', the score for the

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direct-to-video animated film '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', ''

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'', ''

Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel ''The Little Polar Bear'' (german: Der Kleine Eisbär) is a 2005 German animated adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, an ...

'' and '' A Sound of Thunder''. Glennie-Smith is a part of Hans Zimmer's

company Remote Control Productions, for which he has conducted music for the soundtracks on ''

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'', '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'', '' X-Men: First Class'' and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides''. He was Zimmer's accompanist on the score for '' Man of Steel''. Glennie-Smith is the master composer of the music in the French theme park le Puy du Fou. He has collaborated with the former

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bassist,

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. He worked on Waters' score for the 1986 film '' When the Wind Blows'', then provided some of the keyboard

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for the song "The Powers that Be" on Waters' 1987 ''

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'' album. He performed at the 1990 concert

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as a keyboardist alongside Peter Wood. He also toured in the 1980s with

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, again playing keyboards. In 1987, he was responsible, with producer Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and singer

Kenny Young Kenny Young (born Shalom Giskan, April 14, 1941 – April 14, 2020) was an American songwriter, musician, producer and environmental campaigner who wrote and in some cases produced hit songs for The Drifters, Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Mark ...

, for the album ''Transmissions'' under the group name Gentlemen Without Weapons.

Musical career

Glennie-Smith was born in

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. In 1975 he started his musical career with the band

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, performing keyboards on their second album, ''

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''. In 1980, he played keyboards on

Leo Sayer Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter whose singing career has spanned five decades. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom ...

's album ''

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''. Also in 1980, he started recording and touring with

, appearing on three albums, ''

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'' (synthesizer), ''

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'' (engineer, piano on one song), and '' The Rock Connection'' (synthesizer on one song). Glennie-Smith is also known for his contributions on

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's solo albums, '' Under a Raging Moon'', and ''

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'', and

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's solo albums ''

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'', and ''

Flowers in the Dirt ''Flowers in the Dirt'' is the eighth studio solo album by Paul McCartney. The album was released on 5 June 1989 on Parlophone, as he was embarking on his first world tour since the Wings Over the World tour in 1975–76. It earned McCartney som ...

''. He has also worked with many other artists including

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...

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Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nom ...

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom h ...

Nik Kershaw Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during th ...

Duane Eddy Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is an American rock and roll guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including " Rebel ...

, Katrina & the Waves, and

The Adventures The Adventures were a Northern Irish rock/pop band, formed in Belfast in 1984 who had a number of hits during the 1980s and early 1990s. The band moved to London where they signed to Chrysalis Records and released their first single in 1984. ...

Filmography

As primary composer

As Other

References

External links

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Page at Hans-Zimmer.com
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